Issues
Written on 20 Jun, 2011 at 8:22 in
Announcements, Features, Marriage and Family, Society & Culture | Author:
Pauline Kosalka Recent attacks on the family often become attacks on fatherhood. For instance, figures from Hollywood have embraced alternative family structures, questioning or mocking the importance of a father figure. Actress Jennifer Aniston in August 2010 said that fathers are unnecessary, especially since now there is no need “to fiddle with a man to have that child.” Another example is the positive portrayal of a lesbian couple raising a family in the movie “The Kids are Alright.” There are too many ... (Continue reading)
Written on 10 Jun, 2011 at 11:35 in
Announcements, Events, Features, Issues | Author:
More than 15,000 Canadian pro-lifers took part in the National March for Life in Ottawa, addressed by MPs and numerous pro-life and religious leaders addressed the crowd. And this year, something different happened: the media covered it.
Campaign Life Coalition organizes the annual march to mark the day in 1969 when Pierre Trudeau’s Omnibus bill broadened the abortion law and effectively legalized abortion-on-demand. The theme of the first march in 1998 was ... (Continue reading)
Written on 6 Jun, 2011 at 14:20 in
Activism, Religious Education, Sex Education, Society & Culture | Author:
Pauline Kosalka Catholic parents fight separate system to maintain moral teaching
Ontario bishops have issued a memo urging Catholic school boards to set up clubs explicitly aimed to counter “bullying related to sexual orientation,” even though they banned the establishment of Gay-Straight Alliances (GSAs) at Catholic schools just months ago. Meanwhile, parents at the Toronto Catholic District School Board (TCDSB) are speaking out against a draft equity policy formulated in line with the Ontario Ministry of Education’s Equity and Inclusive Education ... (Continue reading)
Written on 6 Jun, 2011 at 14:07 in
Announcements, Features, Issues, Profiles | Author:
Fr. Ted Colleton was a Pro-Life Hero to those who knew him, read about him or met people who who had inspired over the years to take an active role in the Pro-Life movement. Many of us will give him the credit for inspiration and encouragement to make the pro=life issue their lives work as well. Here are four articles about him in the June issue of The Interim.
The Lion In Winter Passes
In the evening of April ... (Continue reading)
Written on 2 Jun, 2011 at 9:04 in
Issues, Profiles | Author:
Paul Tuns Fr. Ted Colleton dies at the age of 97
In the evening of April 26, Fr. Ted Colleton passed away peacefully in La Salle Manor in Toronto where he had been convalescing for four years. The pro-life movement lost one of its giants.
Edward Colleton was born in Dublin on July 20, 1913. Fr. Ted joked, “my mother was there at the time, so I wanted to be there with her.”
Born ... (Continue reading)
Written on 26 May, 2011 at 14:06 in
Activism, Pro-Life | Author:
Tony Gosgnach Special to The Interim Linda Gibbons now awaits Supreme Court date
On April 12, a provincial court judge dismissed a defence application for a stay of proceedings on the basis of abuse of process with regard to a charge of disobeying a court order laid against Linda Gibbons in January 2009. Madam Justice Mara Beth Greene then found Gibbons guilty of the charge, after an agreed statement of facts was read to the court, and sentenced her to one day in jail, in ... (Continue reading)
Written on 26 May, 2011 at 14:01 in
Activism, Pro-Life | Author:
Interim Staff On March 28, after spending 48 days in jail awaiting trial, pro-life activist Mary Wagner had her day in court. She was arrested and charged with mischief in February after allegedly entering the Choice in Health Clinic, and offering assistance to pregnant women seeking abortions at the Toronto abortion facility.
Wagner was arrested Feb. 9 after peacefully handing out roses to pregnant mothers entering the abortion centre. On a small card with each rose, Wagner wrote: “you were made to love and ... (Continue reading)
Written on 26 May, 2011 at 13:51 in
Activism, Pro-Life | Author:
Editor’s Note: Statement read by pro-life activist Mary Wagner in court during his trial for mischief, March 28.
Your Honour,
I stand before you accused of mischief. The Crown has presented the case against me, having argued to the effect that I did interfere with the enjoyment or operation of a lawful “business.” Were I to try to defend myself by arguing that I did not interfere, I would be neglecting the dignity of the little ones and their mothers, who are ... (Continue reading)
Written on 26 May, 2011 at 13:47 in
Announcements, Euthanasia, Features | Author:
Alex Schadenberg Special to The Interim Euthanasia Prevention Coalition seeks intervener status
The Euthanasia Prevention Coalition is seeking intervener status in the Rasouli case, which will be heard before the Superior Court in May. The Rasouli case is a precedent-setting case of national importance that will decide whether doctors must obtain consent before withholding or withdrawing life-sustaining medical treatment. EPC has retained lawyers Hugh Scher and Mark Handelman to represent us and the estimated cost to be ... (Continue reading)
Written on 16 May, 2011 at 9:24 in
Activism, Pro-Life | Author:
Pauline Kosalka The 40 Days for Life campaign in Toronto was a great success. Five weeks into the campaign, the organizer for 40 Days for Life Toronto reported that at least three babies had been saved.
40 Days for Life is a worldwide campaign that seeks to raise awareness about the evil of abortion through prayer and fasting, a vigil in front of an abortion facility, and community outreach. The Spring 2011 campaign ran from March 9 to April 17. In Toronto, the ... (Continue reading)
Written on 16 May, 2011 at 9:22 in
Abortion | Author:
Pauline Kosalka But pro-lifers say the comparison is accurate
The University of Calgary pro-life group is facing a backlash over a display comparing abortion to genocide. Campus Pro-Life erected a new display in late March behind a glass case at the university’s Student Centre. It consists of 290 pairs of baby shoes, symbolizing the 290 Canadian children that die from abortion every day. A small picture of the shoes of Holocaust victims in concentration camps and accompanying text links abortion to ... (Continue reading)
Written on 16 May, 2011 at 8:59 in
Abortion, Announcements, Features | Author:
Pauline Kosalka A pro-life billboard in Manhattan was taken down on Feb. 24 owing to its controversial but truthful content. The huge ad showed a black girl with the words “The most dangerous place for an African American is in the womb.” The poster was part of an advertising campaign by the pro-life organization, Life Always, directing viewers to the website ThatsAbortion.com. It was displayed in the SoHo neighbourhood, half a mile away ... (Continue reading)
Written on 10 May, 2011 at 11:35 in
Announcements, Features, Issues, Politics | Author:
Pre-campaign – Budget and contempt
On March 22, the Conservatives introduced their 2011 federal budget which featured a number of family friendly items: the Family Caregiver Tax Credit (a 15 per cent non-refundable tax credit up to $2,000 for those who care for dependent relatives), $3 million to “support the development of new community-integrated palliative care models,” and a 15 per cent Children’s Arts Tax Credit for sums up to $500 for ... (Continue reading)
Written on 29 Apr, 2011 at 13:14 in
Activism, Pro-Life | Author:
Interim Staff
More than 120 people participated in the kickoff rally for 40 Days for Life in Kitchener to hear several guest speakers and hear inspirational music as they prepared for the Lenten vigil to pray for an end to abortion.
Retired auxiliary bishop Matthew Ustrzycki of the Hamilton diocese and Debbie Fisher of the Silent No More Awareness campaign spoke and Critical Mass provided musical entertainment.
Bishop Ustrzycki said abortion and other social ... (Continue reading)
Written on 29 Apr, 2011 at 13:09 in
Bioethics | Author:
Interim Staff Toronto scientists at Mount Sinai Hospital have discovered problems in using reprogrammed stem cells for personalized organ repair. “It looks like the reprogramming process which creates (embryonic-like) stem cells from skin cells is creating damage or mutations,” said Andras Nagy, one of the lead authors of the study published in the journal Nature. These cells, known as induced pluripotent stem cells (iPS cells), were found by researchers to have three times as many genetic mutations as embryonic stem cells. In ... (Continue reading)
