Columnist
Written on 5 Mar, 2004 at 19:12 in
Columnist, Marriage and Family, Society & Culture | Author:
Fr. Ted Colleton
Faith and Life
There should be communication in the family. In spite of the different opinions which always occur in families, the family should be characterized by peace, love and joy.
American author Dolores Curran's book, Traits of a Healthy Family, tells how she wrote a letter and sent it to 500 "experts" on the question of family living. In the letter, she gave 56 suggestions as to what were the most important qualities which made for a really ... (Continue reading)
Written on 5 Mar, 2004 at 19:10 in
Abortion, Activism, Columnist, Pro-Life | Author:
Ted Gerk
Western View
Anyone who has spent any amount of time in our movement knows how hard it can be to keep the batteries charged. I am, of course, talking about the many defeats we seem to experience - even though our cause is a righteous cause.
After all, are we not trying to be a voice for the voiceless? None of us garner anything for ourselves ... we have no self-interest here. It is, and always has been, a ... (Continue reading)
Written on 5 Mar, 2004 at 19:08 in
Abortion, Columnist, Issues, Planned Parenthood | Author:
Doreen Beagan
Once, in a washroom at Halifax Airport, I discovered that the paper towel dispenser was empty. The condom machine was full, but towels are better for drying hands. In Toronto last year, the condom dispensers in the lady's room were equally well stocked, but it was impossible to get cough drops in any of the terminal's many kiosks.
On CBC radio last summer, condom usage was described as "an act of ... (Continue reading)
Written on 5 Mar, 2004 at 19:06 in
Columnist, Frank Kennedy, Marriage and Family | Author:
Frank Kennedy
Queen's Park
The Supreme Court of Canada judges have been described as tin-pot dictators who want to rewrite Canadian laws to align them with their own biased opinions.
"Sexual orientation" is a fairly recent homosexual buzzword thought up by the homosexual public relations department and makes no more sense than "heterosexual orientation" would. Yet the judicial activist Supreme Court of Canada overruled Parliament and the 1982 Charter of Rights and Freedoms and stuck in "sexual orientation," which elevated ... (Continue reading)
Written on 5 Jan, 2004 at 12:42 in
Activism, Columnist, Religion | Author:
Fr. Ted Colleton
Faith and Life
I am "stealing" the following article from an Irish magazine. Having read it, you may say, "Well, we can't all be like Mother Teresa." That's true. But we can all learn something from her, which could affect our lives and the lives of others. So here it goes. Apparently, she had been asked the secret of her success with the poor and this was her answer.
Mother Teresa's success
My secret is quite simple. ... (Continue reading)
Written on 5 Jan, 2004 at 12:41 in
Columnist, Planned Parenthood, Pro-Life | Author:
Ted Gerk
Western View
Once again, a new year is upon us ... we look back to the old at the same time we glance forward. There are some interesting developments.
On Nov. 27, the Planned Parenthood Association of B.C. changed their name. I have no idea why they felt that the name "Planned Parenthood" no longer warranted a letterhead. That is for others to speculate. But suffice it to say that they changed their name to ... (Continue reading)
Written on 5 Jan, 2004 at 12:39 in
Columnist, Frank Kennedy, Politics | Author:
Frank Kennedy
Queen's Park
Stalin would feel right at home with our electoral system. It can be bought, twisted and manipulated, as Ontario demonstrated recently.
The truth is that people who don't vote are telling all the politicians, "None of you is worth getting off my duff to vote for!" (I'm quoting a disgruntled voter at the door.) But those people are voting. They're sitting on their rear ends. Try to tell them that the Conservative and ... (Continue reading)
Written on 5 Jan, 2004 at 12:36 in
Columnist, Religion, Rev. Royal Hamel | Author:
Rev, Royal Hamel
It was a CBC Radio call-in show in the early afternoon. The guests included an Anglican rector, and an articulate Anglican layman from Christ Church in Hamilton, where two lesbians had been "married" in August of this year. The host posed this question for the listeners: "What would you advise Anglican people to do over the same-sex marriage issue?" I tried to call in. Busy signal. Tried again. Busy again. Always that ... (Continue reading)
Written on 5 Jan, 2004 at 12:34 in
Columnist, Donald DeMarco, Pro-Life | Author:
Donald DeMarco
By Donald DeMarco
The InterimKyrie and Brielle Jackson were born on Oct. 17, 1995, a full 12 weeks ahead of their due date. The standard practice, that time, at the Medical Centre of Central Massachusetts in Worcester, where the twins came into the world, was to place them in separate incubators in order to reduce the risk of infection.
Kyrie's birth weight was ... (Continue reading)
Written on 31 Dec, 2003 at 13:48 in
Frank Kennedy | Author:
By Frank Kennedy
It's not often you find a trade magazine, the current National Post Business magazine, detailing a hilarious collection of goofs and mad goings-on in the staid business world. You have Allan Markin, chairman and co-owner of Canadian Natural Resources, taking a leave of absence while suing his stepson for $2 million dollars for allegedly taking possession ... (Continue reading)
Written on 31 Dec, 2003 at 13:48 in
Bioethics, Editorials, Paul Tuns | Author:
Paul Tuns
The reason that the ALS Society of Canada, and other like-minded organizations, want the government to approve Bill C-13 is so that the Canadian Institutes of Health Research will fund pharmaceutical companies to do such research on human embryos using taxpayers' money. These pharmaceutical companies are eager for taxpayer dollars, too. But the ... (Continue reading)
Written on 31 Dec, 2003 at 13:48 in
Editorials, Paul Tuns, Religion | Author:
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, ... (Continue reading)
Written on 31 Dec, 2003 at 13:12 in
Bioethics, Paul Tuns, Politics | Author:
By Paul Tuns
The Interim
But future of bill is in doubt as Senate prorogues
On Oct. 28, the House of Commons passed Bill C-13, the federal government's long-delayed and fundamentally flawed reproductive and experimental technologies legislation, by a vote of 149-109.
Liberal ... (Continue reading)
Written on 1 Dec, 2003 at 16:14 in
Frank Kennedy | Author:
My cousin, Bertram, hails from Massachusetts and recently joined me in Ottawa for a sightseeing trip through our Parliament buildings, to compare how we run our country with how the Americans ... (Continue reading)
Written on 1 Nov, 2003 at 8:36 in
Frank Kennedy, Politics | Author:
Frank Kennedy
My cousin, Bertram, hails from Massachusetts and recently joined me in Ottawa for a sightseeing trip through our Parliament buildings, to compare how we ... (Continue reading)
