Dear Laura,
What a wonderful inspiration you are to all of us! Thank you for your unselfishness and courage to share your story. Johnny is so blessed to have you as his wife. May God bless you and continue to keep you in His loving arms.
In Christ,
Peggy

@stanslem-I attained Sobriety a A/A sitting next to Catholic Priests, Protestant Ministers, the rich and the poor. The position of the Church regarding A/A is encouraged and considered Echumenical. Meaning that we work with other validly Baptized Faiths with varying elements of the Truth. I have spoken boldly to others about the Truth of our Faith at these meetings. A great opportunity to draw Souls not condemn them...peace...

I'm Eternally grateful to A/A. Before 1935 no one gave a crap about us Alcoholics. Nobody. There is no way I would of touched the door handle of the Church if it wasn't for A/A.
Our Parish Priest didn't even have a vague idea of what the 12 steps are much less there being a consistent Apostolate through-out the World. I offered my help and he politely brushed it off. Your program is Spiritually and Doctrinally correct but I doubt many alcoholics would subscribe to it. Religion is a huge line item on many alcoholics resentment list. They need metaphores and fact-simile suggestions, nobody does it better than A/A.

So if anything is possible because of faith... why dont woment without ovaries cant concept babies? if she prays...
if faith moves mountains,let's pray and wait for food pouring from sky

Catholic Fratres,
You are well intentioned, in your appeal to fr. Corapi, but you are failing to realize that it is the corruption of liberal and progressive Bishops, that led to the scandal, and then to the failed policies that assume an accused priest is guilty until proven otherwise. As Fr. Corapi, said, there are those in the Church that want to silence him, for good. If, he returned to his community, as a priest, there is no guarantee that he would be allowed to administer the sacraments, and he would never again be allowed to speak, lecture or teach. The, liberals, would confine him to oblivion. As a layman, he can continue to teach the full and orthodox faith of the Catholic Church. It takes courage, and not hubris, to say, I will not be silenced, against the forces of evil in proclaiming the Logos Incarnate. May God bless Fr. Corapi.