1935 Bill and Lois join the Oxford Group

"Following Bill W.'s spiritual awakening at Towns Hospital (late 1934), he and wife Lois [Lois Wilson née Burnham] join the Oxford Group - a nondenominational movement whose tenets are based on the "Four Absolutes" of honesty, purity, unselfishness, and love - and begin to attend meetings at Calvary House, behind Manhattan's Calvary Episcopal Church there. Bill is inspired by the charismatic rector Rev. Dr. Samuel Shoemaker, who emphasizes one-on-one sharing and guidance."

(AAWS Inc)