 Its objective is to promote the formation and support of priestly spirituality and Catholic evangelism.Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby is the group's patron.In 2009, a group of priests and seminarians from the Episcopal Church and the Anglican Church of Canada gathered at Christ Church, New Haven, Connecticut, to form a North American province of the society, known as the Society of Catholic Priests in the Episcopal Church and the Anglican Church of Canada (often abbreviated SCP NA).