The pilot soon came aboard and they sailed through the Narrows and into the harbor of New York, having spent fifty-two days on the ocean.

As they approached the city a little tug-boat was seen coming to meet them.

It bore George and John Hecker and Mr.McMaster, whose cordial greetings were the first welcome the young Redemptorists heard on their return to the New World.

They were soon at their home in the convent in Third Street, and on the sixth of April following the first mission was opened in St.Joseph's Church, Washington Place, New York.
Here is Dr.Brownson's greeting, from his home in Chelsea, Mass., received by Father Hecker soon after his arrival: "My very dear friend, you cannot imagine what pleasure it gives me to learn of your arrival in New York.

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