Basil W. Maturin
Basil William Maturin was an Irishborn Anglican priest, preacher and writer who later became Roman Catholic. He died on board the RMS Lusitania, during the First World War.
He was born in Ireland in 1847 to William Basil and Jane Maturin and educated at Trinity College, Dublin he was a grandson of writer Charles Maturin and a second cousin of Oscar Wilde. After going on retreat with the Cowley Fathers , Maturin decided to join their order. In 1876, he was sent to Philadelphia, where he was the rector of Saint Clements Church. In 1879, Maturin headed a controversial mission at Mount Calvary Church in Baltimore, which resulted in the publication of a pamphlet that protested the missions Romish practices. Maturin became a Roman Catholic in 1897 and was ordained by his friend Herbert Vaughan in 1898. Maturin was also author of several books on religious and psychological topics including Laws of the Spiritual Life , SelfKnowledge and SelfDiscipline , Christian SelfMastery, and The Price of Unity
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