In 1915, Father Judge was assigned to a mission in Opelika, Alabama. Some of the men and women who assisted up North followed. In 1921, the congregation was formally recognized by Edward Patrick Allen, Bishop of Mobile. In 1953, the Missionary Servants purchased the Jordan Springs Estate near Winchester, Virginia for a Monastery and Seminary. The property was leased out in 1972 and is now an event center."1953 – 1972 Missionary Servants of the Most Holy Trinity", Historic Jordan Springs Event and cultural Center In 1958, they were granted approval as a clerical religious congregation of pontifical right.Namorato, Michael V., The Catholic Church in Mississippi, 1911-1984, Greenwood Publishing Group, 1998, p. 167
