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The Calix Society – Talk on Life of Venerable Matt Talbot
March 7 @ 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
The Calix Society is an association of Catholic Alcoholics, promoting the virtue of daily abstinence and the spiritual development of its members. It meets on the first Saturday of the month at 1:30pm, following the 12:30pm Mass at St Patrick’s Church in The Cowgate, Edinburgh. It hosts a talk on Matt Talbot on Saturday 7 March at 1:30pm in St Patrick’s Church in The Cowgate.
Join them for prayer, fellowship and refreshments.
About Matt Talbot
- Born into poverty, Talbot began drinking excessively at age 12 while working for a wine merchant. By 13, he was a confirmed alcoholic and spent 16 years squandering his wages on drink, even pawning his boots for alcohol.
- In 1884, at age 28, a penniless Talbot was ignored by his drinking friends outside a pub. Disgusted, he returned home and told his mother he was going to “take the pledge“—a solemn promise to abstain from alcohol.
- He maintained sobriety for the remaining 41 years of his life through a rigorous regime of daily Mass, prayer, and penance. He was a member of the Secular Franciscan Order (Third Order) and became a self-taught student of theology and mysticism
Event organised by the The Calix Society. Email calixedinburgh@gmail.com
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