Pro-life journalist and broadcaster Michael Coren will be the guest speaker at this year’s Campaign Life Coalition fund-raising dinner/dance, at 7 p.m. April 18 at St. John the Evangelist parish, 49 George St., Weston, Ontario. Author, speaker and activist Father Ted Colleton is also expected to attend the popular pro-life event The $20 ticket includes a dinner catered by Johnny’s Country Kitchen, [...]
A priest friend of mine claims that there are no such things as "coincidences" but only "God-incidences." The Oxford Dictionary defines a "coincidence" as "a remarkable concurrence of events or circumstances without apparent causal connection." I am not intellectually skilled enough to say whether or not my friend is correct in his opinion, but I did have an experience recently, which I [...]
Interim staff Ontario's pro-life community lost two prominent supporters with the recent passing of Monsignor Ralph Egan of Toronto and Dr. Bernharda Meyer of Waterloo. Msgr. Egan, 96, died February 8 at LaSalle Manor in Scarborough. In addition to his long service in the Catholic priesthood, the monsignor was noted for his various publishing efforts, including the St. Maximilian Kolbe Apostolate for [...]
Interim special Efforts to present abortion seeking women with the life-affirming alternative – similar to those practised at Aid to Women – received a boost in the United States in mid-February. In a February 19 decision the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the right of pro-life counsellors to speak to patients entering abortion clinics. The ruling, which is seen as a tremendous freedom [...]
Priests for Life, an organization of priests, deacons and lay people working to combat abortion and euthanasia, is going international. The Vatican's Pontifical Council for the Family has asked U.S. National director Frank Pavone to establish Priests for Life chapters in countries around the world. Father Pavone will also co-ordinate pro-life movements worldwide. Priests for Life is an officially approved association which [...]
Pat Binns, Prince Edward Island's new premier, has consistently voted pro-life, both federally and provincially. "I believe that human life is sacred. I have always felt that it is our duty to protect it," he says. He credits his upbringing for these views. Binns grew up in Lloydminster, Alberta. When he came to PEI as a summer exchange student, he could hardly [...]
"It's your right to choose! It's only a group of cells. It is not a person!" A little over a year ago, I would have bought into these statements. If I got pregnant, and did not want the baby, sure I would have had an abortion! After all I did not think it was a life. I could not see the connection [...]
Our modes Gift Annuity Program shows increasing signs of vitality. Launched about two years ago, it has attracted a good number of pro-lifers who want to help the pro-life cause now but still need to have an additional regular source of income for the rest of their lives. For those 60 or over, it has definite tax advantages that have made gift [...]
A decision in a Washington courtroom could buoy pro-life sentiments on this side of the border. The U.S. Supreme Court in late February ruled that a 15-foot "floating buffer zone", designed to prevent pro-lifers from approaching abortion-seeking women and staff on any public thoroughfare, contravenes freedom of expression guarantees in the U.S. Constitution. It's not a complete victory for pro-life interests, for [...]
VANCOUVER – Pro-life activist Jim Demers of Nelson, B.C. was released from prison in February on condition that he stay away from the city of Vancouver, unless accompanied by his lawyer, or travelling to a court appearance. Demers was arrested in December for violating B.C.'s "Bubble Zone" legislation against pro-life demonstrations. He spent the Christmas and New Year's holidays behind bars. An [...]
Interim special WASHINGTON – The U.S. House of Representatives February 13 approved a request from President Bill Clinton allowing the expenditure of $385 million for international family planning programs, including abortion services. The vote approving the funding was the first congressional test of the right to life issue since Clinton's re-election in November. American pro-lifers expressed immediate disappointment with the vote. Although [...]
Pro-life groups across the country welcome the February 6 Supreme Court of Canada decision granting a new trial for Saskatchewan farmer Robert Latimer. While there exists a possibility of a second jury acquitting Latimer of murder charges, pro-lifers hope a new trial will refocus attention on the innocent victims of so-called mercy killings. Convicted of second-degree murder in the November, 1994 death [...]
Campaign Life Coalition has finalized plans for a federal election, expected in early June. The official election strategy has been formulated, and will centre on evaluating each candidate for his or her position on pro-life, pro-family issues. The results of a questionnaire will be made into an information kit which will be made available to voters throughout the country. The questionnaire contains [...]
NEW YORK; A federal judge has acquitted two pro-life protesters who were charged with blocking access to a Westchester County abortuary. Citing the protesters “conscience-driven religious beliefs,” Us. District Court Judge John Spizzo said the pair were not guilty of any crimes. The protesters, retired Catholic Auxilliary Bishop George Lynch and a Franciscan Brother Christopher Moscinki, could have been found guilty of [...]
I often think of him with his cigarettes, stand there pondering things philosophically, but he was always in the action. He was a man after God’s heart.” So does rescuer Linda Gibbons describe her former colleague William de Marois, who died Dec. 22, 1996 of complication from lung cancer at St. Michael’s Hospital Toronto. He was 71. Born William Robert Fournier of [...]