Oscar Wilde renewal. He immediately wrote to the Society of Jesus requesting a six-month Catholic retreat; when the request was denied, Wilde wept. "I intend to be received into the Catholic Church before long", Wilde told a journalist who asked about his religious intentions. He spent his last three years impoverished and in exile. He took the name "Sebastian Melmoth", after Saint Sebastian and the titular character of "Melmoth the Wanderer" (a Gothic novel by Charles Maturin, Wilde's great-uncle). Wilde wrote two long letters to the editor of the "Daily Chronicle", describing the brutal conditions of English prisons and advocating penal reform.
Community of the Holy Name Apartheid regime that was coming into force just across the border in South Africa. The sisters today work extensively with both school children, and victims of AIDS. The convents of this province are: Founded by sisters from England and Lesotho in 1969, Zulu is the newest province of the Order. The provincial mother house is in Melmoth. The sisters work in local parishes, and also in hospitals and schools. The convents of this province are: Community of the Holy Name The Community of the Holy Name (CHN) (Reg. Charity No. 250256) is a large international Anglican religious order for women.