By Tristan Emmanuel The Interim On Sept. 17, 2003 a group of Christian clergy gathered with me to denounce the passage of Bill C-250. We wanted to urge the Senate to give sober second thought to the bill. In addressing the Senate, and the national press, we gave the following as our opening statement: "We preface our statement by saying that as [...]
Editor's Note: Rev. Dawn McDonald is a priest at Holy Cross Japanese Canadian Anglican Church in Vancouver. She delivered a moving testimony to during the so-called dialogue process when the New Westminster Anglican diocese was moving to blessing same-sex unions. A version of this testimonial appeared in the December 2003 issue of PRINT.By Rev. Dawn McDonald Special to The Interim In many [...]
By Gillian Long The InterimPro-lifers were very concerned after the Canadian Catholic Bioethics Institute's third annual Connie Heng Lecture in Bioethics on Nov. 14, with keynote speaker Fr. Kevin O'Rourke, O.P., who presented the topic, "The Nutrition-Hydration Debate: Various Options." Following his address, a panel of experts discussed the paper. O'Rourke is a well-known advocate for the removal of food and fluids [...]
By Sue Careless The InterimA motion to bless same-sex unions has been deferred for a year by the Anglican Diocese of Toronto, although Archbishop Terry Finlay has announced from the pulpit that he favours same-sex blessings. Finlay made his remarks during an opening night charge to delegates at the 150th annual diocesan synod, which met Nov. 20-22 in Toronto. From the pulpit [...]
By Tony Gosgnach The InterimDavid Morrison is living proof that an individual can move to being "beyond gay." The former homosexual activist, who has written a book on his experiences, also with the title Beyond Gay, was in Toronto recently to give a public talk hosted by the Mississauga, Ont.-based apostolate, Precious Blood and Life. According to the apostolate's president, Brian Moccia, [...]
It sometimes seems that the culture of life enjoys few victories. The news is almost always bad. Dignity is insulted, virtues fade, and the foibles and follies of a world gone wrong can sometimes discourage even the most stout-hearted defender of life. Society is becoming postmodern, post-moral and, most distressingly, post-Christian. As Peter Kreeft puts it, "we cannot go back to being [...]
In a move that surprised even his fellow conservatives, Terry Buckle, bishop of the Yukon, withdrew his oversight of 11 conservative parishes in New Westminster. The churches, known as the Anglican Communion in New Westminster (ACiNW), had sought Buckle's care after their own bishop, Michael Ingham, agreed to bless gay relationships. In a letter dated Nov. 7, Buckle wrote to the ACiNW, [...]
In a move that surprised even his fellow conservatives, Terry Buckle, bishop of the Yukon, withdrew his oversight of 11 conservative parishes in New Westminster. The churches, known as the Anglican Communion in New Westminster (ACiNW), had sought Buckle's care after their own bishop, Michael Ingham, agreed to bless gay relationships. In a letter dated Nov. 7, Buckle wrote to the ACiNW, [...]
Almost a week before liberal bishops consecrated the first openly gay bishop in New Hampshire, conservative bishops from Canada and the U.S. met privately in Toronto to forge a new alliance. While they prayed fervently that Gene Robinson would repent and refuse the rite, they knew they had to have a plan in place if he was consecrated. They felt too many [...]
His male partner and two daughters from a failed marriage offered Gene Robinson his golden mitre before 3,000 people in a hockey arena at the University of New Hampshire. But the Nov. 2 consecration of the first openly gay bishop in the Anglican communion was not without protest and is causing shock waves throughout the communion. When presiding Bishop Frank Griswold asked [...]
Almost since the first day the word "musician" became a job description, and certainly since the early days of mass media, there have been musical acts that have combined spectacle with their music in an attempt to gain an audience. On Oct. 4, one band planned on taking spectacle to a new low. Hell On Earth, a St. Petersburg, Fl. heavy metal [...]
Man is a great mystery to himself. Human beings ask themselves basic questions such as: how did I come to exist? Where am I going? What is the point of my life? Why am I here? Questions like these are elementary and must be answered if humans are to understand themselves. The Bible, the Word of God, gives us answers to the [...]
The Archdiocese of Vancouver is being harassed by homosexual activists for breaking its ties to a credit union with a history of supporting pro-gay and pro-abortion causes. On an evening in late September, a small crowd of angry protesters shouted threats and obscenities outside the window of Archbishop Adam Exner. The archdiocese has also received over 100 telephone calls, faxes and e-mails, [...]
A network of evangelical Christians in Mississauga, Ont., just outside Toronto, is demonstrating how effective Christian activism can be. Centred around a periodic e-mail dispatch called the PALM (Pray ALways Mississauga) Report, the network has been particularly effective in combating the proliferation of massage parlours and the acts of prostitution that often accompany them. "We've seen some interesting results," says Bruce Fligg, [...]
Many see the roots of the abortion problem, and other attacks on human life, as rooted in the phenomenon of contraception. To that end, a Mississauga, Ont.-based Catholic lay apostolate is drawing attention to this aspect of the culture of death, as well as to the importance of rank-and-file Catholics following their church's teachings forbidding the use of contraception in any state [...]