by Teresa B | Sep 3, 2024 | 12 Steps, a Catholic Perspective, Blog, Testimony
MY STORY Calix has a particular role to play in Spiritual elevation which is sobriety and beyond (Father Martin). I have taken this to mean that I have accepted God’s will – in all my endeavours – through the Catholic Church that offers a variety of...
by Bob K | Aug 21, 2023 | 12 Steps, a Catholic Perspective, Blog, Meetings, Reports from the Meetings
“Now what I want to suggest is on this whole topic of the human addiction, the addiction to control and our addiction to want to play God, that when the darkness comes into our lives, when things are not going well, then in fact we want to flee. Instead of...
by Bob K | Jul 6, 2023 | 12 Steps, a Catholic Perspective, Blog, Meetings, Reports from the Meetings
Fr. Emmerich Vogt is well known for his talks and publications on 12 Step Spirituality (see here). The Sunday evening Maine Calix meeting (7 pm EST) is using a series of 12 pamphlets authored by Fr. Vogt. The featured image shows the cover for the pamphlet on...
by Bob K | Jun 19, 2023 | 12 Steps, a Catholic Perspective, Blog, Uncategorized
INTRODUCTION During a week-long internet fast several years ago (recommended by my spiritual director) the full meal was watching talks from the 2021 Meeting of the Society of Catholic Scientists.¹ (Twenty-five years ago, as a convert, the Catholic format for a...
by Fred H | Jun 16, 2023 | Blog, Reports from the Meetings, Uncategorized
As you may have heard, Calix Thursday night 8pm Zoom meetings for the last year or so have been dedicated to looking at our recovery through a Theology of the Body lens. What is Theology of the Body (TOB) and how is it related to our recovery? “Theology of the...
by Adrian | Sep 23, 2021 | A Thought for Today, Blog
A thought for today from the Big Book (P, 68). “We never apologize to anyone for depending on our Creator. We can laugh at those who think spirituality the way of weakness. Paradoxically, it is the way of strength. The verdict of the ages is that faith means...
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