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of a frontier atmosphere and bad weather is related in letters from an Army officer at Ft. Richardson. A woman who had been a member of a group in the States made arrangements before her return in August for a notice to be placed in the Anchorage paper when "Lost Week-End" was to be shown. The officer and another man got together on it, arranged for the use of a Sunday school room, helped to cut lumber and line it, and contacted others. Classified ads have been run every night and letters have been pouring in. At least 10 members formed the nucleus of a group which is attacking a big field, complete with lots of liquor, high prices, 30 to 40 below temperatures, and other rough and ready conditions."
GV Feb48, in "New Groups" column mentions "ALASKA—Anchorage" GV Feb48, has a short article" "Anchorage, Alaska Now Boasts a Group From Anchorage, Alaska I wish to inform The A.A. Grapevine that a new group was formed in Anchorage, Alaska, one month ago (November), composed of former members from different groups in the States. We have had several newcomers already and have plans for club rooms in the near future. Our address is P. 0. Box 551, Anchorage, Alaska.
This country certainly needs A.A. in the worst way. Anchorage has a population of about 15,- 000 and over 80 drink-dispensing establishments —14 in one block on the main street!—J.R.B." GV June48, in "New Groups" column mentions "ALASKA—Fairbanks." GV Jly48, in article, "Groups Form World-Wide Chain of A. A. Philosophy" it lists:
"ALASKA Anchorage—P.O. Box 551 Juneau—Totem Club P.O. Box 982 Seward—Contact P.O. Box 459 (Grand Central Annex) New York 17, N. Y."
"Large Turnover—Only two members of the Anchorage, Alaska, Group have lived in the territory for more than five years. The membership of the little group is therefore made up of roving A.A.s, many of them construction workers."
"The two Colorado Springs, Colo., groups, now five years old, have a membership of over 40; other Colorado groups are in Pueblo, Cannon City, Salida, and Gunnison." GV Apr47, in "New Groups" column mentions "COLORADO—Greeley." GV June47, in "New Groups" column mentions "COLORADO—Denver (Home Group No. 5) ; Fort Collins." GV Oct47, in "New Groups" column mentions "COLORADO—-Pike's Peak Group (Colorado Springs)." GV Feb48, in "New Groups" column mentions "COLORADO—Grand Lake" GV Apr48, in "New Groups" column mentions "COLORADO—Denver (Group No. 2)." GV Feb48, in "New Groups" column mentions "COLORADO—Denver, Group #7."
"Columnist William P. Frank of the Wilmington, DELAWARE, Journal is typical of the favorable reaction of most newspapermen to A. A. He writes: "If the drink problem worries you—and you want to know something about kicking Old Man Alcoholism in the face, why not attend the public meeting of A. A. tonight in the Delaware Academy of Medicine. And if you have friends who are all tangled up with alcohol and can't get rid of the old devil, you ought to go there, too— and learn for yourself what this organization is doing. " Frank comments on the members' sense of humor as one of the interesting features of A. A." GV Mar45, in "A.A.s COUNTRY-WIDE NEWS CIRCUIT" column: "Dr. G. H. Gehrmann, medical director of the DuPont Company, a guest speaker of the Wilmington, Delaware, group, frankly admitted that A.A. "has a lot to teach the medical profession," as well as industry." GV Apr45, in "A.As COUNTRY-WIDE NEWS CIRCUIT" column: "Can anything be done for the valuable employee whose drinking is out of control? To some employers this is still a baffling question. The Delaware A. A. groups have distributed a booklet, "What About the Alcoholic Employees?" to personnel directors in organizations throughout the state. The booklet contains a reprint of the chapter in the A. A. book describing the experiences of an employer in dealing with alcoholism."
"Wilmington, Del., A. A. s had the largest crowd yet at the open meeting in the DuPont Community Y. M. C. A., with borough officials, representatives of several churches, and executives of the DuPont plants attending . . . . Speakers from Wilmington and Philadelphia addressed the new Perms Grove, N. J., group at their first open meeting . . . . "
"A.A. Benefits Community. — Members of the Wilmington, Del., Group heard a leading industrialist and the head of the medical department of the duPont company praise the efforts of the organization as a contribution to industrial stability and happiness in the home when the annual dinner meeting was held recently. Dr. G. H. Gehrmann, the medical director, was quoted at considerable length in newspaper accounts of the meeting in one Wilmington paper while another carried an editorial headed "Manifold Benefits" saying in part "both for the industries concerned and the individuals affected it is obvious that the gains have been impressive." A further report from Wilmington goes on to say that A.A. was part of the program during a four-day conference of company physicians from all over the country and that the two local company psychiatrists work very closely with the group. Founded about three years ago with the help of the Philadelphia group, Wilmington A.A.s have an outstanding record of community cooperation. Their operation includes a rotating committee for managing group affairs with keen participation by women members. Besides three regular meetings a week the activities committee arranges for visits to the Delaware State Hospital twice a month and there is always a car load to visit at Dover each week. Plenty of social affairs are scheduled and the wives hold separate closed meetings and prepare coffee for the social hour afterward." GV June47, in "New Groups" column mentions: "DELAWARE — Laurel; Lewes (Lewes-Rehoboth Beach Groups). GV Aug47, in the "News Circuit" column: "Fly to Anniversary Dinner—The Lewes- Rehoboth, Del., Groups were well represented at the 13th anniversary dinner in Cleveland, two members from Rehoboth and two from Berlin, Md., flying there in the plane of one of the members. They reported royal treatment after going through some threatening weather on the crosscountry hop. One of the men, a former paratrooper, said be enjoyed it, though, as he didn't have to jump."
From: David Jones . . . . . . . . . . . . 8/17/2009 3:47:00 PM IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII Personal Ads Alcoholism: A small body of anonymous ex-sufferers place themselves at the disposal of any who require help. The offer is quite gratuitous.
72 Coleman Street, EC2. This matter-of-fact and unobtrusive notice, which appeared in the personal columns of the Financial Times on the 9th June, 1947, marked the arrival in the UK of Alcoholics Anonymous and enshrined in one unremarkable paragraph two of its fundamental and revolutionary principles. AA members keep their sobriety by working with still-suffering alcohlics and it costs nothing.
classy---London's Dorchester Hotel. Grace O, an American AA, visiting London had been asked by GSO in New York to contact several people in Britain who wanted information about AA. Amongst them were Chris B, probably the first person in England to use AA to attain sobriety, 'Canadian' Bob B, an American serviceman Sergeant Vernon W, and Norman R-W, who was still drinking. The meeting was held in Room 202 of the hotel at 8 p.m. on Monday 31st March 1947. Others attending the meeting were Tony F, an Irish airman, Flash W, an American and Pat G, a female member from California whom Grace had met on the voyage. In the same way that early American meetings had been held in members' homes meetings were held in Canadian Bob's house in Mortlake Road, Kew Gardens as well as in cafés.
and wife Winnie in Bolton he informed them that they were the Bolton Group. In November 1948 the Group held its first meeting in the Millgate Hotel, Manchester. When Canadian Bob introduced Bill H to sobriety in AA our service structure expanded with Bill's office in the London Fruit Exchange providing the fellowship with a postal address (BM/AAL London WC1) and a contact number (Bishopgate 9657) available Monday to Friday 10--5. By January 1949 meetings in London were being held on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 11 Chandos Street and membership had passed the magic 100. In 1952 AA began to lease 11 Redcliffe Gardens with the Central Committee managing it as the Central Service Office. In 1970 it became the General Service Office under the management of the General Service Board. When GSO relocated to Stonebow House in York in 1986 the London Regional Telephone office remained at Redcliffe Gardens until January 1999 when it moved into the Regional Service Office (London) at Jacob House and Redcliffe Gardens passed out of AA history.
beginnings as they had in America. The wife of Philip D, an active alcoholic, attended an Oxford Group in Scotland and heard about the Groups' role in the start of AA. Philip visited America in 1948 and attended meetings before returning to Scotland and carrying the message. Forbes C got involved and meetings began in Perth, Edinburgh and Glasgow in 1949. Cathedral Road, Cardiff was the location of the first AA meeting in Wales. The meeting took place on Friday 13th April 1951 with five attendees. God bless Dave
> > This list gives the first UK AA group as: London, England 31 March > 1947 at the Dorchester hotel. In fact that was only the first AA > meeting (as far as we know). AA Great Britain's own history records: > "At the first AA meeting of Alcoholics Anonymous in 1947 there were > eight people present, brought together by a visiting American lady > (Grace Oursler). Five of these had been in contact with the Foundation > of AA in the USA and the visitor contacted them on her arrival. The > other two had been chance meetings and an invitation followed to join > the others at the Dorchester hotel... An advert in the Financial Times > followed... From then on there were various meetings which were held > in a variety of places: cinemas, cafes, restaurants and homes. In 1948 > the first London group began holding meetings at Chandoes Street, > London, (emphasis added) and in December a group met in Manchester..." > > (From Share and Share Alike, the book published by Great Britain > General Service Board to mark AA's 60th anniversary in the UK in 2007, > which I compiled and edited). > > Canadian Bob, one of the AA's who attended the meeting at the > Dorchester hotel, recalling those early days, wrote: "We had until > then followed American practice and ended meetings with the Lord's > Prayer. One man seemed always to reach 'Amen' before others were past > the '... forgive us our trespasses'. Therefore, and because some of > the few recited without enthusiasm or not at all, I suggested the > shorter 'Serenity, Courage and Wisdom' invocation to close the > meetings. This has probably proved to be a happy change because some > years later when asked to take a Chandos Street meeting I asked fellow > members to follow the American tradition for this one November > evening. Probably too insensitive to note that consternation reigned > supreme I was later to learn that several tongues wagged with > indignant violence - 'What right did he think he had to tamper with > our time-honoured usage'?" > > Laurie A. > > - - - - > > From: glennccc@sbcglobal.net > Subject: Re: First AA group - updated list August 16, 2009 > > WORLD: > ***Australia: 1945, 1st outside Northern America !!! > ......(1st Big Book received in Australia 1942) > ***Ireland: Dublin November 18, 1946, 1st in Europe!!! > ***UK (United Kingdom): > ......England: London, the March 31, 1947 meeting > ......at the Dorchester Hotel was the 1st UK group > ......followed by Manchester with nearby Bolton > ......in November 1948 > ......Scotland: Perth, Edinburgh and Glasgow 1949 > ......Wales: Cardiff April 13, 1951 > ***Denmark: 1st registered group January 1955 > ......("Ring I Ring -- Dansk AA" already existed, > ......and had been in contact with the New York GSO, > ......but rejected the spiritual aspect of the program) > >
[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII ++++Message 5941. . . . . . . . . . . . Re: St. Francis Prayer: put a note in the 12 and 12 about authorship? From: Stephen Aberle . . . . . . . . . . . . 8/17/2009 5:18:00 PM
(saberle at comcast.net) Actually, I think the more important point George was raising (aside from the translation) is that St Francis *did not write the prayer* and the Franciscans have acknowledged this in a recent New York Times article.
kind of a footnote to this effect? - - - - From: Baileygc23@aol.com (Baileygc23 at aol.com) The literature still seems to point to St. Francis as the author. If St. Francis can be dismissed as the author, who is the person that went through the emotional ringer like us? Why is this line different? We may be able to accept the book as infallible, but a new comer or a suffering alcoholic may be knowledgeable and sceptic as Bill W. and Dr Bob was. IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII ++++Message 5943. . . . . . . . . . . . RE: St. Francis of Assisi Prayer From: Jim M . . . . . . . . . . . . 8/17/2009 3:51:00 PM IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII Not sure if the following has been posted yet or not: 3 links from silkworth.net http://www.silkworth.net/aa/stfrancis.html http://www.silkworth.net/aa/stfrancis_b.html http://www.silkworth.net/aa/stfrancis_c.html In the last of these three links, the following information is given: The Origin of the Peace Prayer of St. Francis* by Dr. Christian Renoux, Associate Professor of the University of Orleans, France
Là où il y a de la haine, que je mette l'amour. Là où il y a l'offense, que je mette le pardon. Là où il y a la discorde, que je mette l'union. Là où il y a l'erreur, que je mette la vérité. Là où il y a le doute, que je mette la foi. Là où il y a le désespoir, que je mette l'espérance. Là où il y a les ténèbres, que je mette votre lumière. Là où il y a la tristesse, que je mette la joie. Ô Maître, que je ne cherche pas tant à être consolé qu'à consoler, à être compris qu'à comprendre, à être aimé qu'à aimer, car c'est en donnant qu'on reçoit, c'est en s'oubliant qu'on trouve, c'est en pardonnant qu'on est pardonné, c'est en mourant qu'on ressuscite à l'éternelle vie.
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spiritual magazine called La Clochette (The Little Bell). It was published in Paris by a Catholic association known as La Ligue de la Sainte-Messe (The Holy Mass League), founded in 1901 by a French priest, Father Esther Bouquerel (1855-1923). The prayer bore the title of 'Belle prière à faire pendant la messe' (A Beautiful Prayer to Say During the Mass), and was published anonymously. The author could possibly have been Father Bouquerel himself, but
the identity of the author remains a mystery. The prayer was sent in French to Pope Benedict XV in 1915 by the French Marquis
Stanislas de La Rochethulon. This was soon followed by its 1916 appearance, in Italian, in L'Osservatore Romano [the Vatican's daily newspaper]. Around 1920, the prayer was printed by a French Franciscan priest on the back of an image of St. Francis with the title 'Prière pour la paix' (Prayer for Peace) but without being attributed to the saint. Between the two world wars, the prayer circulated in Europe and was translated into English. Its has been attributed the first time to saint Francis in 1927 by a French Protestant Movement, Les Chevaliers du Prince de la Paix (The Knights of the Prince of Peace), founded by Étienne Bach
(1892-1986). The first translation in English that we know of appeared in 1936 in Living Courageously, a book by Kirby Page (1890-1957), a Disciple of Christ minister, pacifist, social evangelist, writer and editor of The World Tomorrow (New York City). Page clearly attributed the text to St. Francis of Assisi. During World War II and immediately after, this prayer for peace began circulating widely as the Prayer of St. Francis, specially through Francis Cardinal Spellman's books, and over the years has gained a worldwide popularity with people of all faiths.
la paix attribuée à saint François : une énigme à résoudre, Paris, Editions franciscaines, 2001, 210 p. : 12.81 euros + shipping (ISBN : 2-85020-096-4). -- Order From: Éditions franciscaines, 9, rue Marie-Rose F-75014 Paris. Author's Note: Dr. Christian Renoux is continuing his research on the propagation of this prayer, and is looking for new information about its publication in English between 1925 and 1945, and in all other languages between
1912 and today. If you have such information, please contact him at contacted at this email address:
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Original Text of this very popular Prayer and the history of its origin. *From The Franciscan Archive http://www.franciscan-archive.org/ Yours in service, Ever greatful, Jim M, http://www.silkworth.net/ IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII ++++Message 5944. . . . . . . . . . . . Beginning of AA in Colorado: Denver From: Glenn Chesnut . . . . . . . . . . . . 8/19/2009 2:06:00 PM IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII From: "John Michael" (mike80110 at yahoo.com) I have included information for Denver, CO below. I'm not certain if this was
the first meeting for Colorado but it appears to be the first meeting in Denver
- the state's capitol and largest city. The information was published in a small booklet called "The History of Alcoholics Anonymous in the Denver Area 1941-1981" prepared by the Denver Central Office Committee in July, 1981. It states that "Available records indicate that the first official A.A. meeting in Denver was held on August 19, 1941. It was held at Sarah McP's house located at 580 Franklin Street with eleven individuals in attendance." Mike. IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII ++++Message 5945. . . . . . . . . . . . Re: Tennessee and Wyoming From: t . . . . . . . . . . . . 8/18/2009 1:34:00 AM IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII A quick word of caution about dates: due to publication dates and delays, most of the "New Groups" mentioned in that column registered with General Service Headquarters +2-3 months before they are noted in the Grapevine column. The "News Circuit" columns reflect similar delays. Also, groups established themselves variable amounts of time before registering with General Service Headquarters.
GV Jly46, in "New Groups" column it mentions, "WYOMING—Cheyenne." GV Jly46, in "News Circuit" column it mentions: "With help from the Denver, Colo., Group, an A.A. brunch got started in Cheyenne, Wyo. "
GV Nov47, in "New Groups" column it mentions, "WYOMING—Casper" GV Apr48, in "New Groups" column it mentions, "WYOMING—Elk Mountain."
Bill and Lois were guests of eight A.A. groups ... and mentions Chattanooga and Knoxville, Tennessee as among those eight. GV Feb45, in "News Circuit" column it mentions: "The four-year-old Chattanooga, Tennessee group, in a recent issue of its newspaper, The Empty Jug, tells of refusing to accept an advertisement from a business firm that had approached them on the subject. "We could Yüklə 11,49 Mb. Dostları ilə paylaş:
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