Marriage and Family
Written on 1 Dec, 1994 at 16:54 in
Marriage and Family, Society & Culture | Author:
Fr. Ted COLLETON For centuries the family has been accepted by people of all nations as the foundation of human society. “The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world” is one of the old adages which have defied the ravages of time and is as true today as it was when first spoken. But, unfortunately, the hand that rocks the cradle in our time is not always the “hand” to which the proverb originally referred. And that sad circumstance ... (Continue reading)
Written on 16 Sep, 1994 at 13:21 in
Marriage and Family, Society & Culture | Author:
R. Francis
For The Interim
Once considered one of the best in the world, the Canadian educational system has, over the past 20 years, lost some of its luster. Increasingly, parents are pulling their children from the traditional institutions and educating them at home or in alternative schools. The Interim has asked some of these parents to defend the choices they have made concerning their child’s education.
Public education is still the best bet
The school yard is alive with joyous sound. Children, faces alight ... (Continue reading)
Written on 16 Aug, 1994 at 12:29 in
Marriage and Family | Author:
The following episode was first reported in the June, 1972 issue of Marriage and Family Newsletter. The account draws a frightening portrait of the “sterilization camps” which the UN set up in the early 1970s. The article illustrates the depths to which population control advocates could stoop to trick their unwitting victims into a lifetime of infertility. This particular camp was organized by members of American International Development (now USAID), an organization which still organizes and provides massive funds ... (Continue reading)
Written on 16 Aug, 1994 at 12:29 in
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Regina FARREL Quebec
A recent study by Angus Reid Group suggests that the Canadian family is in pretty good shape. Seventy-five per cent of adults surveyed described their current family lives as happy, and over ninety per cent believe their lives growing up were as good as or better than other families.
The pollsters point to what they call a Perception Gap concerning attitudes toward the family, because while most Canadians say they enjoy happy family lives, most of us believe that Canada’s ... (Continue reading)
Written on 16 Aug, 1994 at 12:28 in
Marriage and Family, Society & Culture | Author:
Paul NIELSEN British Columbia
“To educate in mind and not morals
is to educate a menace to society.”
Theodore Roosevelt
Surprise! Surprise! Raising kids is society’s job – not the sole responsibility of parents, according to Sandra Griffin, assistant co-ordinator of child-care research at the University of Victoria and co-chair of the “Stronger Children – Stronger Families” conference which took place earlier this summer.
It’s all a matter of education, one has to suppose. Nothing did more to wake up the Vancouver community than its ... (Continue reading)
Written on 11 Jul, 1994 at 9:47 in
Marriage and Family | Author:
Regina Farrell
The federal government announced recently that it will appeal a controversial decision which concerns the taxation of child support payments. The Supreme Court of Canada agreed to hear the government’s appeal and stayed the lower court’s ruling in Susan Thibodeau’s challenge to federal tax laws.
As it stands now, the non-custodial parent (usually the father) pays some form of child support. The amount paid is deducted “off the tip,” reducing his taxable income and is then considered to ... (Continue reading)
Written on 16 Jun, 1994 at 12:27 in
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Regina Farrell Quebec This is an election year in Quebec and according to the opinion polls the Parti Quebecois will form the next government. In an attempt to woo voters, the Liberal government of Daniel Johnson brought down a budget in which they reversed course, dropped “fiscal responsibility,” and emphasized “social issues” such as lower taxes for two wage earner families, subsidies for daycare etc. The media was generally positive in its analysis, but those of us in the traditional family counter-culture are ... (Continue reading)
Written on 16 Jun, 1994 at 12:07 in
Marriage and Family, Politics | Author:
Patrick Ryan
Chaos broke out in the Queen’s Park visitors’ gallery the minute it was announced that the Ontario government’s controversial same-sex benefits bill had been defeated.
After filling the legislature with cries of “shame, shame,” homosexual demonstrators tussled with police and then took to the streets, blocked traffic and chanted “We’re here, we’re queer, we all pay taxes.”
The reason for the high emotions was Bill 167, the controversial legislation which would have given same-sex couples similar benefits, rights and obligations as ... (Continue reading)
Written on 16 May, 1994 at 11:40 in
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Paul Dodds Toronto The Remains of the Day is one of the best films of 1993 and is now available on video. It tells the story of an English butler, played by Anthony Hopkins, who is the epitome of the dutiful servant. His subservience is such that he becomes alienated not only from any opinions, but from his own feelings. When his father dies, he shows no emotion. When a fellow servant develops romantic interests in him, he remains oblivious. It is ... (Continue reading)
Written on 16 May, 1994 at 11:40 in
Marriage and Family, Society & Culture | Author:
Regina Farrell Quebec Well, the ignoramuses were let loose in Montreal recently and when they were done, two-year-old Jessica Dos Santos was expelled from daycare. Never mind that she has HIV, the virus believed to cause AIDS, or that her mother did not inform the daycare workers of her illness. What business is it of theirs?
The nervy owner of Les Petits Lutins daycare asked Jessica’s mother about the clear liquid medication she was to give the child every six hours. Naturally, the mother ... (Continue reading)
Written on 16 May, 1994 at 11:29 in
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Charles Muggeridge The Interim Ontario New Democrats will get full support from their Liberal counterparts to extend same-sex benefits in the province.
Lyn McLeod, leader of the Ontario Liberals, has sent off a passionate appeal to Attorney General Marion Boyd and Premier Bob Rae to get a move on and give family status to gay couples.
“If you will agree to bring legislation forward immediately, I will so everything to facilitate passage,” the leader of the opposition wrote. She said courts and tribunals ... (Continue reading)
Written on 27 Feb, 1994 at 12:08 in
Marriage and Family | Author:
Fr. Ted Colleton
As 1994 is “The Year of the Family” I have been reading a lot about the subject and I thought it might be a good idea to share my research.
People often ask, “What does a priest know about a family anyhow? He doesn’t have one.” Well, I don’t profess to be an expert, but I was not dropped straight from Heaven. I was born into a family in Dublin, Ireland. I had a mother, father and four sisters. I ... (Continue reading)
Written on 27 Jan, 1994 at 8:56 in
Marriage and Family, Motherhood | Author:
Fr. Ted Colleton “This is Birthright. Can I help you?”
These were the opening words of a wonderful speech delivered by Louise Summerhill, daughter of the late Foundress of Birthright—also Louise. It would be almost impossible to calculate the number of times those same words have been repeated over phones since they were first spoken by Louise Summerhill Sr. in a small rented office in Toronto, 25 years ago. They have been repeated in the U.S., Canada, South Africa, Nigeria, Ghana the Cameroons, to ... (Continue reading)
Written on 14 Sep, 1993 at 9:40 in
Marriage and Family | Author:
Regina Farrell
Quebec The publicity surrounding the custody fight over two-and-a-half-year-old Jessica de Boer has prompted a lot of emotional discussion about the rights of people involved in adoption. After mounting an intensive media campaign, Jessica’s adoptive parents won in the court of public opinion but the justices of the U.S. Supreme Court were not persuaded. They granted custody of the little girl to her natural parents, Clara and Daniel Schmidt, after more than two years of legal appeals.
This case illustrates some of ... (Continue reading)
Written on 28 Aug, 1993 at 13:21 in
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Patricia Cashen Elaine and Walter Schachtschneider, of Hamilton, are married with children. But if they had decided to live together without getting married they would have saved up to $1,200 a year in taxes.
It’s part of the inequities built into the Canadian tax system which rewards couples for remaining unmarried. Elaine took the case to the courts saying the laws were discriminatory against couples who enter into matrimony.
She lost her case and in the process discovered that some individuals and groups in ... (Continue reading)
