We'll hold our heads up high
Last Thursday, I was on the TheoVox podcast to discuss (in French) the recent constitutionalization of abortion in France. France is the first country to take this particular step towards the abyss: it enshrined a so-called "freedom" of abortion in its constitution. This means that, in this country, the law is not truly respected, for to call the act of killing an innocent human being in the womb a "freedom" (or "negative right", that is, a right not to be prevented from committing abortion) is to completely invert good and evil: "Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who turn darkness into light and light into darkness, who turn bitterness into sweetness and sweetness into bitterness!" (Isaiah 5:20).
What will pro-lifers in Quebec, heavily influenced by what goes on in France, do to prove ourselves worthy of this moment in history? We'll hold our heads high, and we'll March !
We're organizing Quebec's First March pour Life this June 1st.
We'll March :
- to "jump-start" those of our fellow citizens who are unaware of the tragedy of abortion;
- to live our faith with integrity, in private and in the public square;
- to demonstrate to our fellow citizens -- through our families and our joy -- that there is an alternative to the culture of death;
- To show Quebec women that their best allies are pro-life Christian men and women;
- To take our rightful place in the public forum and influence decision-makers and all our fellow citizens;
- To prepare for action (political, educational, charitable) on other days of the year;
We will march annually, to act as the heartbeat of a restoration of our society. In the U.S., it took nearly 50 years for the March for Life in Washington DC, founded in 1974, to bear fruit in 2022, the pivotal year when Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court decision which in 1973 imposed abortion on all 50 states, was overturned.
Our Lenten and Easter fundraising campaign kicks off today. The theme of our campaign is that of our March: "I Love Life". We need your help to finance this March and our other actions.
Please contribute generously. Our goal is to raise $15,000 by April 3.
For Life,
Georges Buscemi
President, Quebec Life Coalition
40 Days for Life -- Montreal
Montreal's 40 Days for Life is underway until March 24. My colleague Brian Jenkins, with the help of faithful volunteers, is ensuring a 12 hours a day (7 a.m. to 7 p.m.) presence for 40 days in front of a "health" center where unborn children are being killed. Come and pray outside an abortion center for unborn children and their mothers ==> https://www.40joursmontreal.org/participer
Our articles of the week :
Macron celebrates constitutional "right" to abortion at unprecedented ceremony in Paris
For the first time in France's history, a public ceremony was held on Friday to solemnize the inclusion of a new amendment in the Constitution.
I need your help
I need your help! As you may know, we're organizing Quebec's very first March for Life on Saturday, June 1, at 11 a.m., in front of the National Assembly in Quebec City. We want as many participants as possible. That's why we want to present this great project to as many communities as possible. So: if you live in Quebec and you attend a church or other, and you think this might be of interest to your group, please don't wait, but get in touch with me as soon as possible, either by replying to this e-mail or by calling me at (514) 928-4819. I'm ready to travel 7 days a week to present this great project of a first March for Life in Quebec City.
Quebec March for Life
Preparations for the first Quebec City March for Life on June 1, 2024 are well underway. The official website will be ready soon. For now, relevant information can be found here. Also, you can watch the trailer for this same March and then view the interview between myself and Jean-François Denis of Théovox explaining why this March is important for the future of Quebec and Canada.
Click to view the video -- March for Life - Quebec
Reflections on March 8, International Women's Day
Here you can read my thoughts on the occasion of March 8, International Women's Day:
==>Never will women find better allies than among pro-life Christians
News from our colloquium in Lévis
A CQV colloquium was held on Saturday, March 2 in Lévis. Three speakers showed three facets of a future Christian society that protects faith, family and life, from conception to natural death. You can read the proceedings here. Videos will be available shortly.
40 Days for Life -- Montreal
Also worth noting: the 40 Days for Life in Montreal are underway until March 24. My colleague Brian Jenkins, with the help of faithful volunteers, is lining up 12 hours a day (7 a.m. to 7 p.m.) for 40 days in front of a "health" center where unborn children are being killed. Come and pray outside an abortion center for unborn children and their mothers ==> https://www.40joursmontreal.org/participer
A new, French-language book on euthanasia in Quebec and Canada
A book on euthanasia in Canada has been translated from English by Campagne Québec-Vie. Here is a message from its author, David Cooke:
Dear friends,
I wanted to share some exciting news about my book, "Trudeau's MAiD Service: A Euthanasia Program for Canada", which was first published in the fall of 2022.
First, with the help of my friends at Campagne Québec-Vie, we now have an updated French edition available to the public as of last Sunday. It's a dream come true for me, as I've always wanted to reach Canada's French population with this message! You can find it on Amazon: https://www.amazon.ca/dp/1777413834/
(...)
Please pray that the MAiD expansion, scheduled for March 17, does not go forward, and that God convicts the hearts of our legislators concerning the evil, corruption and heartache they have unleashed on our land. As God has made clear, "Thou shalt not kill".
God bless Canada.
David Cooke
Don't hesitate to buy this short, very affordable, French-language book on the abuses of euthanasia, here.
For Life,
Georges Buscemi
President, Quebec Life Coalition
Preparations for a March for Life in Quebec City are well underway
Our 35th anniversary dinner in Montreal was a success. You can read a short report here.
Preparations for the first March for Life in Quebec City on June 1, 2024 are well underway. The official website will be ready soon. For now, relevant information can be found here. Also, you can watch the trailer for this same March here.
Click to view the video -- March for Life - Quebec
Also worth noting: the 40 Days for Life in Montreal are underway until March 24. My colleague Brian Jenkins, with the help of faithful volunteers, is lining up 12 hours a day (7 a.m. to 7 p.m.) for 40 days in front of a "health" center where unborn children are being killed. Come and pray outside an abortion center for unborn children and their mothers ==> https://www.40joursmontreal.org/participer
For Life,
Georges Buscemi
President of Quebec Life Coalition
Our featured article this week:
Gilles Grondin Award presented to Dr. Paul Saba, exceptional Quebec pro-lifer
On February 24, 2024, we celebrated the 35th anniversary of Campagne Québec-Vie (CQV), an organization dedicated to the protection of the unborn child since 1989, at our benefit dinner at Saint-Ambroise church in Montreal. Around 70 people, supporters and volunteers gathered in a warm atmosphere, and we presented the "Gilles Grondin" award to Dr. Paul Saba, an exceptional Quebec pro-lifer.
A Parliament Hill rally against euthanasia
Our 35th anniversary dinner in Montreal (see below) is fast approaching. Join us to celebrate 35 years of fighting for faith, family and life, from conception to natural death! (**Please note: Most of the evening's proceedings will be in French**)
Next Tuesday, February 27, my colleague Arpad Nagy, CQV's Director of Political Operations, will be on Parliament Hill in Ottawa at 11 a.m. for a rally against euthanasia. In particular, he will be speaking against euthanasia for the mentally ill. Join him for this demonstration! (A bill, C-62, will soon be voted on in the Senate to suspend the extension of access to euthanasia for these mentally ill people. Let's make sure this extension is not only suspended, but definitively cancelled).
Finally, Montreal's 40 Days for Life is underway until March 24. My colleague Brian Jenkins, with the help of faithful volunteers, is ensuring a steady 12 hour per day presence (from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.) for 40 days in front of a "health" center where unborn children are being killed. Come and pray outside an abortion center for unborn children and their mothers ==> sign up here for the 40 Days for Life in Montreal
For Life,
Georges Buscemi
President of Quebec Life Coalition
Quebec Life Coalition 35th anniversary dinner
Celebrating 35 years of Life! Since 1989, Quebec Life Coalition has been fighting for faith, family and life, from conception to natural death. Come celebrate with our pro-life family, in all simplicity: we'll be holding our 35th anniversary dinner on Saturday, February 24, 2024, at the Saint-Ambroise church hall in Montreal (6520 rue de Normanville, Montreal) with none other than National Coalition for Life president Jeff Gunnarson and QLC president Georges Buscemi and Dr. Paul Saba, this year's recipient of the Gilles Grondin award for outstanding Quebec pro-life activist. Come and join us! Doors open at 4:30 p.m., with dinner starting around 5:30 p.m.
Tickets are $30 each ($15 for children 6-12 and $0 for 5 and under) and can be purchased online or by phone: 1-855-996-2686 or (514) 344-2686. **Most of the evening's proceedings will be in French**
This week's featured article
Take part in the 40 Days for Life, from February 14 to March 24, 2024!
This winter, hundreds of communities across North America, including several Canadian cities, are simultaneously holding a 40 Days for Life campaign from Wednesday, February 14 to Sunday, March 24, 2024
News as surprising as it is encouraging
In news as surprising as it is encouraging, the Archdiocese of Montreal is suing the Quebec government for forcing hospices to offer euthanasia to their patients. The Quebec government wants to force Montreal's Maison de soins palliatifs et center de jour St-Raphaël to offer euthanasia to its patients, yet the Maison St-Raphaël is built on archdiocesan land leased under an emphyteutic lease for the symbolic sum of one dollar a year - on the express condition that the home does not commit euthanasia. Archbishop Christian Lépine, caught between the choice of canceling his contract with Maison St-Raphaël, and thus closing the facility, or turning a blind eye to the perpetration of euthanasia on archdiocesan property, chose instead to confront the source of the problem: Mr. Legault's government. A case to be followed with keen interest.
In another lawsuit against the Quebec government, Pastor Art Lucier, who represents Harvest Ministries International, is in the midst of legal proceedings against the government, which abruptly canceled HMI's pro-life event scheduled for June 2023 at the Quebec City Convention Centre. Art Lucier is determined to go all the way to court to get the government to acknowledge that it broke the law in taking this arbitrary action.
Quebec Life Coalition 35th anniversary dinner
Celebrating 35 years of Life! Since 1989, Quebec Life Coalition has been fighting for faith, family and life, from conception to natural death. Come celebrate with our pro-life family, in all simplicity: we'll be holding our 35th anniversary dinner on Saturday, February 24, 2024, at the Saint-Ambroise church hall in Montreal (6520 rue de Normanville, Montreal) with none other than National Coalition for Life president Jeff Gunnarson and QLC president Georges Buscemi and Dr. Paul Saba, this year's recipient of the Gilles Grondin award for outstanding Quebec pro-life activist. Come and join us! Doors open at 4:30 p.m., with dinner starting around 5:30 p.m.
Tickets are $30 each ($15 for children 6-12 and $0 for 5 and under) and can be purchased online or by phone: 1-855-996-2686 or (514) 344-2686. **Most of the evening's proceedings will be in French**
For Life,
Augustin Hamilton
1 reaction Read morePro-abortion activists concerned about "misinformation"
Two pieces of news stand out this week. The first is the allocation of $1.4 million to "pro-choice" (pro-abortion) groups in Quebec by Minister Martine Biron, responsible for the status of women. This is an admission of concern on their part, as they aim to counter the "disinformation" of groups like Quebec Life Coalition, who don't hesitate to speak frankly to the public about abortion, what it is and its consequences for individuals and society.
The second piece of news is that the federal government has decided to wait a while longer before allowing euthanasia for the mentally ill. It's good news that they've decided to slow down their destructive rush to decriminalize assisted suicide, but they're nonetheless showing a great willingness to implement this terrible measure.
Finally, our Students for Life Montreal event was a resounding success. Thanks to our main organizer, Brian Jenkins, for all his hard work!
Quebec Life Coalition 35th Anniversary Dinner
Celebrating 35 years! Since 1989, Quebec Life Coalition has been fighting for faith, family and life, from conception to natural death. Come celebrate with our pro-life family, in all simplicity: we'll be holding our 35th anniversary dinner on Saturday, February 24, 2024, at the Saint-Ambroise church hall in Montreal (side door on rue de Normandville, church located at 1215 rue Beaubien E, Montreal, QC H2S 1T8) with none other than National Coalition for Life president Jeff Gunnarson and myself, CQV president Georges Buscemi and Dr. Paul Saba, this year's recipient of the Gilles Grondin award for outstanding Quebec pro-life activist. Come and join us! Doors open at 4:30 p.m., with dinner starting around 5:30 p.m.
Tickets are $30 each and can be purchased by phone: 1-855-996-2686 or (514) 344-2686. (Please note: Most of the speeches and other interventions will be in French.)
For Life,
Georges Buscemi
President of Quebec Life Coalition
This trip will pay off for our movement
Last Thursday I traveled to the United States for the March for Life in Washington D.C. In the company of Jean-François Denis and his wife Nancy, hosts of the alternative Quebec media Théovox, I watched with keen interest as this annual March for Life unfolded, where, by my estimate, nearly 100,000 people gathered this year to defend the unborn child.
Our main goal was to study the organization and progress of the March, so we could better organize our own Quebec March for Life, which this year will take place in Quebec City on Saturday, June 1. Mark your calendars now for June 1!
Quebec City March for Life
A historic first
Saturday, June 1, in front of the National Assembly (Fontaine de Tourny)
Gathering from 11am
Speeches at 12pm
March through the streets of Quebec City 1pm
We filmed interviews and took lots of footage from the March on Washington, which you can see by following the link: https://www.cqv.qc.ca/washington2024
Also, we took time to plan certain elements of our future Walk as well as its promotion in the coming weeks. In short, we spent days filled with good memories and very useful exchanges.
Also in Washington, I spent several hours with a group of documentary filmmakers whose director, Léa Claremont-Dion, is a mother of two children and a postdoctoral research associate at Concordia University. Her documentary, filmed on behalf of Télé-Québec and scheduled for release in fall 2024, will focus on the effect, in Quebec and Canada, of the Dobbs decision, the 2022 decision of the Supreme Court of the United States which affirms that abortion is not a right and which now allows each state of the United States to legislate as it sees fit on the matter.
We spent over an hour interviewing and the team followed me through the streets of Washington D.C. and to my hotel. Knowing that Mrs. Claremont-Dion was a doctoral student and had a keen interest in philosophy and issues of social justice, I gave her as a gift the book The Last Superstition, translated in French by Quebec Life Coalition. Suspecting that she would rather be in favor of the legalization of abortion, I hope that our interview as well as the reading of this masterful and enlightening book on several points will give her something to question some of her convictions.
Campagne Québec-Vie's 35th anniversary dinner
Celebrating 35 years ! Since 1989, Quebec Life Coalition has been fighting for faith, family and life, from conception to natural death. Come celebrate with our pro-life family, in all simplicity: we'll be holding our 35th anniversary dinner on Saturday, February 24, 2024, at the Saint-Ambroise church hall in Montreal (side door on rue de Normandville, church located at 1215 rue Beaubien E, Montreal, QC H2S 1T8) with none other than Campaign Life Coalition president Jeff Gunnarson and myself, QLC president Georges Buscemi and Dr. Paul Saba, this year's recipient of the Gilles Grondin award for outstanding Quebec pro-life activist. For tickets (30$) call us at 1-855-996-2686.
Reminder: Students for Life -- this Friday, January 26!
A Students for Life event organized by Quebec Life Campaign will be held at our offices (3330 rue Rivier, Montreal, H1W3Z9) on Friday, January 26, featuring Brian Jenkins, head of our Pregnancy Help division "Enceinte et inquiète", Johanne De Verteuil, who also does pregnancy help in the Drummondville area, as well as Blaise Alleyne of the Canadian Centre for Bioethical Reform and Katie Somers of Toronto Right to Life. The event starts at 5 p.m. Pizza will be served. A nominal fee to offset costs will be appreciated.
For Life,
Georges Buscemi
President of Quebec Life Coalition
This week's featured article:
Large turnout at the March for Life in Washington, D.C.
Tens of thousands of pro-lifers marched in the U.S. nation's capital for the 51st annual March for Life, and time-lapse videos now show the impressive size of the turnout.
Writing to you from Budapest, Hungary
I am currently writing to you from Budapest, the capital of Hungary. This coming Sunday, I will have the privilege to go to Paris to represent the Canadian Pro-Life movement at the 2024 Paris March for Life. Like at our Canadian National March for life, thousands of pro-lifers will gather for a beautiful public rally in defence of the lives of pre-born children! I will also have the privilege of inviting francophones from other countries to our first ever Quebec march for life happening in Quebec City on Saturday, June 1st!
During my time at the March for Life in Paris, I will have the opportunity to strengthen our ties to pro-life groups from many francophone countries. In these modern times, our ideological opposition has been very good in building a worldwide network that promotes abortion, euthanasia, LGBT and other anti-family and anti-faith ideas. We must do our own networking, but for good, not for evil.
I am also spending some time in Hungary. Hungary has of late brought forward some of the best life, family and faith policies in the world! I will spend several days networking with pro-life politicians and individuals here in Hungary. We hear a lot of talk about Hungary, both in pro-life and in conventional news, and I would like to explore what life is really like on the ground. Of particular interest to me is Hungary’s family policies. Hungary has been able, through sound fiscal and social policy, to slow the plummeting of the marriage rate and birth rate that has been plaguing most western countries.
Not unlike what we are facing in Quebec, Hungary has faced important questions related to identity, immigration, Christianity, and the survival of our subsequent generations, and Hungary has provided a way forward. I intend to explore the things that Hungary does well, things that perhaps could be implemented in Canada and in Quebec, in order to encourage changes that will better respect all life as well as honour our Lord Jesus Christ.
We need your support so that we can continue in this important work—both in finances as well as in prayer. Our ideological opposition is very well financed, but we have recourse to people of good will, people who are also interceding to the Lord for the continuation of our mission. If you have not had the chance to contribute financially to our work recently, I invite you to do so today. Help us start this new year strong! If you have not included QLC to your regular prayer intentions, please do so as well!
I want to give a special thanks to my relatives in Hungary, as well some of our other pro-life collaborators in Canada and abroad who are helping with my lodging when I am working away from home. This helps enormously at keeping our costs low and in maximizing what we can accomplish with your donations.
Arpad Nagy
P.S. I had the privilege or attending church yesterday in the historic Hermina Chapel in Budapest. Here is a photo:
1 reactionPlease pray for Mélanie Lachance
Mélanie Lachance, a 42-year-old Quebec woman suffering from a tenacious cancer, has decided to take her own life by euthanasia tomorrow, January 13, 2024. Please read our article on this terrible situation and, above all, please pray for her so that she may receive the light and comfort she needs to reverse her decision.
Students for Life -- Friday January 26!
A Students for Life event organized by Quebec Life Coalition will be held at QLC's offices (3330 rue Rivier, Montreal, H1W3Z9) on Friday, January 26, with Brian Jenkins, head of our pregnancy help division "Enceinte et inquiète", Johanne De Verteuil, who also does pregnancy help in the Drummondville area, as well as Blaise Alleyne of the Canadian Centre for Bioethical Reform and Katie Somers of Toronto Right to Life. The event starts at 5 pm. Pizza will be served. A nominal amount to offset costs would be appreciated.
March for Life in Washington D.C.
A contingent from Quebec will be going to the March for Life in Washington D. C. next week. C. I myself will be going with 2 people to take part in this huge march for the right to life of unborn children targeted by abortion. We're studying the March there to make it all the easier for us to set up the first March for Life in Quebec!
Quebec City March for Life -- Saturday, June 1, 2024
Put this first March for Life in Quebec on your calendar now! We are organizing the first March for Life in Quebec. It will start in front of the National Assembly in Quebec City around noon on June 1, 2024. More details and great surprises will follow shortly!
Camapgne Québec-Vie's 35th anniversary dinner
We're celebrating 35 years of Life! Since 1989, Quebec Life Coalition has been fighting for faith, family and life, from conception to natural death. Come celebrate with us and your family, in all simplicity: we'll be holding a spaghetti dinner for our 35th anniversary on Saturday, February 24, 2024 in the hall of Saint-Ambroise Church in Montreal (side door on de Normandville Street, church located at 1215 Beaubien Street E, Montreal, QC H2S 1T8) with none other than the president of Campaign Life Coalition, Jeff Gunnarson, and myself, Georges Buscemi, president of the QLC, and other special guests. Come and join us!
The Adventures of Arpad
Our colleague Arpad Nagy, Director of Political Operations for Campagne Québec-Vie, will be in France (for the March for Life in Paris and for meetings with European pro-lifers) and Hungary, to find out more about the Hungarian government's successes in the areas of faith, family and life. As Arpad himself is of Hungarian origin, we hope that he will be able to gather as much information and useful contacts as possible to help us in our fight here in Quebec and Canada.
For Life,
Georges Buscemi
President of Quebec Life Coalition
Our freatured article:
Mélanie Lachance's imminent euthanasia
Mélanie Lachance will soon die by euthanasia on Saturday January 13, as she had planned. Aged 42 and suffering from a recurrence of cancer, she had given herself about a year to experience all kinds of adventures and travels before she died. Sadly, she will soon be ending her life, although she undoubtedly still has a lot to give to her loved ones.
Keeping mothers off the conveyor belt to abortion
One important thing we do in defending life from conception to natural death is help mothers facing a crisis pregnancy carry their child to term.
In Quebec, most women faced with a crisis pregnancy will dutifully head to their local government health clinic (called CLSC) and most of the time be plopped onto a virtual conveyor belt to abortion. Our goal is to divert the most women possible from state health care and into more trusted hands, who will fight for both the mother’s welfare and that of her child.
That’s why we created “Enceinte et inquiète” (Pregnant and Worried) more than a decade ago. Unlike most charitable works, which, if they wish to conserve their government funding, must walk on eggshells when they provide services to the public (this means steering from anything even vaguely controversial, abortion being one of the most controversial topics of all), Enceinte et inquiète is unabashedly pro-life in its approach to helping women. We aren’t afraid of being “outed” as pro-life and losing government grants and other state largesse, since we never received a cent from the gov’t and never intend to do so, so long as it remains pro-abortion.
We receive calls for help via our toll-free hotline (1-855-871-4442) or our website (www.enceinteinquiete.org). Needs range from childbirth without health insurance, to teen pregnancy, to help finding housing, to problems with violence, and everything in between.
The last few weeks have been particularly busy, with up to 8 cases being handled at once by my colleague Brian and his growing team of volunteer women. Our work mainly consists in referral to trustworthy, vetted organisations who provide food, lodging and counselling, as well as help with finding various government subsidies or programmes.
We are literally fighting for the lives of babies and their mothers; and whether we win depends to a large extent on whether we are seen or heard. The government already has a very well-established network of referral centres – the aforementioned CLCS’s. For us to be able to divert women from these pro-abortion clinics we must advertise on social media and by other means. We also need funds to maintain our online presence and our toll-free hotline. Finally, we need staff supervised volunteers to field calls and to follow up with the women.
We are in the fight of our lives. Can you help us help women experiencing a crisis pregnancy?
We are currently in the midst of our Advent fundraising campaign; we aim to raise 15,000$. We so far have received 5,719$, for which we are very grateful. However, 9,281$ remains to be raised before the end of Christmas Day. Time is running out. Please give sacrificially today if you can!
God bless,
Georges Buscemi