Records Relating to Local Administration Whitto... | Saint Michael's College Archives & Special Collections

In 1934, the Society of Saint Edmund began a canonical house in Whitton, England, not far from Hitchin, where they worked from 1902-1925.  Rev. Louis Cheray and Rev. Joseph Weston worked with parishioners to build a church and St. Edmund's School.  By the mid-1950’s their apostolate was so successful that they added two more works, the administration of Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Stock, and the Brentwood Traveling Mission, in which priests travelled to a number of different sites.  The All Saints Church in Stevenage was an interesting experiment in which the building itself was both a community center and a church  shared by three major denominations, Church of England, Roman Catholic, and Methodists.  It was the first parish church in the country to be constructed under the same roof as a community centre, and the first purpose built church to be shared by three denominations.  The Society of Saint Edmund continued to work in Whitton until July 1988, when the Society decided to consolidate efforts in the United States.