• Newcomers' Room:
  Each week the first three steps are discussed in depth with members who have both new and long-term sobriety. Newcomers to AA are encouraged to attend this meeting.
• 12 Step Study Room:
  Each week a new step is read and discussed. After the 12th Step, a Tradition is discussed and then the group starts back at Step One.
• Big Book Study Room:
  Each week several pages are read from the book "Alcoholics Anonymous", also affectionately known as the "Big Book", and discussed.
• "As Bill Sees It" Room:
  Each week a topic is selected and relevant pages from "As Bill Sees It", a collection of AA co-founder Bill W.'s thoughts, are read and discussed.

• Non-smoking (smoking area outside)
• No pets are allowed by the church
• ASL interpreters are welcome (please call Intergroup at 416-487-5591 at least 24 hours in advance to find out if one can be arranged; TTY also available at 416-487-5062)
• Not wheelchair accessible

Directions:

By Car:
On Yonge Street drive north from Eglinton Avenue or south from Lawrence Avenue, then turn west on St Clements Ave, one block to Duplex Ave.  Street parking is allowed on the north side of St Clements Ave (to the south of the church), on the west side of Duplex or on the south side of Briar Hill Ave.  Use the church entrance on the south side marked 70 St. Clements Ave.

By TTC:
From the Eglinton subway station on the Yonge line, walk 6 blocks north to St Clements Avenue, one block west to Duplex Avenue, then slightly left and along the south side of the church to the entrance marked 70 St Clements Avenue.  One can also transfer to the #97 bus at any station from St Clair north.  Ask the driver for the stop nearest to St Clements Avenue.  However, bus service is infrequent and it is usually quicker to walk from Eglinton station.

• Two-speaker meeting:
  1st Wednesday of the month; speakers will be two members of St. Clement's, one with longer-term soberiety and one with less sobriety.
• Medallion night:
  Last Wednesday of the month; Group presents medallions to group members who have acheived 1, 5, and every 5 years thereafter, of continuous sobriety.

• Non-smoking (smoking area outside)
• No pets are allowed by the church
• ASL interpreters are welcome (please call Intergroup at 416-487-5591 at least 24 hours in advance to find out if one can be arranged; TTY also available at 416-487-5062)
• Wheelchair accessible

No one seems able to recall who founded St. Clement's or even the date of its first meeting. We have a faded banner that reads: "St. Clement's Group, September 1952." Some think it was a spin-off from the two largest groups in the city at the time, North Toronto and The Hill. Our home for our Wednesday evening open meetings has been the St. Clement's Church, from our first meeting in 1952 to the present.

St. Clement's first met in a small room on the 3rd floor of the churcha couple of chesterfields and a few chairs. This was the setting throughout the 50's and 60's. In the late 60's and 70's when St. Clement's began to grow , the meeting moved from the 3rd floor down to the Parish Hall gymnasium, a warm, wooden-buttressed room that we now often use for special party meetings. St. Clement's had suddenly become a very vital group with a high energy level and great enthusiasm. In the 80's, our continued growth resulted us moving into the larger Canon Nicolson Hall gymnasium, where we currently reside.

In early 1977, St. Clement's added a discussion meeting on Monday evenings. The location of this meeting has changed several times over the years, but has settled at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church.

St. Clement's through the 90's and into the new century has continued as a mixed and all-encompassing group, as any AA group should be. The group has been a safe haven to people from all walks of life and a comfortable fit for a wide spectrum of otherwise diverse alcoholics looking for a safe, non-judgmental home. It may be because of this that it has often shown a very loose governing structure.

St. Clement's has frequently led the way in innovations in the business of carrying the message. St. Clement's was the first group to introduce a shorter meeting format, allowing for more one-on-one time after the meeting. The "group medallion night" was also a St. Clement's innovation. Medallion night became a celebration of group achievement as opposed to individual achievement, embodying one of our basic AA principles.

On September 25, 2002, St. Clement's Group celebrated 50 years of carrying the message. Our slogan for the evening was "Sobriety is Golden" - appropriate for that evening and in fact for every 24 hours of sobriety, for every alcoholic.

We at St. Clement's extend the hand of Alcoholics Anonymous to any and all, and look forward to carrying the message for another 50 years, one day at a time. Feel free to come and join us as we help each other learn to live a life of healthy, happy sobriety.