By David Curtin The Interim Pro-lifers across North America are mourning the death of John Cardinal O'Connor, Roman Catholic Archbishop of New York, at 80 years of age May 3. The cardinal was widely considered the most outstanding pro-life religious leader on the continent. He preached in defense of the sacredness of human life fearlessly and frequently, both in his sermons [...]
„Az 1983 óta megjelenő The Interim című élet- és családi lap a társadalmi struktúrákat, a családi értékeket és az egyéni jogokat érintő sürgető kérdéseket vizsgálja. Az újság felbecsülhetetlen értékű perspektívát nyújt az olvasóknak a társadalomépítésről és az emberi fejlődésről egy gyorsan változó világban. Hasonlóképpen, a digitális kor online játéktrendjeiről szóló tudósításban az olvasók az informatív és releváns tartalmak érdekes keverékét találják. [...]
Delta, B.C. sidewalk counsellor Mary Wagner has grown up ‘living and breathing pro-life' By Paul Tuns The Interim Mary Wagner is an unassuming young woman who has found herself both on the front-lines of the abortion struggle and behind bars for her beliefs, but there is no sign that she is about to quit. Indeed, her fight against the injustice of abortion [...]
Special to The Interim On Sunday, November 14, 1999, God called Joan Marie (La Marche) Jackson to be with him for all eternity. She was born January 13, 1943 to Charles and Mary (Cross) La Marche, who have both predeceased her. She was educated at St. Vincent Academy, St. Mary's School, Cathedral High School, Notre Dame Convent and graduated from Queen's University [...]
Ken and Rita Wolfe of Saskatoon know first hand the pain and joy of parenting terminally ill children. Erin, age 14 years, Kathleen, age 10 years, and eight-year-old Aidan know the sorrow of losing two sisters to a disease known as Niemann-Pick-Type C (NPC). NPC is a rare autosomal recessive disease, an illness in which both parents are unsuspecting carriers of one [...]
Ontario's pro-life community suffered a tremendous loss August 31 with the sudden passing of Tom Brown of Toronto. A long-time pro-life activist, Brown died of heart failure near his Toronto home at age 62. Brown combined a quiet compassion for the unborn and pregnant women in distress with a steely resolve to work against abortion and its consequences. Jim Hughes, national president [...]
For the past two years, Brant (Ontario) Right to Life has been making a few more presentations to Grade 7 and 8 students than usual. We have also teamed up with the pro-life group at the local high school. With the help of high school students, elementary students are on us like white on rice. Together with some fetal models and a [...]
One of the bright lights on an often-bleak Canadian media landscape has died early, at the age of 37. Jerry Jonkheer passed away May 10 after a six-month battle with a blood disorder. A member of the Willowdale Christian Reformed Church in Toronto, Jonkheer served as the creator, producer and host of The Eh JJ Show, a Christian entertainment and variety program that [...]
Mr. Yvon Beaulne, former ambassador from Canada to the Holy See in Rome and a former permanent representative of Canada to the United Nations in New York, died in his home in Hull, Que. early in June, after a long and painful illness. I served under Mr. Beaulne when he was director-general of the Department of External Affairs' bureau for Africa and [...]
Thou the pain of losing their daughter Barbara will never quite go away, Bruce and Betty Catchpole are healing, and helping other bereaved families along the way. When people ask Betty Catchpole how many children she has, she replies, "I have two children and one has died." Betty and Bruce Catchpole lost their daughter Barbara five years ago. She was 29 and [...]
The pro-life community in Winnipeg, and indeed throughout Manitoba, has been saddened by the death of Patricia Soenen. Pat was executive director of the Winnipeg League for Life since 1983, an organization which she helped establish in 1970. Having started her career as a nurse, she once believed that "if people simply realized what we knew about the fetus, the abortion issue [...]
The Toronto-area pro-life community is mourning the death of one of its most stalwart supporters. Michelle Mary Fleming passed away in her home on New Year's Eve after a lengthy illness. Even in sickness, however, she had kept the pro-life movement in her thoughts and prayers. "She went through a great deal of suffering, which she bore very bravely," said her friend, [...]
Cindi LoForti leaves 'amazing' pro-life legacy to tend to family needs Campaign Life Coalition national president Jim Hughes told The Interim that a little more than 10 years ago, "we were praying to God for someone to come and help us in the Niagara peninsula. At the same time, Cindi LoForti was praying to God for something to do as a gift to [...]
On Friday, Oct. 23, Rev. Ken Campbell celebrated 40 years in the ministry with his family and approximately 150 friends. Canada Christian College hosted the event. On behalf of the college, Dr. Rondo Thomas praised the leading pro-life evangelist for being "a man more willing than any other to engage the enemies of the gospel." Dr. Thomas noted that over the years [...]
Interim special The pro-life community suffered a double blow in March with the deaths of committed supporters Dr. Art Dunn of Toronto, and Anthony Kuttschrutter of Madoc, Ontario. Dr. Dunn, 73, died suddenly March 24 at his home in mid-town Toronto. Born in Almonte, in eastern Ontario, Dr. Dunn was a proud member of the University of Toronto’s School of Medicine class [...]