RETURNING TO THE FOLD

New Zealand Tablet, 12 August 1909, Page 1252

RETURNING TO THE FOLD

An interesting list of converts to the Catholic Church in- the United States during 1908 is given in a recent issue of St. Peter's Net, a quarterly journal published ia South Omaha, United States. Many of the names in the following list have appeared from time to time in the columns of the N.Z. Tablet, but as this appears to be a fairly complete list of prominent persons received into the Church during the past year we publish it as a convenient form of reference: —

Clergymen.

Rev. James Bourne and the Rev. Edward Hawks, of the 'P.E. diocese of Milwaukee, members of the Companions of *the Holy Saviour, and instructors at Nashotah Seminary. The Rev. Edgar N. Cowan, acting chaplain of the Sisters of St. Mary, Peekskill, N.Y., and at one time curate at St. Mark's, Philadelphia, Companion of the Holy Saviour.

The Rev. James Belton Haslam, curate at the Church of v St. Elizabeth, Philadelphia, and member of the Community of the Holy Saviour. Mr. Haslam was formerly in charge of the Episcopal Cathedral, Chicago. He was ordained in Canada.

The Rev. Henry A. Yost, rector of St. Timothy's Church, Roxborough, Philadelphia, and graduate of the University of Virginia. The Rev. John G. Ewens, rector of Holy Trinity Church, Manistee, Mich., and late a curate in St. Clement's, Philadelphia.' • ,In this connection it is interesting to know that the predecessor of Mr. Ewens, the Rev. Mr. Jewell, is now a Catholic priest of the diocese of Grand Rapids. . The Rev. Otho W. Gromoll, rector of St. Joseph's Church, West Pullman, 111., Companion of the Holy Saviour. The Yen. Russell Jones Wilbur, Archdeacon of the diocese of Fond dv Lac, and Canon of St. Paul's Cathedral ; graduate of Northwestern University, and Western Theological Seminary, Chicago, now at the American College, Rome, a candidate for the priesthood from 1 the archdiocese of St. Louis. The Yen. Sigourney W. Fay, 8.A., Canon of St. Paul's Cathedral, Fond dv Lac, Companion of the Holy Saviour, and ' William Adams,' Professor of Theology at Nashotah Seminary. 1 The Rev. William H. Sloan, for over twenty years in charge of Baptist mission work in the city of Mexico,

and formerly pastor of a church in Toledo, Ohio- Author of several works of a religious character in Spanish,, the chief of which, A Concordance of the Holy Scripture, was the work of seven years; editor of the Baptist paper, Lz Luz. Here is an example of a man who has been reduced to almost poverty by his change of religion.

The Rev. Maurice L. Cowl, assistant at St. Elizabeth's Episcopal Church, Philadelphia, late chaplain to the Sisters of St. Mary, Peekskill; graduate of the General Theological Seminary, New York; Companion of the Holy Saviour.

The Rev. William H. McClellan, asistant at St. Elizabeth's Church, Philadelphia, Companion of the Holy Saviour; 'graduate of the University of Pennsylvania - and the General Theological Seminary, New York. Relative of the Mayor of Greater New York.

The Rev. William Hay ward, assistant at St.. Elizabeth's, Philadelphia ; graduate of Nashotah . Seminary ; soa of an Episcopalian clergyman; Companion of .the Holy Saviour; author of a book on the burial of the dead.

The Rev. William McGarvey, D.D., rector of St. Elizabeth's Church, Philadelphia. He was graduated "at the General Theological Seminary with the degree of B.D. in 1904. In 1891 he was largely instrumental in the formation of the ' Congregation of |the Companions of the Holy Saviour,' which gathered together a number of clergymen living a celibate life, only a part of ' whom were in the mother house. Dr. McGarvey was chaplain-general of the Sisters of St. Mary from 1902 until a few months ago. He is the author of a number of important liturgical and doctrinal works. It is not too much to say that Dr. McGarvey is the most important recruit we have received since Father Maturin ' went over.'

The Rev. Charles Bowles, irremovable rector of All Saints, Ravenswood, Chicago, Companion of 'the Holy Saviour.

The Rev. William Emery Henkell, rector of St. Barnabas' Church, Reading, Pa.

The Rev. Francis McFetrich, a graduate of the Philadelphia Divinity School, and lately a curate at St. Simeona Church. He was born in Philadelphia, educated at the Friends' Central High School, St. Stephen's College', Annandale, and the Philadelphia Divinity School. • The majority of these gentlemen are now studying for the priesthood at the Seminary of St. Charles Borromeo, Overbrook, Pa. P.E. Seminary Students. Henry L. Kendall, Benjamin Musser, Julius Mason, William P. James — all four from Nashotah. Grover Harrison, student at the Western Theological Seminary, Chicago. John Albert Sherman and Albert M. Ewin, candidates from Baltimore.

Anglican Nuns.

Sister Edith Pardee, Mother-General of the Sisters of St. Mary, Peekskill, now Sister Edith, of the Sisterhood of the Blessed Sacrament, Cornwells, Philadelphia. Sister Elizabeth Montgomery, of the Sisters of St. Mary, grand-datighter of the late Governor Phelps of Missouri; now Sister Mary of the Cenacle, of the Sisters* of the Blessed Sacrament. Sister Marina Bullock, of the Sisters of St. Mary, and one other member of the same community whose name the writer has forgotten. Miss Sarah Hovey, of the P.E. Sisterhood of All Saints, Baltimore, daughter of "the Rev. Henry E. Hovey, rector of St. John's Church, Portsmouth, N.H. Miss Gertrude De Wolff ers. For several years Miss De Wolffers was a Sister in the Protestant Episcopal Order of St. Mary, Peekskill, N.Y. About two years ago she founded the Protestant Episcopal Order of Mercy at New Rochelle. On Easter Sunday of last year she made her First Communion in the Catholic Church, and was received into the Order of St. Ursula on May 24. Miss De .Wolffers is a daughter of the late Baron Anthony Francesco De Wolffers. Laity. Mrs. Edward Creighton, Omaha, daughter of the Hon. W-. J. Connell, late member of Congress from Nebraska, and grand-daughter of a Congregational minister. Mr. Joel Chandler Harris, the famous Southern writer. Miss Edith Fay, Chicago, late a member of All Saints' P.E. Church, Ravenswood. The late Mr. Calvin Burr, St. Louis, art authority, and collateral descendant of Aaron Burr. * Mr. William Burden, St. Louis, a prominent Mason. Mr. David R. Calhoun, St. Louis, millionaire president of the firm of Ely-Walker.

The Baroness de - Graffenriel, a Jewess, late a member of Temple Emmanuel, New York City. Professor Edwin L. Fletcher, St. Louis, son of foriiieK' Governor Fletcher of Missouri, graduate of Yale. •

Mr. Thos. F. Frazer, author and journalist; graduate of University of Michigan. Mr. Rolla Marshall, an infidel, who was at the time of his conversion engaged in writing a book against the Church. Converted through the example of a -Catholic landlord. Mr. Samuel P. Woodward, Philadelphia, rector's warden P.E. Church of St. Elizabeth,' his two sisters and two nieces. Mr. Blame Elkins, son of Senator Elkins ,of West Virginia. Mr. C. D. Summy, superintendent of the American Express, Omaha. The late Mr. Lemuel A. Russell, prominent jurist, Cleveland; son of the Rev. William Russell, of the Cougregationalists. Mrs. Robt. McLane, Baltimore, wife of ex-Mayor McLane, and her two sons. Miss Elizabeth McClellan, of the Sisters of the Visitation, formerly a tertiary of the Society of the Atonement. Mr. William L. Van Valkenburg, Mayor of Bergenfield, N.J. Miss Ida Hitchcock, daughter of the Rev. Dr. Hitchcock, principal of Hitchcock Military Academy, San Rafael, Cal. Dr. Victor H. Coffman, Omaha, Nebraska, prominent physician and Freethinker. Dr. William K. Branch, Mxtnistee, Mich.; late a member of Holy Trinity P.E. Church; received into the Church by his former minister, now a priest, Father Jewell. Dr. Branch is a son and brother to Baptist preachers. Miss Minnie Dodson, newspaper woman, Denver. Dr. Ellsworth S. Ellis, of Manistee, Mich., late senior warden of Holy Trinity Church. Received into the Church by his former pastor, now a Catholic priest. . Mr. Theodore Ellis, son of the above, and family. The late Mr. Ira Fisher, Goodland, Kas. ; father of Sister Mary Fabian, of the Sisters of Mercy, Omaha, Neb., and Mrs. James Flanagali.