suicide Archives

Approaching the Suicide Surge with Honesty and Resolve

by Fr. Roger Landry | Jun 26, 2018 | Prolife, Spotlight | 0 |

When suicides happen, most respond with discretion and whispers. Because of shock, shame and a...

Suicide Prevention—Be COMFORT for those who Struggle

by Judith Costello | Sep 18, 2015 | Family, Living, Spotlight, Young Adults | 0 |

Suicide is a terrible thing, because it is the taking of a life and also because it leaves a...

A Novena to St. John Paul II for Brittany — Please Pray

by Anna Mitchell | Oct 13, 2014 | Prolife, Spotlight | 0 |

We’re coming up on the very first feast day of St. John Paul II. In 2011, just ahead of his beatification, I had the opportunity to interview his biographer, George Weigel, who called his priestly death the pope’s last...

The Fall of Icons

by Dr. Donald DeMarco | Oct 14, 2010 | General | 0 |

A writer who practices his art at home does not want to turn his place of residence into a library warehouse. And so, every so often, in order to maintain a dynamic equilibrium between acquisitions and dispersals, he must...

The Tyler Tragedy

by Lisa Hendey | Oct 5, 2010 | Family | 0 |

As a geek and the mother of teenage sons, I have been praying since initially hearing the news about how to respond to the horrific story of Rutgers Freshman Tyler Clementi and his tragic suicide. Let me first of all offer...