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1910 New Catholic Dictionary

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The second congregation of the Society of the Atonement, founded at Graymoor, New York in 1898 by Mother Lurana Mary Francis. They observe the Rule given by Pope Leo X to the Third Order Regular, being affiliated to the Friars Minor by an Indult of 1921. Their aim is the "reunion of all Christians," and their work is of a missionary character both at home and in the foreign mission field. The order has manages mission settlements, clinics, a summer camp, and other establishments in the United States, Canada, Italy, and Ireland. The mother-house is at Graymoor.