giovedì 15 novembre 2012

"Inclusive" education & parents responsibility

In the Catechism of the Catholic Church under the topic of "Duties of Parents" we find these two wonderful reminders of what Christians are called to do:
"Parents must regard their children as children of God and respect them as human persons. Showing themselves obedient to the will of the Father in heaven, they educate their children to fulfill God's law. (2222)
The Church teaches that parents, the father and the mother, not the school board or any government, are the first educators of their children. They are called to instruct them in the faith, in living virtuously, in giving a proper example, and in loving one's neighbour. When Dr. Steve Tourloukis tried to assert this parental calling as a Greek Orthodox Christian with the Hamilton Wentworth District School Board, he was told he didn't have this parental right. Why did the board deny his many requests to exempt his children from classes that violated his parental right to direct his children's moral education? The answer: school boards in Ontario thanks to the provincial government and the passing of Bill 13, now believe they can supplant parental rights and responsibilities. The new law and board guidelines permit this attack on traditional parental rights. The boards are legally backed by this unjust legislation which wants to force the whole society to accept the redefinition of human sexuality, marriage and family. Welcome to relativism and secularism deceptively disguised as inclusive education. Thank God that most people can still tell the difference between apples and oranges, even after being told that they are the same.
"Parents have the first responsibility for the education of their children. They bear witness to this responsibility first by creating a home where tenderness, forgiveness, respect, fidelity, and disinterested service are the rule. the home is well suited for education in the virtues. This requires an apprenticeship in self-denial, sound judgment, and self-mastery - the preconditions of all true freedom. Parents should teach their children to subordinate the 'material and instinctual dimensions to interior and spiritual ones.' Parents have a grave responsibility to give good example to their children." (2223)
Ontario parents must accept "Equity and Inclusive Education" and this means they cannot object to same-sex marriages, abortion, contraceptives, a hyper-sexualized curriculum, gay/straight alliances and the ever increasing number of sexual orientations. Inclusive education is not so inclusive because it seems to end where a Christian education begins. Dr. Tourloukis could not accept this and decided to take the Hamilton Board to court. The Parental Rights in Education Defense Fund is supporting the case by helping to pay for some of the legal expenses.  In this interview at the recent Minnesota Catholic Conference, Dr. Tourloukis explains why he went to court. Parents need to pay attention and reclaim their parental rights before they completely lose their children's souls to the indoctrination dictates of a "mommy/mommy", "daddy/daddy", "parent A/parent B" Ontario. In Ontario, we are told that when it comes to parental rights we are all equal, but from what's happening in the schools one can only conclude that these new family structures are more equal than others. Parents beware!






giovedì 8 novembre 2012

Carta della Pace

 
Ci sono Uomini e Donne che non hanno bisogno di popolarità.
Essi lavorano e si sacrificano per la collettività perchè è semplicemente giusto che sia così.
Non esiste una spiegazione. E lo fanno fino a sacrificare la loro stessa vita.
Per loro, per questi uomini e per queste donne, è importante dare non ricevere.

 

“Riconosciamo a Donne e Uomini di Buona Volontà il nostro plauso
e proponiamo la testimonianza della loro esistenza
quale esempio educativo per le nuove generazioni
alle quali sono affidate le sorti del Pianeta  e del  Genere Umano
chiedendo ad esse di compromettersi per la Pace”.

 

Il nuovo Console Generale d'Italia a Toronto

Il nuovo Console Generale d'Italia a Toronto, Ministro Tullio Guma, intervistato da Enzo Di Mauro italnews.ca e Roberto Bandiera Panorama ItalianCanadian.
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L'Altra Italia: Nuova Stagione 2013

Grande entusiasmo il 5 ottobre, alla inaugurazione della stagione 2012-2013 dell'Altra Italia, l'associazione culturale, in continua crescita per numero di soci e qualità' dei programmi offerti, in primo luogo la programmazione di film contemporanei italiani, che altrimenti non avremmo la possibilità' di vedere in Canada.
"La formula e' sempre la stessa, film italiani contemporanei, film d'autore, concerti e tanto altro" ha detto Cristiano De Florentiis nell'indirizzo di saluto agli intervenuti al TIFF, il palazzo del Festival Internazionale dell cinematografia di Toronto.
Come di consueto la proiezione del film in programma e' preceduta dai cocktails e cenetta presso la Mason Mercer di cui vi presentiamo alcuni momenti. 
Video by: Enzo Di Mauro italnews.ca Toronto - dimauro.enzo@gmail.com
 


venerdì 2 novembre 2012

Lecture byJames Harrington: Political Trials of Fethullah Gulen



 

Nov.12: Francis The Holy Jester

DARIO FO’S ‘FRANCIS THE HOLY JESTER’ 
BY MARIO PIROVANO

A celebration of life, liberty, truth and devotion. The story of St. Francis of Assisi.


The Istituto Italiano di Cultura, in collaboration with the Emilio Goggio Chair in Italian Studies, Department of Italian Studies and the Centre for Drama, Theatre and Performance Studies, University of Toronto,
presents a performance of
Dario Fo’s ‘Francis The Holy Jester’ by Mario Pirovano.
Monday, November 12, 2012 – 8:00pm
Robert Gill Theatre - 214 College Street, Toronto (use St. George St. Entrance only — 3rd floor)
General admission $15.00; students and seniors: $10.00. 
Box Office: 416-978-7986

Nov. 8: L'Altra Italia opens in Vaughan‏


                                                                           

L'ALTRA ITALIA OPENS IN VAUGHAN

November 8, 2012
Colossus Vaughan
6:30 pm - Reception
8:00 pm - Screening
Vaughan Membership Card*                   Toronto Membership Card*
   Free admission                                   $ 20 Reception+Movie
Non members
$ 40 Reception+Movie
$ 15 Trial Membership Pass (no reception)



*For the season 2012/2013 all members must choose only ONE location where they will attend screenings and receptions, either in Toronto or in Vaughan.
For more info visit
our website or call 416.893.3966

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