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 2009 our forty-first 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 706-338-3246 (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 
14 Melody Lane
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
413-525-2726 (Rectory)

or through
St. Mark's Church
1 Porter Street
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
413-525-6341 (Church Office)

RACA sponsors annual retreats for recovering clergy. The principal one is held in the mid-west in May each year. 

Our Fall Retreat will be held in Las Vegas, NV October 13, 14, 15 at the Stratosphere Hotel. Make your own reservations. The rate on May 14, 2009 is less than $25.00 a day. We meet in a suite for our meetings and there is usually a free steak in the mix somewhere.

Fr. Ed. G. is our maitre d'.

His address is

150 E. La Soledad, Green Valley AZ 85614
padregus@oldmutt.com

Retreats include AA meetings, regular prayer and plenty of time for sightseeing. Come early stay late. October in the desert is fabulous. Air fares to Las Vegas are amongst the cheapest anywhere in the world.