- AA is a non-denominational organization and needs to
remain that way in order to cast a wider appeal to all who want to
recover from alcoholism.
- Calix is not Catholic AA. Calix does not attempt to sober anybody up, nor is it a good place for a recovering alcoholic or addict early
in the process to find what they need to stay sober. There is nothing
about Calix that is divisive of AA - it is a true symbiotic
relationship.
- Calix does
provide an opportunity for those with resentments about the Church a
path to resolve those issues with the guidance of recovering priests
and other members of Calix. It creates a forum to clear up
misunderstandings they have held about God, the Church, and a
Catholic's role in the Church.
- It
provides those AA members who aren't confused about a God of their
understanding an opportunity to openly discuss scripture, the Gospel,
and to utilize the Sacraments of the Church to enhance their spiritual
growth.
- Calix provides a forum for
recovering Catholics in AA an opportunity to openly celebrate the fact
that our Church, in the persons of Sister Ignatia and Fr Ed Dowling,
was involved in AA in the very beginning.
- The
Big Book suggests that alcoholics in recovery might do well to return
to the church of their youth and further suggests that we would do well
to learn about prayer and spiritual matters from clergy.
- Calix is additive to a program of recovery, not a substitute.
- In a letter to the Calix Society, co-founder Bill Wilson wrote that he found nothing about Calix that was in conflict with AA.
Visit the Calix Society website for more indepth information about the society.
OR, you could join us at a meeting!