Parishioners at St. Bonaventure Church in suburban Toronto were treated to a smorgasbord of pro-life literature November 2 at the community's first Celebrate Life Sunday. Born of an urgency to bring greater right to life information to a wider audience, the event was sponsored by the parish's Small Christian Community Group. "We would like to continue the tradition of organizing these Celebrate [...]
A newly formed Catholic young adults' club is committing itself to support a number of pro-life, pro-family projects around southern Ontario. The Greater Toronto Adult (GTA) Catholic Network began in November as a social, spiritual, charitable and recreational organization for adult Catholics in and around Metro Toronto. The group is open to Catholics aged 27 and up. Although the majority of members [...]
Brightly-hued and tastefully designed, Harriet Notten’s quilts are symbolic of her commitment to the pro-life issue. Each square linking to another, like the continuity of the life chains that she has organized. Warm and soft to the touch, like Notten’s approach to expectant mothers. “I hope they save babies. I hope each one is a baby,” she says, sitting in the warmth [...]
Remember O most gracious Virgin Mary, that never was it known, that anyone who fled to your protection, employed your help, or sought your intercession, was left unaided. Inspired by this confidence, I fly to you O Virgin of Virgins, my mother. To you I come, before you I stand, sinful and sorrowful. O Mother of the Word Incarnate, despise not my [...]
While the Internet has its cesspool of pornography and propaganda, there are surprisingly, hundreds of thousands of pro-God and pro-life messages. A quick search listed more than one million web sites on the subject of "sex,"it also listed more than 800,000 on the subject of God. Some sites ridicule God and Christianity but many are exhaustive and innovative approaches to evangelization and [...]
Editor's note: The supreme council of the Knights of Columbus, a Catholic fraternal organization, passed the following resolutions during its recent convention. The resolutions are part of the Knights "Crusade for Life," and they strongly support right-to-life issues as outlined in Pope John Paul II's 1995 encyclical Evangelium Vitae. Whereas, Pope John Paul II in his encyclical, Evangelium Vitae, has reaffirmed that [...]
HALIFAX - Herm Wills, head of Campaign Life Coalition - Nova Scotia, is stepping down after nine years of practically total immersion in pro-life issues. A good strategist, a great networker, Herm's trademark has been a constant stream of pro-life messages and updates to every government member, church leader and community activist whose fax number or e-mail address he could get. But [...]
Over 200 observers were on hand for the solemn unveiling of a pro-life monument just outside Toronto's Canadian Martyrs Church on July 26th in the city's east end. On hand for this occasion was Bishop N. D'Angelo who gave his blessing to the plaque commemorating millions of pre-born children slaughtered by abortion. Father Richard A. Love, pastor of Canadian Martyrs, was congratulated [...]
"How many of you are 'pro-choice'?" she asked her grade-school pupils. Immediately, all hands shot up, except one. "Why are you not 'pro-choice'?" the teacher queried her lone dissenter. "Because I am 'pro-life'," she said, with a confidence that seemed to belie her seven years. "And why are you 'pro-life?'" the teacher continued. "Because my Mommy and Daddy are 'pro-life'," was the [...]
Two news events, initially unrelated, send a disquieting message to those concerned with the diminished respect for human life in this country. In Quebec, a woman found guilty of killing her autistic son is given a 23-month suspended sentence, despite the Crown's insistence that a three-year sentence be served. Admittedly there were difficult circumstances which led to the woman's action, and it [...]
The manilla folder labelled "Poetry" in the Interim's editorial office is stuffed thick with submissions from thoughtful readers, students and contest winners. It's a folder that is not well thumbed. Its contents resting quietly amid the dust and clatter, sacrificed to a mental calendar of what are seen as more timely matters. Officially, The Interim does not publish works of poetry. Our [...]
My first childhood memories are of Nana, my mother's mother, a large bosomed woman in flower print dresses. Nana was so loving and would shower me with attention. My family spent the summers at her cottage on Lake Simcoe with numerous cousins, aunts and uncles. But when I was six Nana died and so did something in my mother. There was some [...]
Ontario's Lieutenant- Governor Hilary Weston was a special guest at the June 13 ceremony honoring members of Rosalie Hall's 1997 graduating class. The Scarborough-based Rosalie Hall is a facility for single women in emergency pregnancies to continue their education while preparing for the birth of their child. The agency also provides care and counselling for clients place their child for adoption or [...]
Alliance For Life of Winnipeg, a leading presented the Kurelek Award to a journalist - the first time in its history. The 1997 recipient is Rory Leishman of the London Fress Press. The annual award is presented to someone who is not an active member of a pro-life group, but has been actively engaged in work that promotes a respect for human [...]
Ontario's pro-life community suffered the loss of another committed activist with the sudden passing of Stanley Grzywna of Toronto. Grzywna, 68, died of heart failure July 5 at Sunnybrook Hospital. He had recently returned from the national pro-life conference in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. Perhaps it is fitting that one of Grzywna's final acts was in support of a national pro-life activity. [...]