Pro-life speaker & activist. I also write on disability, theology, literature, and more.
The apples we place in our grocery carts are all perfectly round. Each red rose in the bouquet from our local florist is the same size and the same shade as her companions. When we don't spend much time in uncultivated nature, we sometimes end up thinking that plants always look so similar to each … Continue reading You’re not a mistake.
Dear patient, Your prognosis is unclear. The treatment journey for your chronic illness will be complex. As a start, please add in iron supplements, to improve your energy levels. I am also prescribing some poetry, to fortify your spirit. These “prescriptions” are actually, in the main, descriptions. They are not curative; rather, they will anchor … Continue reading Poetry Rx
CW: Brief description of intimate partner violence “I don’t want to play God and decide who lives and who dies,” Helen said reluctantly. Nevertheless, she still thought that abortion was needed in many difficult circumstances. If a woman felt unready, or was battling poverty, how could she care for the child? She spoke at length … Continue reading Valued and Loved
Hello, and welcome to my blog! My name is Maria, and I live in Ontario, Canada. I am a Catholic woman, a daughter, a sister, a #CoolAunt, and a friend. I am also a pro-life public speaker–you can read more about that here. In this space, I hope to share my reflections on social issues, … Continue reading Welcome to my blog!
Originally posted on November 16th, 2020 for the Canadian Centre for Bio-Ethical Reform “A crowd flowed over London Bridge, so many,I had not thought death had undone so many.Sighs, short and infrequent, were exhaled,And each man fixed his eyes before his feet.” These lines from T.S. Eliot’s 1922 poem The Waste Land have long haunted me, especially … Continue reading The Truth is a Light in the Darkness
Originally posted on March 28th, 2018 for the Canadian Centre for Bio-Ethical Reform I felt like I was hitting a wall in my conversation with Danny at the Abortion Awareness Project. We had looked at pictures of aborted children, and we had discussed human rights and the difficult circumstances surrounding pregnancy. He would agree with my … Continue reading Speaking from the Heart
Originally posted on October 31, 2017 for the Canadian Centre for Bio-Ethical Reform. I’m standing on a street corner in Toronto, holding a sign with an image of a first-trimester abortion victim on it. Many passers-by tend to avoid my gaze and the pamphlets in my outstretched end. A few pause to vent about why … Continue reading Truth and Healing
Originally posted on March 17, 2016 for the Canadian Centre for Bio-Ethical Reform. Several years ago, I encountered the ideas of the Jewish philosopher Emmanuel Levinas while I idly skimmed my high school religion textbook. I was intrigued by his philosophy of “the face-to-face.” Levinas argues that when we encounter another human being face-to-face, we … Continue reading The call for an ethical conversion: seeing the faces of the pre-born
Maria McCann 