Reclaiming Life: Faith, Hope, and Suicide Loss (DVD Discussion)

“There is no private hell, no depression, no sickness, no fear, and even no bitterness so deep or so enclosed that God’s love cannot descend into it. There are no locked doors through which Christ cannot go.” —Ronald Rolheiser

Each year, over one million people end their lives by suicide. All death unsettles us, but suicide causes a very distinct set of emotional, moral, and religious scars. It brings with it an ache, chaos, darkness, a stigma that only one who has survived it can understand. Through powerful first-hand experience, this video offers hope to those who have experienced a suicide loss.

RONALD ROLHEISER is a specialist in the fields of spirituality and systematic theology, and a New York Times bestselling author. He writes a regular column that is featured in more than seventy newspapers worldwide. He is the author of many books, including bestsellers The Holy Longing and Sacred Fire, as well as The Restless Heart, Forgotten Amongst the Lilies, Bruised and Wounded, and Domestic Monastery.

KAY WARREN, the co-founder of Saddleback Church with her husband, Rick, is an international speaker, best-selling author, and Bible teacher. She is best known as a tireless advocate for people living with mental illness, HIV & AIDS, and the vulnerable children left behind. Kay is also an Executive Committee Board Member of the National Action Alliance for Suicide Prevention. Her children are Amy and Josh, and Matthew who is in Heaven, and she has five grandchildren.

MARJORIE ANTUS is a Secular Discalced Carmelite, as a member of Our Lady of Mount Carmel community in Washington, DC. She is president of her local affiliate of the National Alliance on Mental Illness. Marjorie lives in Manassas, Virginia, with her husband, John, and their son, John Paul.