Theodore and the Talbot family's devotion founded within the Anglo-Catholic spirituality was not a simple affair. It was a time when the Church hierarchy was very suspicious of this resurgence in catholic faith and devotion to the extent that some clergy faced trials. Fr. Mackonochie SSC faced many a dispute with the Bishop of London during his ministry at St. Alban's Holborn which was seen as one of the centres of the Anglo-Catholic revival. It was within this ethos, spirituality and mission that Fr. Mackonochie SSC along with Fr. Charles Lowder SSC and others founded the Societas Sanctae Crucis - The Society of the Holy Cross (SSC). This Society continues today with the Vicar of St. Theodore's Port Talbot Fr. Amos SSC as a member and presently elected as Local Vicar to the Chapter of St. Dyfrig (serving the four south Wales dioceses) and Deputy Master of SSC Wales