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Curriculum Vitae
Ronald Rolheiser is a Roman Catholic priest and member of the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate. He is a community-builder, lecturer, and writer. His books are popular throughout the English-speaking
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Books
Fr. Ron’s writing isn’t limited to a weekly column. He has written numerous feature articles and has written Daybreaks: Daily Readings for Advent and Christmas (Ligouri Publications 2005 & 2019)
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About Ron
Ron Rolheiser was born in Macklin, Saskatchewan, in 1947, into a large family, to George and Matilda (Gartner) Rolheiser. As a young child, Ron’s father George, along with his family, and
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Dying into Safe Hands
It’s hard to say something consoling in the face of death, even when the person who died lived a full life and died in the best of circumstances. It’s especially
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In Safer Hands than Ours
One of my jobs as a priest is to preside and preach at funerals. Never an easy task. The deep truths of our faith which can be so consoling at
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Some Light-hearted Thoughts on a Very Heavy Subject
Some years ago, a friend of mine was facing the birth of her first child. While happy that she was soon to be a mother, she openly confessed her fears
https://ronrolheiser.com/some-light-hearted-thoughts-on-a-very-heavy-subject/
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Struggling with our Complexity
In a book on preaching, entitled, Telling the Truth, Frederick Buechner challenges all preachers and spiritual writers to speak with “awful honesty” about the human struggle, even inside the context
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Dealing with Loss, Grief, and Obsessions
What can we say in the face of deep loss, inconsolable grief, or unrequited obsessions? As a graduate student in Louvain, I once posed that question to the renowned psychologist,
https://ronrolheiser.com/dealing-with-loss-grief-and-obsessions/
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On Not Running with the Crowd
In the Gospels the word “crowd” is nearly always used pejoratively, so much so that nearly every time the word is used you could preface it with the adjective “mindless”.
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A Meta-Narrative of Consolation
Several years ago, I was at a symposium at which we were discussing the struggle that many young people have today with their faith. One of the participants, a young