The Twelve Steps
Mission Statement
Our Mission is to aid in the Salvation of Souls, through the Mercy of Jesus Christ and the intercession of His holy Mother Mary, for the souls suffering from addiction and dysfunction, by preaching the wisdom and love of the 12 steps.
THE 12 STEP REVIEW is a publication of the Western Dominican Province, a nonprofit organization of the Dominican Fathers and Brothers, and is edited by Fr. Emmerich Vogt, O.P. It is published four times a year through your donations. Address all correspondence to:
The 12-Step Review
PO Box 641578
Omaha, NE 68164-1578
Please consider making a tax-deductible donation to the 12-Step Review, so that we may continue our work to share the 12-Step message with others. Thank You for your Continued Generous Support!
About our Founder
Fr. Emmerich Vogt, O.P. is a Dominican priest of the Western Dominican Province. He is currently on the Preaching band. He was formerly Prior Provincial for the Province, Prior of St. Albert’s Priory, Chapel, and Seminary in Oakland, California, as well as Director of the Shrine of St. Jude in San Francisco and a member of Dominican Preaching. He has served as Pastor and Prior of Holy Rosary Parish in Portland, Oregon.
Educated by the Dominican Order at its seminary in California, Fr. Emmerich went on to receive a MA degree in Theology from the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, California, and a graduate degree in Near Eastern Religions from University of California.
For several years he was a teacher: a high school teacher in Oregon and Los Angeles, and a college teacher at Holy Rosary College in Fremont, California. As a graduate student, he taught Hebrew at the Graduate Theological Union.
Know the truth and the truth will set you free.
John 8:32
Wisdom is a breath of the power of God. Wisdom 7:25
We do not know what the future holds, but we do know who holds the future.
Recommended Links
12 Step Prayers
Prayer of St. Bernard
Come, Lord Jesus, take away scandals from your Kingdom, which is my soul, …
Serenity Prayer
God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can …
Cardinal Newman Prayer
Lead, O kindly light, amid the encircling gloom …
Sweet Fragrance Prayer
Dear Jesus, help me to spread Your fragrance everywhere …