The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-11-20
ANeLIckNs OVER IN A BODY.
Father Paul, Superior of Society of
Atonement, and Sixteen Others, Re-
ceived at Graymoor, N. Y.

On Saturday, Oct. so, the vigil of All
Saints, the Society of the Atonement
Graymoor, near Garrison, n. Y, was
coTpOTately received into the Catholic
Church, the ceremony taking place in
the convent Chapel of st. Mary of the
Angels.
Right Rev. Mgr. Joseph H. Conroy,
vicar general of the diocese of Ogdens-
burg an old friend Of the society, act
ing under the authority of Most Rev.
John NJ. Farley, archbishop of New
York. officiated. The monsignor was
assisted by Rev. Paschal Robinson of
the Franciscan monastery at Washing
ton, and Rev. Patrick II. Drain, pastor
of the Church of Our Lady OF Loretto,
Coldsprings n. Y. in whose parish
GraymCor is situated.
Seventeen were received in all, and
as this little company in successive
groups. kneeling at the foot of the
altar. pronounced aloud their profess
sion of faith, in the presence of the
three receiving priests. the scene was
most solemn and impressive.
The Graymoor community prior To
their reception were under the instruc-
ton Of Right Rex. Mgr. c. c. O'Keefe,
pastor of the Church of the Sacred
Heart. Highland Falls.
1t IS understood that the converts
viii be received into the Franciscan
order next week and that the ceremony
viii take place at Graymoor.
The reception OF the Society of the
Atonement as a body, preserving its
name and corporate existence, is an
exceptional privilege granted by Rome
as the result of a petition made last
August TO Pope Plus through Mon
signor Falconio, the Apostolic Delegate
At Washington
A recent precedent for the action with
regard to the Graymoor community was
the reception of the Anglican Sister
hood at St Katharine's. Queens square,
London, England. This convent was
opened forty years ago as a branch of
the East Grinstead Anglican commune
ty. a few years ago the convent sepa-
rated from the mother house. The doc
uines and ritual of the Catholic Church
mad much attraction for some of the
nuns, and. recognizing more and MORE
definitely that union with the Holy See
IS an essential O true CathOlicity, they
gradually came terrain the idea of
entering the { - fold. The result
was that last r TX sisters and ten
Embroidery SC aul -%ers came into
the Church. The ever Of course, had
considerable iLauerCe The converts,
steadfast and true u their loyalty to
VIC '-dllioilt ldllt4, sc. dIl example Dy
which the thought ana views of others
must have been affected. At any rate, |
ia December, 1905, the superioress, |
Mother Ellen Mary. was received into |
The Church by Abbott Cabrol of Farm |
borough, ard became, instead of the |
mead of an Anglican community, d !
l5enedictino abbess. Permission WIS |
later received from Rome for the cele- |
hration Of Mass and the reservation of /
the Blessed Sacrament in the convent, |
and on April ! Of this year Abbot
Cabrol said Mass for the first time at
the Institution.
toIore has been a body of Anglicans,
and its founder, Father Paul James
Francis (NIr. Lewis Wattson). has be-
c2.ne well known as advocating the
corporate reunion of the Anglican
Church with the Holy See, especially
US editor Of The lamp, a widely
circulated monthly published under the
auspices of the society, and as joint
= 11nor with Rev. Spencer Jones, dis
l, sdished English clergyman, Of The
ITlHee Of the Apostles. About mile
from the house Of the Graymoor COM
ilunity were the Episcopalian Sisters
Oh the Atonement. directed by Father
nurch together with Father Paul and
u thers IN association with him.
rather Paul was born in Maryland.
ms father was Rev. Joseph Watson,
an Episcopalian clergyman, and in his
.dTly days. ii is said, one Of the
brotherhood which Bishop Ives started
~ South Carolina while he was still an
I plscopalian. Father Paul is a gradu-
>Se Of St Stephens college, Anandale.
y. T., and Of the General Seminary in
New York. He was ordained an Epis-
opal minister in 1885. He was rector
'r holy Cross, Kingston, n. Y, and
~ Ilterward the head of the Associate
MISSION in Omaha. Neb About then
years ago he began the life of Fran {
.Lscan friar and devoted himself to the
rsuse Of the corporate reunion of the
episcopal Church with the Catholic