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The Catholic in Recovery Workbook: A Guide to the Twelve Steps

The Catholic in Recovery Workbook: A Guide to the Twelve Steps offers a guide for working the Twelve Steps of recovery from a Catholic and sacramental perspective and is designed for those impacted by a variety of addictions, compulsions, and unhealthy attachments, loved ones of an addict, and anyone else desiring to surrender their life to God’s love and care.

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Dante and Recovery Part 1: Into the Inferno

Dante and Recovery Part 1: Into the Inferno

“I think and judge it best for you to follow me, and I shall guide you, where you shall hear the howls of desperation and see the ancient spirits in their pain… When he advanced, I followed and I entered the steep and savage path...” Inferno (Cantos 2, 3) I was never...

My CIR Retreat Experience: Recovery Fellowship as the Kingdom of God

My CIR Retreat Experience: Recovery Fellowship as the Kingdom of God

About four years ago, before I got involved with Catholic in Recovery, I started to see some of the fault lines and divisions in the Church. It was at this moment that I began to shift my thinking from “the Twelve Steps need the Church” to “the Church needs the 12...

CIR Meeting Fosters Faith, Recovery, and a Vocation to Marriage

CIR Meeting Fosters Faith, Recovery, and a Vocation to Marriage

For years, Sharon was a compulsive overeater who struggled with diabetes and other weight problems because of her unhealthy attachment to food. “There was a lot of crying out to God over the years. Finally, I stopped asking for a miracle and started asking for help,...

Join a Eucharistic Revival and Experience Christ’s Healing Mercy

Join a Eucharistic Revival and Experience Christ’s Healing Mercy

Starting back on June 19th, 2022 (the Feast of Corpus Christi), the Catholic Bishops of the United States began a call to action for a national “grassroots effort” for members of the Church—Christ’s Body—to place the Holy Eucharist at the center of our lives. You can...

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So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand. — Isaiah 41:10

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