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Canada's
Catholic leader,
CARTER dies at 91
By Michael
VALPY
Religion And
Ethics
Reporter Monday, April 7,
2003 - Page A1
Three weeks ago, John
TURNER met Gerald Emmett
CARTER for their
annual St. Patrick's Day drink. The former prime minister held
the glass for his friend of 50 years while he sipped his Irish
whisky through a straw.
When the retired cardinal archbishop of Toronto died yesterday
morning at the age of 91, a reputation as richly coloured as
the scarlet of his soutane died with him.
Canadian Roman Catholicism will probably never see his like again:
a prince of the church who, while never unmindful of the meek
and the poor, made no bones about being comfortable rubbing elbows
with fellow princes of politics and business.
He was the close friend of prime ministers and premiers. He enjoyed
socializing in the corridors of power with people like Conrad
BLACK,
Hilary and Galen
WESTON and Fredrik
EATON. He displayed
an unabashed fondness for Progressive Conservative Party gatherings.
("I think at one Christmas party, I was the only Liberal there,"
Mr. TURNER said in an interview.)
Yet academics and religious and business leaders also spoke yesterday
of a man with an acute understanding of Canada and its history.
They described an intense, intellectual democrat who believed
he should speak out forcefully on the moral and political issues
of the day and who welcomed debate with those who disagreed with
him. And they talked of a cleric who profoundly understood the
nature of the church and who welcomed ecumenism and Canada's
emerging pluralism.
"He felt the institution of religion should have a public voice
and he was not shy about exercising it," said Michael
HIGGINS,
principal of St. Jerome's University in Waterloo and co-author
of My Father's Business, the 1990 biography of Cardinal
CARTER.
"Whenever he spoke, his voice was strong, clear, public, undiluted
and welcomed by political leaders even when they disagreed with
him. It is an unfortunate circumstance that the marginalization
of religious debate occurred at the same time as he was eclipsed
by a stroke, retirement and age, at a time when his church needed
him. He embodied a certain kind of churchman we probably won't
see again."
Cardinal CARTER suffered a stroke in 1981 and retired in 1990.
Cardinal Aloysius
AMBROZIC, his successor as archbishop of Toronto,
said Cardinal
CARTER "wanted to know what the movers and shakers
were doing."
Cardinal AMBROZIC described him as a man totally engaged with
his church and with his society -- an advocate for the poor,
for immigrants and for the homeless.
"What I admired about him, what I found so instructive about
him, was his sense of responsibility for the church and for society
at large. He was very much a man of Vatican 2 [the church's 1962-65
ecumenical council] and he knew what the Catholic Church was
about."
There was also, said Cardinal
AMBROZIC, "his own personal style.
He had panache."
The priest who rose from a working-class Montreal background
to become the most powerful cleric in Canada met Mr.
TURNER when
the former prime minister was a young lawyer in Montreal doing
legal work for the church. "He was a great human being who understood
the balance between the religious and secular worlds," Mr.
TURNER
said.
"He loved tennis, and he had a wicked serve."
Former prime minister Pierre
TRUDEAU consulted him on the Constitution
in the early 1980s and became a close friend. At the celebration
of Cardinal
CARTER's 75th birthday in 1987, instructions were
given that an entire pew was to be reserved for Mr.
TRUDEAU in
Toronto's St. Michael's Cathedral.
Mr. TRUDEAU delayed his arrival until just before the cardinal
entered the church. "All eyes were trained on
TRUDEAU until Cardinal
CARTER arrived," said Dr.
HIGGINS. "It was symbolic of the close
relationship they had."
Toronto's
Anglican
Archbishop, Terence
FINLAY, who first met
Cardinal CARTER when they were both bishops in London, Ontario,
in the 1970s, said the Roman Catholic Church in Canada had lost
a great leader.
"He enabled us to bring our churches closer together. I certainly
counted on him as a friend and colleague. He had an impressive
understanding of Canada's history and political situations. He
knew who we were."
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HASSARD,
John
Richard
died peacefully on Saturday, May 31, 2003 at Mount Sinai Hospital,
Toronto, Ontario. He was predeceased in 2000 by his loving wife,
Elizabeth (née
WILLIAMS.) He is survived by his son Richard and
wife Donna of New York; son James and wife Caryn and granddaughters
Emily, Sydney and Jamie of Los Angeles; son Jason of Morrisburg
and sister Evelyn
EATON of London. There will be a private family
service at a later date. In lieu of flowers, donations to Toronto
General - Cardiac Unit - Dr.
SCULLY;
Princess
Margaret
Hospial
or Northumberland Health Care Centre. Family can be reached:
Richard HASSARD, 30 Park Ave, P.H. ''B'', New York, New York,
10016. James A.
HASSARD, 115 Parkside Drive Wood Ranch/Sima Valley,
California 93065. Jason
HASSARD, P.O. Box 564, Morrisburg, Ontario,
K0C 1X0.
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MacDONALD,
Mary
Grant (née
EATON) Physiotherapy 3T7
Born in Orillia in 1915 and died at Sunnybrook Hospital on Saturday,
October 25th, 2003. Loving wife of the late Duncan Graham ''Pete''.
Beloved mother of Janis Anderson (Robert), Peter (Ann) and John.
Proud grandmother of Graham, Cheryl
HILL, David, Gordon, Douglas,
James and Katharine. Great grandmother to nine delightful children.
Friends may call at the Trull ''North Toronto'' Funeral Home
& Cremation Centre 2704 Yonge Street (5 blocks south of Lawrence)
on Tuesday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. A service celebrating
Mary's life will be held at St. Clement's Anglican Church (Duplex
Avenue and Briar Hill) on Wednesday morning at 11 o'clock. In
lieu of flowers, remembrances may be made to the Sunnybrook Foundation,
2075 Bayview Avenue, Toronto, M4N 3M5.
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Thelma
Eaton
Hutchison
WILKINSON
By Laurie SEHL
Tuesday,
November 4, 2003 - Page A24
Mother, sister, teacher. Born February 2, 1913, in Arthur, Ontario
Died August 1, in Brampton, Ontario, of old age, aged 90.
Thelma Laurene
EATON, the second child of Hugh and Jean
EATON,
was sister to Clifford and Irene. At the age of 10, Thelma wrote
her entrance exams to high school. She was held back a year because
of her age and was delayed another year when she became quite
ill with whooping cough. She started high school when she was
During her years at Arthur High, Thelma was heavily involved
in the community. She was the church pianist and was involved
in staging several community plays. Thelma applied to and was
accepted at Toronto Normal School and she graduated at the age
of 17. She returned to her elementary school, Metz School, where
she taught many younger than she who had been in the same one-room
school. In the subsequent 39 years, Thelma taught students in
many Ontario towns.
"Thelma was a dedicated teacher -- she cared for and had concerns
for all of her pupils and in turn they cared for and were inspired
by her," says stepdaughter Ruth
CRUMP of Windsor, Ontario "She
was an excellent teacher of our academics but still made time
to umpire a ball game, organize the yearly gala Christmas concert
or whatever else it took to keep about 40 pupils in eight grades
busy and on their paths to becoming productive citizens."
Thelma met Gordon
HUTCHINSON/HUTCHISON, who also was from the Arthur area,
and they dated for about seven years. The marriage was delayed
while they both helped support their families during the Depression
years. They finally tied the knot on November 18, 1939. Thelma
had two children, Donna Jean (now
WANLESS) and Wayne Alexander.
The years from 1969 to 1975 were difficult for Thelma and the
strength of her character shone through. She quit her teaching
career to care for ailing husband Gordon (who died in August,
1971), her father who died in June of that same year and a brother
who became critically ill with diabetes.
Over the years, one of Thelma's passions beyond her family and
teaching was the Federated Women's Institute of Ontario. From
1959 until she was no longer able, Thelma was heavily involved
with the Institute. She served her branch, district, area and
province as president, vice-president and in various other executive
positions. One of her favourite projects was attracting and arranging
the appearance of guest speaker Pauline
McGIBBON, Lieutenant-Governor
of Ontario, at a special Institute event. Thelma was honoured
by her branch in 1984 by becoming a life member of the Federated
Women's Institutes of Ontario. Thelma also became a life member
of the Associated Country Women of the World.
On October 11, 1975, Thelma married Edgerton
WILKINSON from Milton,
Ontario, who had been a long-time family friend; he, too, had
lost his spouse. Together they enjoyed 20 years and with their
blended families, shared five children, 18 grandchildren and
33 great-grandchildren. Thelma lived with Ed until his death
in 1996, after which she moved to Southbrook Retirement Community
for most of her final years.
"Thelma was always fun and always welcomed us," says Ruth
CRUMP.
"She loved to be active -- either entertaining or being entertained.
She was a true conversationalist and could tell great stories
and jokes. She never turned down an offer for a game of bridge
or euchre. Most of all, she loved her family and many Friends.
The times she laughed, gave advice or just listened echo in the
memories of those lives (she) touched -- and, in being so remembered,
her legacy will live on."
Laurie SEHL is Thelma's granddaughter.
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