Everyday For Life Canada: August 2009

Tim Hortons and the Culture of Death

In Warwick, Rhode Island the iconic Canadian coffee company was supposed to be a sponsor for a “Marriage and Family Day” event hosted by the National Organization for Marriage (NOM), an organization which defends traditional marriage. Tim Hortons had agreed to provide free coffee for the event but pulled out as the news got around and complaints reached the company.

Tim Hortons decided to no longer sponsor the event and cited that its policy was not to support any activity “representing religious groups, political affiliates or lobby groups.” Helen Kennedy, director of Eagle Canada, an organization that lobbies for gay rights, was quoted as saying that the sponsorship was “troubling” because Tim Hortons is part of the “fabric of Canadian culture.

Aug

Man and Woman He Created Them: A Theology Of The Body

If you have not noticed already, I am sure you will eventually see that our blog already makes reference to Theology of The Body and no doubt this will increase in the future. As such it seemed only fitting to provide a brief introduction to this vital work in an effort to, encourage those who have yet to embark on this reading.

Aug

Killing by Any Other Name is Killing

Don’t let the doublespeak by those who are pro-euthanasia mislead you. The secretary of Quebec's College of Physicians, Dr. Yves Robert, recently talked about the “hypocrisy” on the issue when it comes to providing pain relief for those who are terminally ill. He tried to equate giving a patient “extra medication” to relieve the pain similar to administering it for the purpose of ending life. To give medication to help cope with pain is totally different than administering it to kill them.

Aug

Abortion: The Beginning Of The "Culture Of Death" In Canada

I extend another warm welcome to all at this new blog.

In determining what Canadian life, family or cultural issue I should first deal with, I decided that my first blog posting would be about the greatest evil in Canadian society, the evil of abortion. Abortion was ushered in by the House of Commons, under the leadership of our late former Prime Minister Pierre Elliot Trudeau, with the 1969 Criminal Law Amendment Act.

Aug

The Good Shepherd

The letter which follows was written in a humble effort to ask our Catholic bishops to reconsider, during this jubilee Year of the Priest (June 2009 to June 2010), correcting the error they made over forty years ago in responding to the encyclical by Pope Paul VI called, Humanae Vitae. Our bishops in 1968 turned their backs on the evil of contraception. This made it easier for Prime Minister, Pierre Trudeau to legalize contraception on June 27, 1969.

Aug

After Cana

Here's a published letter which I sent to the Zenit website in response to an article on the importance of marriage as it relates to life issues. One of the best ways to stop abortions, fight euthanasia and promote a culture of life is by first educating parents about the sanctity of life. They then we'll instruct their children, and the circle of death will end. But this can only be accomplished by making sure that good marriage programs are offered at the church level.

Aug

Bill C-384

We need to let our government know that we are against legalizing the death of Canadian citizens. I urge you to write to your MP and the Prime Minister, Stephen Harper and object to Bill C-384. Below is a sample letter that I've already sent. Inform your friends, your family and your Church community about this important issue. We must choose life and not death.