On October 30, 1909, a small group of Episcopalians were received into the Catholic Church. Two friars, five Religious Sisters, and a group of lay people were destined to become Franciscans, members of the Society of the Atonement. This group, stationed in Graymoor, New York, has been actively promoting Church Unity from even before it joined the Church. Father Paul Wattson and Mother Lurana White are considered co-founders.
 Mother Lurana herself had made a pilgrimage to Assisi and knelt at the tomb of St. Clare, asking her intercession and guidance for the years ahead.