Ridiculous! Protestant parents are not allowed to have a religious program during school hours for their children in the three deaf and the one blind school in Ontario. At the same time Catholics, because of their historical right to have their own schools in Ontario are allowed to have a religious program during school hours in the very same schools. A directive [...]
“Is that your fourth baby?” asked a woman after church on Sunday. Now, I must admit that I enjoy showing off the baby a little, and since there aren’t many babies in our small parish, there’s usually someone who makes a bit of fuss over him. But the emphasis here was on fourth, as in, “Is that your fourth trip to the [...]
Consultations are under way to safeguard the mission, values and ethics of Catholic health care facilities in Saskatchewan. “Mission control is the bottom line,” Bishop Blaise Morand, of Prince Albert, told The Interim. The provincial government has proposed the establishment of 20 to 30 health districts to replace the 500 boards that now control facilities and programs. The districts will integrate, coordinate [...]
Unbending faith On September 20, 1992, CBC’s popular Sunday morning radio program Centrepoint devoted the one-hour time-slot from 11:00 – 12:00 a.m. to the program “Unbending faith: profile of the pro-life.” Put together by CBC producer Mary O’Connell, the narrative had as its Centrepoint the blowing-up of Morgentaler’s Toronto abortuary the previous June. For O’Connell it raised the question whether this event [...]
In 1987, pro-lifers lined a busy intersection in Yuba City, California, holding signs such as “Abortion Kills Children” and “Jesus Forgives and Heals.” The event attracted a gathering of 2500 and the organizers, Please Let Me Live (PLML), deemed this first “Life Chain” to be a modest success. Little did they know that their rally would soon gain widespread appeal and become [...]
August 17- Vancouver Betty Baxter, 40, former Canadian volleyball team member and spokeswoman for Vancouver’s “gay games” in 1980, will run for the NDP in the coming federal election as Canada’s first openly lesbian candidate. She became a lesbian in her twenties. Baxter will run in Vancouver Centre, now held by current Justice Minister Kim Campbell, former NDP member- turned Social Creditor-turned [...]
Early one sprng mornig a few weeks ago, in downtown Toronto, Tom Brown was handing out pro-life pamphlets on the streets in front of Buruiana’s abortuary. He was waiting for his partner , Mary Burnie. Nearby, he noticed a man and a woman approach the abortuary but then hesitate. Politely, he asked if he could speak to them before they went inside. [...]
Two dozen Canadian pro-lifers took part in the Spring of Life rescue campaign in Buffalo, willingly facing violence and abuse from pro-abortion forces and the fear of indignities and incarceration of which we can justifiably be proud. But if I may speak frankly to you, all my fellow Canadian pro-lifers- why is it that we do not have rescue campaigns in Canadian [...]
At its 34th General Assembly held in Fredericton, N.B., from August 14-22, 1992, the United Church was not anxious to affirm the authority of the Bible. http://blog.execu-search.com/how-to-buy-cialis/ It contains such commands as: “You shall not lie with a man as with a woman” (Leviticus 18:22).But high on the Assembly’s list of issues to be voted upon was the approval for same-sex “marriages.” [...]
I believe that we are all called by our Christian faith to be more then bystanders The Family Coalition Party of Ontario gives us an opportunity to work towards a better tomorrow for all the citizens in Ontario. The morals that form the cornerstone of the FCP have formed the basis of society around the world. Anti-life is anti-family Unlike any previous [...]
When Joanne Dieleman talks about saving babies from the clutches of abortionists, it’s not idle chitchat. In a remarkable booklet, author Joanne, long time pro-life activist and rescuer, mother of eight children and 249 foster children and grandmother of eight, tells how to save babies from instant death while their mothers – often unwittingly – march their children into a death camp. [...]
Toronto – Rev. Ken Campbell, Evangelical Minister from Milton, Ontario, had a Justice of the Peace in Toronto lay charges against Merle Terlesky for disturbing a religious service. This charge was later changed to disturbing the peace. Terlesky, aged 27, was found guilty of the latter charge and was ordered to perform 75 hours of community service over a nine-month period. He [...]
Halifax – Halifax hosted the region’s first Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Video and Film Festival, June 19-25. The weeklong event was hailed by organizers as “A Queer maritime celebration of our art, our lives, and the very miracle of our survival. There is something here and queer for everyone,” films, workshops and other entertainment. One workshop on “Sex, God and Film,” was [...]
Ontario NDP member Peter Kormos, now a backbencher, has a reputation for being Premier Bob Rae’s greatest nemesis on many issues, the most notorious being no-fault auto insurance and Sunday shopping. Some believe he will successfully run for leader of the NDP when Rae steps aside to enter the federal scene. In an informal interview with Kormos, the Interim’s Frank Kennedy tries [...]
Church and society Pope John Paul II, when he is not traveling, receives an unending stream of visitors, in groups or singly, dignitaries of every kind and every profession, local curial officials, bishops on their once-every-five-years visit, laity and clergy from every corner of the world. The Holy Father listens to their speeches or addresses and then almost always responds in kind. [...]