The Recovered Alcoholic Clergy Association (RACA) is a working fellowship of the clergy of the Episcopal Church.

Any bishop, priest, deacon, member of a religious order, or seminarian who has a desire to stop using mood altering chemicals is eligible for membership. RACA is always willing offer support and counsel to ordained members of other religious traditions who want to discover the miracle of recovery as we have experienced it. 

 

RACA has grown from the original six organizers in 1968 to 277 in 2010 our forty-second year of being more or less organized..

RACA's purpose is three-fold:

  • Mutual self-help
  • Fellowship
  • Pastoral concern for clergy with a drinking problem and their families.

Members live in virtually all of the United States as well as, Canada, Australia, South Africa, and the United Kingdom.

Our Director may be reached by telephone at
706-546-5281 (home) or 706-338-3246 (cell)

Email pc@petercourtney.net

Website: www.petercourtney.net

When you call, please say  "This is a RACA call". Father Courtney's home address is 
127 Inverness Road
Athens, GA 30606

RACA is holding a retreat from Monday, October 24 at 4:00 PM until 10:00 AM on Wednesday, October 26 at the Stratosphere Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada. Registration for the retreat: Send $20.00 and your name and address to Fr. Henry A., 621 Mayflower Rd #204, Claremont CA 91711

His email is: hleeatkins@aol.com

You are responsible for making your own hotel reservations at the very reasonable cost of $35.00 per night which includes the resort fee. Meals are taken either in the hotel or in nearby restaurants. The retreat is AA based under Fr. Henry's leadership.

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Part of our outreach is to lay leaders who are concerned for their clergy and their chemical health. We are happy to offer referral and other suggestions to these faithful servants.