The struggle faced by pro-life secondary students on their campuses can be frustrating and disheartening, especially when faced alone. The National Campus Life Network (NCLN) has recently been established to ensure that these young adults have the support they require to bring the message of life to their peers on their campus. On the weekend of January 10-12, a gathering of about [...]
The traffic on Eunice Morgan’s street in the Toronto suburb of Willowdale is a little heavier the first Thursday evening of each month. That’s the night Eunice hosts a gathering of like-minded Catholics who want to keep abreast of current social, moral and religious issues. While a monthly “caffe klatch” might not be big news, Eunice’s group is noteworthy for its longevity, [...]
Interim Staff Campaign Life Coalition Ontario is planning a fund-raising dinner next spring to mark the 20th anniversary of the following of the pro-life organization. This was tone of the items approved April 18-20 at a provincial strategy meeting in Toronto. The dinner is to be the first of annual fund-raisers to help the provincial body continue its work to promote the [...]
CHARLOTTETOWN- Voices for Life, Prince Edward Island’s dynamic young pro-life group, will host a youth conference here June 26-28, in conjunction with the 1997 National Pro-Life Convention. The theme of the youth conference will be Celebrate Life, in Ourselves and Others. “We are not just against abortion. We are for life! We want to celebrate that great gift that we have been [...]
Interim staff The new executive director of the Winnipeg-based Alliance for Life knows she has a tough act to follow in replacing Anna Desilets, a 26-year veteran of pro-life campaigns. In fact, the 23-year-old Michelle Blanchette, who officially takes over May 1, wasn’t even born when Desilets first became involved with Alliance for Life. But as organizations embrace new strategies in protecting [...]
Interim staff The head of Ukraine’s Institute for Protection of Life has appealed to Canadian pro-lifers for support in counteracting the anti-life mentality in eastern Europe. Dr. Ivan Louts, who also serves as a member of the Vatican’s Pontifical Academy of Life, visited several Canadian cities in April to draw attention to the pro-life scene in his native country. Dr. Louts’ host [...]
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 [...]
When Life Decisions International President Douglas Scott was asked to deliver an address on Planned Parenthood in 1981, little did he know it would lead to a significant career shift. The former executive director of Arizona Right to Life and vice-president of the Christian Action Council, Scott found a receptive audience for his speech. The response led him to further research into [...]
Officials with Second Chance Ministry, a Scarborough, Ontario based service helping women come to terms with abortion, believe more work is needed to increase awareness of the procedure’s harmful aftermath. Since l99l, Second Chance ministry has helped women deal with the grief and trauma brought on by abortion. While pro-choice supporters speak of the lack of risk associated with abortion, Second Chance [...]
Priests for Life (PFL), an organization working to promote the respect for life message among priests and deacons, has a new head man in Canada. Father James Whalen, pastor of St. Margaret Mary parish in Cumberland, near Ottawa, was appointed national director in September. A priest of Ottawa archdiocese since 1972, Father Whalen comes to Priests for Life with an impressive background [...]
The founder and chairman of Human Life International believes a “massive religious revival” is needed to turn Western society away from the abortion-contraception mentality. Father Paul Marx, 76, made the comments September 27 during a three-day visit to Toronto. He came to the city to preach at two churches September 29 and to attend a tribute for pro-life Senator Stanley Haidasz, who [...]
Interim special On a small, grassy hill just inside the Catholic cemetery in Gananoque, stands a granite memorial unlike any of its kind in this final resting spot for hundreds. It is not the burial spot for some well-known member of this resort community on the St. Lawrence River. It isn’t a memorial for Canada’s war dead. It is mute testimony to [...]
Interim staff Alliance for Life Ontario is welcoming Chatham resident Mary Ann Miller to her second term as president of the provincial pro-life organization. Miller, a 15 year veteran of pro-life volunteer work, officially assumes the president’s position at the Alliance for Life all-Ontario conference November 1-2 in North Bay. She will work with Alliance for Life Executive Director Jakki Jeffs and [...]
Interim special The head of Priests for Life in the United States has offered new insights into preaching about abortion for school-age children. In an article published in the Homiletic and Pastoral Review, Father Frank Pavone of New York said it is key to stress the equality message when telling young people about abortion. He said children are especially receptive to issues [...]
A Pro-Life Day all across Canada, preferably on a Sunday, will make people more aware of the pro-life cause, says Father Vincent Heffernan, founder of Second Chance which is counseling women who have had an abortion. “I would like to see in archdiocese and all across Canada a Pro-Life Day on a Sunday. All the homilies will be about pro-life, chastity, abortion, [...]