THE FATHER TED COLLETON SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM

The scholarship was designed to attract senior high school students to thinking about the culture of death, and its awful manifestation in the practice of abortion. Since that first year, more than 1100 students have taken up the challenge of entering the competition.

Niagara Region Right to Life (NRRTL) is the sponsoring organization of the program, providing the prize money and other incidental expenses associated with running the scholarship contest.

The Interim is a promoter and collaborator publishing the essays of the three prize winners annually.

As is stated in the scholarship brochure distributed to schools across Canada, “Niagara Region Right to Life wishes to help educate and inform the younger generations about the preciousness and possibilities of human life from conception to natural death and how certain threats/trends and societal changes affect those possibilities in its beginnings”.

It is always hoped that the choice of theme for the essay component prompts candidates to think about public issues from a moral perspective.

Another Successful Father Ted Colleton Scholarship Concludes

The 2024-2025 edition of the Father Ted Colleton Scholarship concluded in December of 2024. Sponsored by Niagara Region Right to Life, the scholarship program attracted 33 senior high school students from across Canada, including the provinces of British Columbia, Alberta, Sakatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario and Prince Edward Island. The topic or theme of the essay writing component was as follows:

Abortion is a hot and contentious public issue, generating arguments and justifications on both sides of the divide. Analyze the impact of abortion on several of the key components of Canada’s social fabric, for example: the practice of religious worship; demographic trends and immigration policies; changes in male and female roles and family structure; social cohesion and attitudes towards crime and violence; continued economic viability of the country; national unity and cultural character

1ST PRIZE

Blessing Connor, Home schooled, Charlottetown, PEI

2ND PRIZE

Danika Wong, Cardinal Carter Academy for the Arts, Scarborough, ON

3RD PRIZE

Kailee Matthey (pictured with brother), Holy Cross Catholic High School, Kingston, ON

The winner’s essays were featured in the January 2025 issue of The Interim on pages 14 and 15. You can access the issue here.

Please support this important educational initiative. Donate to Niagara Region Right to Life and you will receive a charitable tax receipt. You can do so online at niagararegionrighttolife.ca/donate/ or by remitting to them at 157 Catharine Street North, 2nd Floor, Hamilton Ontario, L8L 4S4.

You would be making a wonderful investment, sowing pro-life seeds. The future harvest of good works and good moral thinking will be great in the coming years.

Please note the 2024-2025 deadline date: Friday, October 11, 2024. 

Click here for details of the 2024-2025 Fr. Ted Colleton Scholarship Program (Brochure)

Click here for the 2024/25 English Poster

Programme de Bourse Père Ted Colleton 2024-2025

Click here for the 2024/25 French Poster

Click here for the MARK SHEET CRITERIA