The Calix Society is an organization of Catholics in recovery, their friends and family. Why Calix...What does it do? Answers to these questions are vital to the Catholic who is recovering from alcohol dependency, chemical dependency and a host of other addictions.  Our goal is to support one another in maintaining a sober, serene and spiritually enriched life.

 In early 2010, my wife Sharon and I started A Partnership Of Diabetics (A-POD) in the Phillips Community of south Minneapolis—considered the most culturally-diverse, economically-challenged in Minnesota. If we can make our program work here, we thought, it just might work anywhere! We began without a cent of grant money using just our Social Security and pension funds. The Center for Changing Lives of Lutheran Social Services initially provided us with a meeting space. Advertising through Meet- …

We are Young Widowed Adults (men and women approximate ages 20–55) who have had our hearts shattered and lives turned upside down by the death of our spouse, partner or fiancé.  We wish to establish a community of friends that can help each other find our way out of the fog and live a life of hope and promise to happiness once again.  We now need to live in tribute to our lost loved ones as they would have for us.  Make new friends who understand what you are going through and know what it's lik …