Frank Chauvin
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Francis Chauvin (November 18, 1933 - March 13, 2015)[1] was a Canadian police detective from Windsor, Ontario. He is best known for resigning from the Order of Canada in protest at the appointment of Henry Morgentaler to the Order in 2009. He retired from the Windsor Police Service in 1988.
Charity work
[edit]Chauvin began his charitable work with Holy Name of Mary Food Fund in the 1970s.
In 1988, motivated by seeing a mother and her severely sick child during a trip to Port-au-Prince, Chauvin established Foyer des Filles de Dieu, the home of God's daughters, an orphanage and clinic in Haiti for orphaned and abandoned girls between the ages of 18 months and 18 years. The facility is supported by tens of thousands of dollars in donations annually, mostly from Windsor and Essex County.[2] During the 2010 Haiti earthquake, four died at Foyer des Filles de Dieu.
He has been deeply involved with Madonna House and Canadian Food for Children.
Personal life
[edit]Chauvin and his wife, Lorraine, had 10 children and have sponsored refugees. He died at the age of 81 at his home in Windsor on March 13, 2015, of lung cancer and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).[3]
In 2007, he swayed Windsor's city council to unanimously designate St. Rose Church a heritage building.[4]
Accolades
[edit]In 1987, he was awarded the Order of Canada. He would later rescind it in 2009, protesting Henry Morgentaler's appointment to the Order.[5]
In 2009, he was awarded the Benemerenti medal.[6]
In 2009, he was awarded the Catholic Civil Rights League's Archbishop Adam Exner Award for Catholic Excellence in Public Life.[6][7]
References
[edit]- ^ "Francis Chauvin". Windsor Star. Retrieved 20 August 2019.
- ^ "Quake kills 4 at Chauvin's orphanage; Priest from Windsor still missing". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2019-01-26.
- ^ "Windsor humanitarian Frank Chauvin dies | CBC News".
- ^ No match for Chauvin
- ^ Chauvin to return his medal Archived 2014-09-23 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b CCRL | Founder of Haitian orphanage, pro-life leader receives CCRL honour
- ^ Frank Chauvin resigns from Order of Canada- Politics - Canoe.ca[usurped]