Stratford and District Right to Life Executive President: Glenn Kahle Recording Secretary: Bonnie DeWeerd Correspondence Secretary: Glenn Kahle Treasurer: Mary Kay Lobsinger Newsletter Editor: Jared Thorne and Glenn Kahle Memberships: Tony Rybka Board Members: Glenn Kahle Mary Kay Lobsinger Mary Horenberg Terry Miller Virginia Miller Tony Rybka Patrick Murphy Jared Thorne Bonnie DeWeerd Meetings- For meetings dates/times and location please contact Glenn at kahle123@rogers.com Advertising - - 2 large billboards on the main entrances/exits of Stratford
- billboards on Highway 23, north of Mitchell
- Provide support for private billboards with Pro-Life Message
- Pro-Life ads in local News Papper
Youth Groups
- We send them occasional pamphlets, newsletters and involve them in the Life Chain.
Ontario Students for Life
- We work in conjunction with St. Michael's Students for Life (Stratford)
T.V. Ads
- We financially support the "Reaching Minds Through Media 2010 Campaign" in co-operation with other area groups.
- For more information on the T.V. ads see our support page and the article in the May/June 2000 Newsletter.
Politics
- Stratford&District Right to Life groups are non-political in their actions but attend political meetings to remain aware of the stances of politicians.
Letter Writing Letter writing is most important, please continue to write letters to your MP and MPP. It is also important to write letters to the editor of your newspaper. For more information please see our letter writing page.
Facebook Link https://www.facebook.com/stratfordright2life.ca/
Mary Devlin Memorial Bursary Award New for 2013 a bursary for a High School student, who excells in his or her stand on the pro-life issues. Alliance for Life Ontario Provincial Conference CLC ANNUAL CONFERENCE - When: To be Determined
- Location: To be Determined
March for Life - Every year Attending the Annual March for Life in Ottawa is an important way for each one of us to stand up and be counted for Life with our fellow Canadians. "You are called to stand up for life!..... You are called to work and pray against abortion....."John Paul II Pro-Life Awareness Week In conjunction with London's RTL office: Information is sent to all Catholic and Christian churches in this area: we supply the prayer sheets and encourage activities (videos, letter-writing, etc...)
International Pro-Life Conference -
Annual Life Chain - More information to come.. This year the Life Chain is on Sunday Oct. 5 from 2:00 to 3:00pm Across Canada and the US similar "Chains" enforced the idea that human life, especially those who are innocent and defenceless must be protected. It is urgent that we make known the sacredness of life at a time when courts refuse to recognize the unborn child as a human being. The overall purpose of the chain is not only to broadcast the message but to emphasize that we will never give in until the unborn are treated like other innocent people.
The Life Chain usually takes place on the first Sunday in October.. The participants form a Life Chain (standing approximately 10 feet apart) and carry signs which read "Abortion Kills Children" and "Abortion Hurts Women" (signs provided). Please stand on one side of the street only. This is a silent, peaceful and prayerful event for the whole family. People from our area "Stand For Life" on Huron and Ontario Streets from 2:00 pm until 3:00 pm. (will not happen this year due to COVID-19 Afterward, refreshments will be served at St. Joseph's Parish Hall sponsored by St. Joseph's Catholic Women's League and Immaculate Conception). .
Hallowe'en 2013 - Don't Get Tricked Into Supporting UNICEF - October 31st While UNICEF does feed and clothe children in 120 countries, it also funds abortion and sterilization in those same countries. In the United Nations Fund for Population Activities' own Inventory of Population Projects, it was revealed that in Nepal in 1987-88, UNICEF cooperated in a project "to organize, expand and improve the quality of sterilization in mobile units country-wide." In the 1990 inventory, it was reported that UNICEF contributed $1.3 million to aid a project in Malawi which has its own objective, "the development of surgical contraception services." In May of 1993, UNICEF announced that it would increase its support of "major population initiatives."
We cannot support UNICEF if this anti-life work continues. We should stop contribution to UNICEF in our offices and in door-to-door appeals on Halloween night and instead contribute to agencies which directly help Third World children such as:
The Holy Childhood Association, Margaret T. Tipping, 3329 Danforth Aven., Unit D, Scarborough, ON M1L 4T3 Abortion-pushing UNICEF is Back for Hallowe'en and the Whole Month of October in a New Collection Drive "Trick or Treat for UNICEF" is a program for schools to encourage children to become involved in the abortion-promoting group. The Plan is to extend fund-raising through the schools for the entire month of October. Pro-life advocates have campaigned for years against UNICEF's dedication to abortion, calling on them to return to their original vision. UNICEF is aligned with International Planned Parenthood, which ranks second only to the Chinese government in the volume of abortions it provides. In 1997, The Catholic School Board of Toronto discontinued its token $2000 donation to the organization.
Some Pro-Life and Pro-Family international aid organizations assisting mothers and children in the developing world include:
Canadian Food For Children, www.canadianfoodforchildren.org email CFFC_BC@yahoo.ca 3218-224 Street, Langley, B.C. V2Z 2G8 and MaterCare International matercare.org and Aid to the Church in Need www.kirche-in-not.org/index.html
To contact UNICEF Canada with your concerns email Halloween@unicef.ca Write: UNICEF Canada, Canada Square, 2200 Yonge Street, Suite 1100, Toronto, Ont M4S 2C6 Phone: 416-482-4444 email: secretary@unicef.ca
Read the pamphlet: UNICEF: GUILTY AS CHARGED at www.lifesite.net/waronfamily/unicef/unicef/pdf
Annual Stratford Right to Life Dinner More details to come.. . |