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January 20, 2012

"Everyday is a miracle" for organ recipients

Trillium Gift of Life Network CEO Ronnie Gavsie was one of the speakers at a talk to discuss ways of persuading more Catholics to donate their organs and tissue.

Sarah Burke is dead. Others live because of her.

The 29-year-old freestyle skiing pioneer's organs and tissue were donated for transplants. As operating rooms in Park City Utah worked on salvaging the Canadian ski hero's organs, the Canadian Catholic Bioethics Institute, Trillium Gift of Life Network and St. Michael's College chaplaincy department gathered Catholics on the University of Toronto campus to discuss ways of persuading more Catholics to donate their organs and tissue.

"The stories really are what motivates people," said CCBI executive director Moira McQueen as she opened up the Jan. 19 forum.

Published in Canada: Toronto-GTA