Most  famous,  with  branch  houses  in  three
continents,  is  the  Society  of  St.  John  the  Evan-
gelist, Cowley,  founded  by  R.  M.  Benson,
Vicar  of  Cowley  and  Student  of  Christ
Church,  Oxford,  6th  May  1866,  when  he,
with  Father  O'Neill  (an  Eton  tutor)  and
Father  Grafton  (Bishop  of  Fond  du  Lac,
1889),  made  their  professions  together.  The
impulse  to  found  the  Society  came  from  a
sermon  by  Mr.  Keble  preached  at  Wantage,
22nd  July  1863.
On  St.  James's  Day,  25th  July  1892,  the
Community  of  the  Resurrection  was  begun
by  Bishop  Gore,  then  Principal  of  Pusey
House,  Oxford.  The  community  '  consists  of
priests  occupied  in  various  works — pastoral,
evangelistic,  literary,  and  educational.'  It
arose  from  the  drawing  together  of  the  clergy
living  at  Pusey  House  and  those  of  the
Oxford  Mission  in  Calcutta.  Established  first
at  Pusey  House,  then,  September  1893,  at
Radley,  the  community  moved  to  Mirfield
in  1898.  One  of  its  chief  works  is  the  College
of  the  Resurrection  for  training  ordinands.
The  Society  of  the  Sacred  Mission,  begun
in  1891  in  Brixton  with  a  view  to  training
men  for  service  abroad,  moved  in  1897  to
Mildenhall,  and  was  established  at  Kelham,
1903.  Its  house  is  a  recognised  theological
college,  and  trains  many  men  for  the  priest-
hood. The  Order  was  founded  bv  H.  H.
Kelly.
The  Society  of  the  Divine  Compassion  was
founded,  20th  January  1894,  at  Plaistow  by
the  Honble.  J.  G.  Adderley  and  others.  It  is
dedicated  to  the  Sacred  Heart  of  Jesus  and
in  honour  of  St.  Francis.
The  strict  rule  of  St.  Benedict  was  revived
in  1898,  when  a  community  was  founded  by
Aelred  Carlyle  under  the  special  sanction
of  Archbishop  Temple.  The  community,
which  began  in  the  Isle  of  Dogs,  moved  later
to  Painsthorpe,  and  finally  to  Caldey.
