(LifeSiteNews) — Former Campaign Life Coalition president Jim Hughes will be laid to rest on Monday of next week.
Pro-life leader Jim Hughes died this Monday, May 18, at the age of 82. Visitation and viewing will be held at the Heritage Funeral Home, 50 Overlea Blvd, Toronto, on Sunday, May 24, from 2–4 p.m. The Funeral Mass will take place the following Monday, May 25, 10:30 a.m., at St. Paul’s Basilica, 83 Power Street, Toronto.
It will be followed by a reception in the basement.
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The interment will be at Mount Hope Catholic Cemetery.
Hughes worked to defend the sanctity of human life for over 40 years and was for decades an acknowledged leader of the pro-life, pro-family movement in Canada. He was the fond husband of Virginia, father of six children, and grandfather of six.
In addition to serving for many years as the president of Campaign Life Coalition, Hughes was for a time the vice-president of International Right to Life. He founded The Interim Newspaper and, with Gwen Landolt, REAL Women of Canada.
Hughes was also an enthusiastic supporter of LifeSiteNews from its late-1990s beginnings in Campaign Life’s Shuter Street offices to the day of his death. He frequently attended LifeSite events, including annual general meetings and anniversary galas. Thus, generations of pro-life witnesses knew Jim and appreciated his encyclopedic knowledge of the history of the movement in Canada, as well as his kindness and sense of humor.
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Please join LifeSiteNews in praying for our old friend’s soul.