The theme for this year s retreat Jesus: The Face of God's Mercy. Lead by Brother Rex Anthony

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1 C A L I X S O C I E T Y U N I T E D K I N G D O M TREASURER THOMAS HEAD 51 PARK AVENUE CHADDERTON OLDHAM GREATER MAN- CHESTER OL9 OAL TEL: Lillian Lally Joint Secretary 6 Lichfield Drive Chadderton Oldham M O U N T S T M A R Y S A P R I L The Calix Society News Letter God grant me the Serenity to Accept the things I cannot Change, Courage to Change the Things I can and Wisdom to Know the Difference. The Calix UK Web Page; There is a separate booking form attached with this copy of the Calix Newsletter or in the envelope if sent by post. Please use this to place booking with Tom or make a copy for your records to bring with you on the retreat. Also attached or enclosed, is a copy of the itinerary which is provisional, and subject to minor change Annual Calix Retreat 1st to 3rd April 2016 at Mount St Mary s, Spinkhill, Derby I N S I D E T H I S I S S U E : Booking 2 Forms Cost & 3 Directions In a letter to the Calix Society on May 15, 1962, Bill Wilson, one of the founders of A.A., wrote: As you know I always have been personally partial to all persons or organizations whose goodwill and helpfulness to A.A. is beyond question. You need not have said that you strive to keep your efforts within the framework of the traditions of Alcoholics Anonymous. I know you have tried and have succeeded. Itenary & Credo Group Registra- Pilgrimages 2015 Pope Paul V1 Calix The theme for this year s retreat Jesus: The Face of God's Mercy Lead by Brother Rex Anthony Since their inception, the 12-Step Programs have been used to bring God's Mercy to countless numbers of individuals suffering from addictions of various kind. During this weekend we will seek to improve our conscious contact with Jesus, the Face of God's Mercy through prayer and meditation, reflection upon Sacred Scripture, in the sacraments of Reconciliation and Eucharist, and last but not least, in one another.

2 Booking Form Location : Mount St Mary s Dates : 1st to 3rdApril 2016 Thomas Head 51 Park Avenue Chaderton Oldham OL9 0AL Tel No; Costs ; per person Non Returnable Deposit ; 25 per person, payment by 20 March 2016 Cheques need to be made out to Calix Society NAME OF CALIX UNIT Name Share Room yes/no Double Room Single Room Deposit Paid Balance Due Special Needs Total Total outstanding

3 M O U N T S T M A R Y S P A G E 3 Cost of and Directions to Venue The Retreat commences with arrival about 4.00pm when rooms are allocated. Please be sure to advise of any special needs on the Booking Form. The cost of the retreat is inclusive of non-refundable deposit, which must be paid by 20th March Cheques need to be made out to Calix Society and forwarded via Calix Treasurers to Tom Head at the address of the front page of this newsletter. Please note: Bookings will NOT be accepted by Mount St Mary s The address is Mount St Mary College Spinkhill Sheffield S21 3YL Located of Junction 30 of the M1 For more detailed directions go to the web address -

4 Friday 1se April Saturday 2nd April Sunday 3rd April 4.30pm Arrivals & Registration 5.30pm Tea & Coffee 6.00pm Supper 8.00pm Mass Evening Prayer 8.00am Prayers 8.30am Breakfast 9.30 / Talk by Br Rex 11.45am Mass by Fr Brian 1.00pm Lunch 2.15pm Free Time 3.15pm T & Coffee pm Confession pm Holy Hour/Benediction 6.00pm - Supper 8.00pm - Dance/Raffle 8.00am Morning Prayer 8.30am Breakfast 9.30am Talk by Br Rex 10.30am Coffee & Tea Talk by Br Rex pm Mass By ****** 1.00pm Lunch Departure & Farewells Safe Journey God bless and keep you safe until we meet again The Calix Society Credo Calix is an association of Catholic alcoholics who maintain their sobriety through affiliation with, and participation in, the fellowship of Alcoholics Anonymous. Our first concern is to interest Catholics with an alcoholic problem in the virtue of total abstinence. Our second stated purpose is to promote the spiritual development of our membership. Our gathering today is an effort in this direction. Our conversation and our association together should be a source of inspiration and encouragement to each other, geared to our growth toward spiritual maturity. Our participation in all other activities of Calix such as: the frequent celebration of the Liturgy, Reception of the Sacraments, Personal prayer and meditation, Holy Hours, Days of Recollection and Retreats, aid us in our third objective, namely, to strive for the sanctification of the whole personality of each member. We welcome other alcoholics, not members of our faith or any others, nonalcoholics, who are concerned with the illness of alcoholism and wish to join with us in prayer for our stated purposes.

5 P A G E 5 Group Registration Please complete form Would all groups please complete this registration form and any individuals who are not associated with any group please register at calixsocietyuk@btinternet.com, Also if you know of a group who is not represented at this convention, PLEASE pass on this request or advise Adrian of the contact details - Thank You for your co-operation Group Registration Group Location Post Code Times Day Contact Contact No Emil Address Diocese London Church of Our Lady NW6 8LA 7-9pm Every Thursday Adrian calixsjw@btinternet. com Westminster Urgent Positions to be filled 1) Retreat coordinator for Calix convention Spinkhill ) Web Administrator for National Calix Web Page

6 Pope Francis has spent this Friday 26/02/2016 during the Year of Mercy with addicts in recovery P A G E 6

7 ADDRESS OF THE HOLY FATHER PAUL VI TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CALIX SOCIETY Saturday, 11 May 1974 We are happy to greet members of the Calix Society on the twenty-fifth anniversary of their foundation. As we welcome you on your pilgrimage to the See of Peter, we express our appreciation of your earnest commitment to working for the elimination of alcoholic abuse, including alcoholism itself. In our apostolic ministry we are deeply aware of the gravity of this problem and how it is closely linked to the overall problem of drug abuse. We see the disastrous effects that these disorders have on so many people throughout the world: the effects on the individual, on families, on communities. We know moreover the effects on society as a whole. We see how widespread alcoholic abuse is and how it causes great human suffering, anguish and deterioration - even death. It produces marked disorientation of the whole person, especially when accompanied by grave lack of personal responsibility and by serious sin. To be properly confronted, alcoholic abuse and, in particular, alcoholism must be fully understood with all their various implications : physical, psychological, moral and religious. In this way, rehabilitation can be effectively undertaken. We know that this rehabilitation of those in need calls for fraternal interest and professional help on the part of others, together with strict personal discipline and repeated and sustained effort. We are greatly pleased, therefore, to express our sincere and lively commendation of the valued efforts that are being made by many through the application of the appropriate natural means. We are even more pleased when efforts, like your own, take into account supernatural reality and admit the impact that must come from Christian principles and from the exercise of the Catholic faith. In recognizing a dimension-beyond natural forces-needed for the cure of alcoholism and for the Christian reconciliation of persons afflicted thereby, you are in effect finding yet another application of the broad and timeproven principle enunciated by Saint Thomas- a principle expressing an immutable relationship between nature and grace: gratia perficit naturam (Cfr. S. TH. I, q. 1. a. 8 ad 2). IVe rejoice to see how many people esteem recourse to a higher power in overcoming the problems related to alcoholic abuse. And worthy of special mention is the fact that you identify this higher power as the supernatural grace of Jesus Christ, the healing power of his word and of his sacraments. In this latter regard we are happy to encourage you to draw special attention to the Sacrament of Reconciliation and to the Eucharist. We are confident moreover that your efforts, motivated as they are by authentic Christian concern for your fellowmen in need, will be effective in helping them to undergo the genuine metanoia of true renewal and reconciliation. We express our double insistence on the need of taking into account both nature and grace for the benefit of the unified whole which is the new man in Jesus Christ. You have chosen to look upon Matt Talbot as an admirable exemplar of discipline and supernatural virtue. It is our hope that his success will encourage countless men and women throughout the world to realize the need for conversion, the possibility of real rehabilitation, the serenity of Christian reconciliation, and the peace and joy of helping others to overcome abuses, disorders and sin. May your efforts and those of all men endeavouring to assist in such an important work be blessed by God, in whom we live and move and have our being (Cfr. Act. 17, 28), and without whose help we are incapable of supernatural conversion. And with the expression of our hope goes our Apostolic Blessing.