Father Larry Mackey, OMI

Oblate of Mary Immaculate, was ordained in Ottawa in 1957. He was posted as missionary to Kuper Island Indian Reserve in the Gulf Islands of B.C. where he established an AA Program among the Native People in 1960.

His second posting was to Kakawis near Tofino, British Columbia, where he founded another AA group. At that time he became aware that the terrible scourge of alcoholism came from people whose spirit was broken and had lost their sense of union with God. Their craving for alcohol and their self-defeating behavioral patterns allowed them to live in denial of deep inner hurt.

Even in those early years he realized the crying need for inner healing to release their broken, imprisoned spirits. In the early 70's, when he was confined to a wheelchair as a result of an accident, the Oblates assigned him full-time to the ministry of the 12 step AA Program.

Since that time he has devoted himself entirely to this ministry and has developed a unique approach to inner healing. Father Larry established Bountyfull in 1987 and now has a staff of five working full-time in the ministry of healing for all aspects of brokenness at Bountyfull House.