by Ron Rolheiser | Nov 21, 2013 | Opinion
When astronauts journey into space, their capsules are equipped with a machine that gets rid of the carbon dioxide they produce as they breathe. If that machine breaks down, they’re in trouble, as was shown in the movie “Apollo 13.” Traveling inside...
by Ron Rolheiser | Aug 13, 2013 | Opinion
Sadly, today, there are many deaths by suicide. Very few people have not been deeply affected by the suicide of a loved one. In the United States alone, there are more than 33,000 suicides a year. That averages out to 90 such deaths per day, about three to four every...
by Ron Rolheiser | Jul 22, 2013 | Opinion
Fifty years ago, Kay Cronin, wrote a book titled “Cross in the Wilderness,” chronicling how, in 1847, a small band of Oblate missionaries came from France to the American Pacific Northwest and, after some bitter setbacks in Washington state and Oregon,...
