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Jan 15, 2025 | 
bccatholic.ca | Terry O'Neill |Terry and Mary-Ellen O'Neill
With his eyes closed and head slumped forward, Jimmy seemed to be asleep as he sat in his wheelchair in the common room of his New Westminster long-term care home. The three dozen or so other seniors in the room appeared to be in exactly the same state—a melancholy tableau amid the Christmas decorations and the bustling, cheery staff. As I bent down and greeted my old friend, he immediately perked up and, his eyes remaining closed, smiled and whispered hello.
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Dec 13, 2024 | 
catholicregister.org | Terry O'Neill |Terry and Mary-Ellen O'Neill
Abbotsford MP Ed Fast said in a statement to The B.C. Catholic he fears the consultations will advance “confusion and abuse of Canada’s MAiD regime.”
Dr. Will Johnston, a Vancouver family doctor who leads the Euthanasia Resistance Coalition of B.C., echoed Fast’s concerns, calling the consultation process “a sham” designed to deliver pre-determined support for further liberalizing Canada’s euthanasia law.
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Dec 8, 2024 | 
designyoutrust.com | Danny Lyon |David Bowie |Terry O'Neill |Terry and Mary-Ellen O'Neill
Debbie Harry, the legendary lead singer of Blondie, was often photographed by Chris Stein, her bandmate and romantic partner in the 1970s and 1980s. Stein’s candid and intimate photographs captured Debbie’s distinctive style and charisma, blending the raw energy of punk rock with a personal touch. A 1981 spiral-bound calendar showcases 12 of these stunning images, featuring Debbie’s iconic looks and Stein’s artistic vision, complete with a facsimile autographed cover. h/t: vintag.es
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Dec 4, 2024 | 
bccatholic.ca | Terry O'Neill |Terry and Mary-Ellen O'Neill
B.C. pro-life leaders are crying foul over what they charge is a rigged Health Canada consultation on medical assistance in dying (MAiD), saying it’s aimed at suppressing opposition to the legalization of advance requests as Quebec is doing.
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Nov 28, 2024 | 
bccatholic.ca | Terry O'Neill |Terry and Mary-Ellen O'Neill
A richer and deeper appreciation of the astonishing, miraculous nature not only of human life but of the entire universe itself can’t help but counter the self-centred, pro-death mentality that is strangling Western society, says the Archdiocese of Vancouver’s pro-life chaplain. The universe didn’t come into existence by accident, Father Larry Lynn said in a speech to the Life Compass Society.
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Nov 6, 2024 | 
bccatholic.ca | Terry O'Neill |Terry and Mary-Ellen O'Neill
Catholics must increasingly prepare themselves to fight against censorious, secular forces trying to prevent people of faith from expressing their beliefs in public, says Christian Elia, executive director of the Catholic Civil Rights League of Canada. Elia is one of several experts from both sides of the Atlantic who have deep concerns about the implications of the recent criminal conviction in Britain of a man for praying silently and peacefully in the vicinity of a British abortion clinic.
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Jul 4, 2024 | 
bccatholic.ca | Terry O'Neill |Terry and Mary-Ellen O'Neill
“The pro-life response to assisted suicide is not only the right response,” says pro-life apologist Stephanie Gray Connors. “It’s the beautiful and inspiring one.” Catholics needn’t be demoralized by the onslaught of Canada’s “extreme” euthanasia regime, because logical argument and compassionate action offer effective ways to counter the culture of death, Gray Connors told about 200 people at Our Lady of Assumption Church in Port Coquitlam.
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Jun 19, 2024 | 
catholicregister.org | Terry O'Neill |Terry and Mary-Ellen O'Neill
But despite this passage of time, a host of important questions remain unanswered about Vancouver Coastal Health’s construction and operation of the MAiD facility and its physical connection to St. Paul’s.
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Jun 7, 2024 | 
bccatholic.ca | Terry O'Neill |Terry and Mary-Ellen O'Neill
More than half a year has now passed since the provincial government ordered Vancouver Coastal Health to build a euthanasia facility next to St. Paul’s Hospital, thereby doing an end run around the Catholic hospital’s principled opposition to assisted suicide.
But despite this passage of time, a host of important questions remain unanswered about Vancouver Coastal Health’s construction and operation of the MAiD facility and its physical connection to St. Paul’s.
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Jun 7, 2024 | 
bccatholic.ca | Terry O'Neill |Terry and Mary-Ellen O'Neill
With the October 19 provincial election just four months away, the leaders of two of B.C.’s smallest political parties are saying the province should flex its jurisdictional muscles to rein in the rapid rise of euthanasia in B.C. Rod Taylor, leader of the Christian Heritage Party of B.C., said in an email interview that his party would move to curtail or eliminate Medical Assistance in Dying and would not hesitate to invoke the Charter of Rights and Freedom’s notwithstanding clause to...
