Extras
Be Careful with Your Celebrity
Interview with writer Jon Sweeney, Focolare Media
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A Personal Health Update
NCR article “These Difficult Times Require Us Becoming Mature Disciples”
Christmas Letter 2024
Giving Our Deaths Away
Ron Rolheiser – Giving Our Deaths Away – Chicago Studies 2013
Newman Lecture
University of Notre Dame, Dublin Ireland
November 14 2024
“Not Making God Our Tribal Deity”
Interview at OST “What is Spirituality?”
“An Afternoon with Fr. Ronald Rolheiser: Wrestling with God and with Love – Resistance and Surrender Within Our Spiritual Journey”
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Format Ron Rolheiser 10.20. 2024
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Part one 10/20/2024
https://jumpshare.com/v/9Sm2Hey6l86hzoqVZmwW
Part Two 10/20/2024
“A Taste of the Forest” Talks
The Forest Dwelling Program: Spirituality for Our Wisdom Years was brought to life in 2019 by Fr Ron Rolheiser, OMI and his dedicated team in response to the need for a container in which to cultivate maturing spirituality. This program grew out of their vision. Forest Dwelling is a 2-year transformational certificate program which provides the opportunity to journey into the heart of the aging process to become wise elders, not just old people. Our aim is to help you live into the diminishments of aging in such a way that you live your last precious years with more grace, an open heart, and a deeper awareness of the presence of God. This allows you to leave behind a spiritual legacy that is fruitful and life-giving. Some may want to explore the idea of signing up for the full Forest Dwelling experience, while others may wish to simply savor and digest these short offerings. Please feel free to share these recordings with others, perhaps even gathering together a small group of interested friends or church family to listen and discuss the recordings.
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FDP – Series 1, 2, & 3 – Short
Podcast – Transforming Center
Season 24: Episode 2 | Understanding Our Complexity: The Role of Desire in the Spiritual Life
Interview about “Chastity and the Soul”
Listen to Fr. Ron being interviewed by Brandon Booth of Signpost Inn Ministries on his new book “Chastity and the Soul”
2025 VISION Vocation Guide
Read Fr. Ron’s musings on 50 years of priesthood
Missionary Oblates 2024 Convocation – Talk on “Hope in the Paschal Mystery”
Missionary Oblates Convocation 2024 Interviews
Pentecost Retreat
Podcast with Upside Down People
We’re Upside Down People & you may be as well. Having gospel centred conversations with Jesus loving people is what we ‘re about! Join in as we dive into the intersections of culture, theology and Christian practice and, with curiosity, are led to consider how the gospel can shape every aspect of life through these light hearted conversations.
To listen to the podcast “The Restless Heart, Cultural Liturgies, and Contemplation with Fr. Ron click here
Christmas Letter 2023
Interview with Rev. Jeff Gannon
Rev. Gannon from Chapel Hill United Methodist Church in Wichita Kansas interviews Fr. Ron about suicide.
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Interview with Caro Brookings – Suicide Bereavement Coaching
Half hour interview about losing someone to suicide
Interview with The Living Room Disciple
We are pleased to offer this interview which covers in depth Sacred Fire: A Vision for a Deeper Human and Christian Maturity. We’re going to explore what it means to go from “getting your life together” to what it means to giving your life away in service to others.
Let’s dive in on this episode of The Living Room Disciple, where discipleship finds a home.
You can listen to it on Spotify, Apple, YouTube, or anywhere else you get your podcasts.
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/2PU2wCDm6ku8KYp12PhGdY
Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/vision-for-spiritual-maturity-featuring-ronald-rolheiser/id1674959600?i=1000630655853
Interview with Signpost Inn Ministries
How am I, with all my duties and responsibilities, supposed to live a life of prayer and devotion to God? Can my family, my work, and my duties be a spiritual journey with God? In his book, Domestic Monastery, Father Ronald Rolheiser retrieves deep wisdom from the ancient monastics, making it easy to understand and very applicable to those of us who live “normal” lives.
Join us for a delightful conversation about family life, commitment, fidelity, and how God is very much in our daily lives.
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Interview with Mary Hynes on Tapestry CBC Radio
https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-59-tapestry/clip/15986002-moving-beyond-sophistication
Quiet Prophecy
Here’s a talk on Quiet Prophecy, given at The Beatitudes Center for the Non-Violent Jesus
Talk about Domestic Monastery
Recorded with Dan McPherson, Pastor, First Alliance Church
Host of “Raising Up the Next Generation”
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2022 Christmas Letter
Meaningful Miscellanea
Jacob sat down with Fr. Ron and some of the topics they discussed were restlessness, prayer, and understanding our seasons of life with God as we get older. To enjoy this podcast click here
Christmas 2021
LOSS Program – Blossoms of Hope Talk on Suicide
The Blossoms of Hope Brunch is an annual event to support the Loving Outreach to Survivors of Suicide(LOSS) Program (sponsored by Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Chicago). The LOSS program provides support services for individuals and families who have lost a loved one to suicide. Copy the link to download the talk.
https://vimeo.com/mdmentertainment/download/545630620/06bdb05b35
Restless Heart – Holy Longing
Video Series Available from Emmaus Productions
Struggling with Racism
In Exile – Complete Collection for 2020
Rolheiser retreats available
A Christmas Update
The Theological and Pastoral Implications of Suicide
A one hour discussion with the National Catholic Partnership on Disability
Recorded in October 2020
Insane for the Light – The Final Stage of Human Maturity and Christian Discipleship
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Letter from Fr. Ron
John of the Cross – A Contemporary Interpretation
Originally presented as part of a symposium on John of the Cross, London, England, August 1991. Published in “A Fresh Approach to John of the Cross”(Edited by John McGowan, St. Pauls, Middlegreen, Slough, United Kingdom, 1993) this article outlines the six stages of transformation (in prayer, love and service) as articulated by John of the Cross.
Updated in 2018
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Wrestling with God – Interview with Luke Norsworthy
The return of Fr. Ronald Rolheiser to discuss Canadians living in Texas, Catholic vs. Protestant misunderstandings, fire, glue, anger, gratitude, and his new book Wrestling with God.
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Everyday Faith – Five interviews with Ron Rolheiser, OMI
Five interviews with Shari Guilfoile of Everyday Faith
- Insights about Suicide
- The Paschal Mystery
- Giving God Skin
- Secularity and the Gospel
- Restlessness
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Mary’s Shortcut: About Suicide Bereavement
A blog by Marjorie Antus
This blog is intended for those who are grieving the suicide death of someone they love. Marjorie’s teenage daughter, Mary, died by intentional overdose in 1995.
Her reflections on Mary’s death constitute part of every blog post. But she also dialogue with others–clinical researchers, poets, journalists, and writers–who have something valuable to say about suicide and those who are left behind.
Click here to read the blog pages “A Catholic Priest on Suicide” about the writings of Fr. Ron Rolheiser, OMI
Insane for the Light – The Final Stage of Human Maturity and Christian Discipleship
Click to view "Insane for the Light – The Final Stage of Human Maturity and Christian Discipleship"
Everyday Faith: The Ten Commandments for Mature Living
A visual summary by Shari Guilfoile based on Sacred Fire: “The 10 Commandments For Mature Living”
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Everyday Faith: Spirituality: We all have one. How is yours?
A visual summary by Shari Guilfoile of Everyday Faith based on The Holy Longing: “Spirituality: We all have one. How is yours?”
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The Last Word
Read the article by Michael E DeSanctis in Commonweal Magazine.
Infinite Horizon: The Prairie Spirituality Of Ron Rolheiser
Read the article from Commonweal Magazine, August 27, 2014
A Health Update from Fr. Ron
A letter from Fr. Ron, February 11, 2015
A Health Update from Fr. Ron
A letter from Fr. Ron, September 9, 2014
US Catholic Magazine Sacred Fire Book Review
Read a book review of “Sacred Fire” from US Catholic magazine.
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Grandiosity in our Lives
This article “Ron Rolheiser speaks on “grandiosity” in life, was written by J. Michael Parker, for “Today’s Catholic” newspaper from the Diocese of San Antonio Texas. Fr. Ron’s talk was given at the 2014 Summer Institute at Oblate School of Theology. Reprinted with permission.
Carrying a Scandal Biblically
This article, which deals with the issue of sexual abuse by clergy, is an edited text of the 2002 Henry Somerville Lecture in Christianity and Communications. Fr. Ron Rolheiser, OMI, gave this talk called “Carrying a Scandal Biblically,” at the Newman Centre in Toronto Oct. 30 and at St. Jerome’s Centre for Catholic Experience, St. Jerome’s University, Waterloo, on Nov. 1st.
A Shrinking Horizon: The Deeper Reasons Underlying our Struggles to Believe in God in Western Culture
This is a piece on first world missiology which tries to give some philosophical background to our present struggle to hand the faith on to our own children. It was written to celebrate the retirement of Willi Henkel, a renowned Oblate missiologist who retired in 2002. It is published in a book entitled “La Missione Senza Confini”, edited by Marek Rostkowski, Rome, Stampa Vivere.
Hope and Concern – The Church and Culture on the Eve of a New Millennium
This is the Kelly Lecture, delivered at St. Michael’s College, University of Toronto, March 25, 1999. It tries to name both the sources of hope and concern vis-à-vis living out our faith today.
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Our Perennial Fascination with Therese of Lisieux
Presented as part of a symposium on Therese of Lixieux, Trinity College, Leeds, England, August 11, 1997, this article tries to analyze why this young woman, Therese Martin (generally known as Therese of Lixieux) who lived in almost complete obscurity and died at age 24, has so fascinated millions and millions of people form more than a hundred years.
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Key Elements in Therese’s Spirituality: The Little Way, Noticing the Unnoticed Drops of Blood
Presented as part of a symposium on Therese of Lisieux, Trinity College, Leeds, England, August 12, 1997, this article attempts to name and elaborate the key elements in the spirituality of Therese of Lisieux.