The May 2010 Euthanasia Prevention Coalition Newsletter can now be found at: http://www.euthanasiaprevention.on.ca/Newsletters/Newsletter108(May2010)(RGB).pdf Bill C-384 was soundly defeated by a vote of 228 to 59. Check how the Members of Parliament voted at: http://www.euthanasiaprevention.on.ca/HowTheyVoted.pdf On June 5, 2010, we are co-hosting the US/Canda Push-Back Seminar at the Radisson Gateway Hotel at the Seattle/Tacoma Airport. The overwhelming defeat of Bill C-384 proved that we can Push-Back the euthanasia lobby in the US and Canada and convince people that euthanasia and assisted suicide are a dangerous public policy. Register for the Seminar at: http://www.euthanasiaprevention.on.ca/2010SeminarFlyer(RGB)(LetterFormat).pdf The Schindler family are being attacked by a Florida television station and Michael Schiavo. The Euthanasia Prevention Coalition is standing in solidarity with the Schindler family. My blog comments: http://alexschadenberg.blogspot.com/2010/05/att...
Reflections from the pastoral ministry of an Evangelical Catholic Priest.
He had an acute sense of mischief, as well.
ReplyDeleteWhen he came visiting Vancouver, one of my relatives was the choirmaster/director for the children's choir chosen to sing for him in a HUGE ceremony. Every child was repeatedly told by parents, teachers, and everyone else, the ususal stuff: don't squirm, stand tall, don't fidget, no horseplay...all the usual don'ts that apparently have to be repeated endlessly where children are involved.
So, there they all are, on stage, standing tall and utterly, rigidly, at attention, singing with youthful clarity, my relative necessarily with his back to the audience, when he hears a stirring and a rustling and he senses that all is not quite as "under control" as he thought it to be. A quick peek over his shoulder tells him that all those parental admonitions were about to fly out the window, for there was yon pontiff, grinning and waving at the children on the stage!
What could he do but shrug and grin, and nod to the kids, who waved excitedly back, and then continued singing with renewed vigor!