Catholic Women’s League of Canada | BC and Yukon Council

IMMEDIATE ACTION REQUIRED!

The awarding of the Order of Canada to Morgentaler calls for a response from every member of the Catholic Women’s League. You are urged to take immediate action to register your opposition to awarding someone who is responsible for terminating over 100,000 unborn children a year.

You may email the Governor General at info@gg.ca or write to

Her Excellency the Right Honourable Michaëlle Jean, Governor General of Canada, Rideau Hall, 1 Sussex Drive, Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0A1

The Catholic Civil Rights League has an online petition to “Rescind the Order of Canada from Henry Morgentaler” at: http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/Morgentaler/

(Note: donations are optional)

This prestigious award is officially described as follows:

The Order of Canada is the centrepiece of Canada’s honours system and recognizes a lifetime of outstanding achievement, dedication to the community and service to the nation. The Order recognizes people in all sectors of Canadian society. Their contributions are varied, yet they have all enriched the lives of others and made a difference to this country. The Order of Canada’s motto is DESIDERANTES MELIOREM PATRIAM (They desire a better country).

The order of Canada was intended to unite our country and not cause division. Please take time to express your displeasure with this award.

Please also see letter (pdf) from National President, Lorette Noble to The Right Honorable Michaelle Jean on the National CWL website and the letter to all parishioners from Archbishop Raymond Roussin that was circulated this Sunday.

Your Sister in the League,

Marianna Caldwell, President

Please see this entry at our National site regarding a recent letter sent to Prime Minister Harper on Bill C-22, the Age of Protection.

The B.C./Yukon provincial council writes a Letter to the Canadian Medical Association Journal about CMA’s abortion referral policy and physicians’ right to freedom of conscience.

LINK: Letter to CMA (PDF)

November 15, 2006

The Hon. Shirley Bond
Minister of Education
Parliament Buildings
Victoria, BC V8V 1X4

Dear Minister Bond,

The Catholic Women’s League of Canada is a national organization rooted in gospel values. One of the eight objects of our League is “to contribute to the understanding and growth of religious freedom, social justice, peace, and harmony.”

The settlement agreement between the BC Ministry of Education and two private citizens (Murray Corren and Peter Corren) has given them an unprecedented role in influencing provincial curriculum development in all subjects from Kindergarten to Grade 12. This settlement agreement has the potential to denigrate the legally protected moral and religious beliefs of parents and children.

Therefore the BC & Yukon Provincial Council of the Catholic Women’s League of Canada, representing nearly 9,000 members and their families, urges the BC Ministry of Education to continue in its history of acknowledging religious freedom, social justice, peace, and harmony by allowing parents of children in the public school system the right to educate children in conformity with their moral and religious convictions. This right can be affirmed by allowing parents to use the alternate delivery option in areas of the curriculum that conflict with their moral and religious convictions.

I will be in Victoria for meetings with the Provincial Government on March 28 and I am very much looking forward to that. It would be a good opportunity to meet with you as well should your schedule permit.

Sincerely,

Barbara Dowding
CWL BC/YK Provincial President