Alliance of Hope for Suicide Survivors

Clergy Corner

Suicide affects people of all religions and cultures.  Each month, this column features the views of clergy of different faiths.

Fr. Ron Rolheiser on Stigma

"Suicide is most misunderstood of all deaths. 

There is perhaps nothing more painful in the world than for us to lose a loved one to suicide. A couple of months ago, I received a letter from a woman, a mother, who had recently lost her 28-year-old son in this manner.

The young man had been suffering from clinical depression for nearly eight years when he took his own life.

Clergy Corner

Suicide affects people of all religions and cultures.  Each month, this column features the views of clergy of different faiths.

Fr. Charles Rubey on Holidays

"As we enter the month of November, we begin the holiday season.  For grieving people, this is a very painful time of year because a loved one has died and is no longer a part of the family.  When a loved one has died from suicide the family system has been permanently altered by a seemingly senseless act that with the proper intervention might have been prevented.