Lewis Thomas Wattson (Paul James Wattson)
Founder of the Franciscan Friars of the Atonement and of the Church Unity Octave
Who they were
An Episcopalian minister who founded the Society of the Atonement with Mother Lurana White in 1898 and was received into the Catholic Church with the whole community in 1909; he began the Church Unity Octave in 1908.
The miracles
No miracle has been approved. The cause is at its first stage.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Father Paul of Graymoor Guild was established in 2016 to promote the cause of the Servant of God, and the diocesan inquiry opened in New York on 22 September 2015.
The cause
Lewis Thomas Wattson (Paul James Wattson) is named a Servant of God; the cause continues. Favours received, and offers of help, go to the postulation, the office that carries the cause forward: The cause of Lewis Thomas Wattson (Paul James Wattson).
- Father Paul of Graymoor Guild — Franciscan Friars of the Atonement
- Padre Paul James Wattson (Lewis Thomas) — santiebeati.it
Checked against the sources listed on 24 September 2026. Corrections welcome.