 From the time of his conversion in 1625 onwards , Baltimore took care to cater for the religious needs of his colonists , both Catholic and Protestant . He had asked Simon Stock to provide priests for the 1625 expedition , but Stock 's recruits arrived in England after Aston had sailed . Stock 's own ambitions for the colony appear to have exceeded Baltimore 's : in letters to De Propaganda Fide in Rome , Stock claimed the Newfoundland settlement could act as a springboard for the conversion of natives not only in the New World but also in China , the latter via a passage he believed existed from the east coast to the Pacific Ocean . 
 From the time of his conversion in 1625 onwards , Baltimore took care to cater for the religious needs of his colonists , both Catholic and Protestant . He <a href='been_done' title='1'><mark>had</mark></a> asked Simon Stock to provide priests for the 1625 expedition , but Stock <a href='null_genetive' title='2'><mark>'s</mark></a>recruits arrived in England after Aston <a href='been_done' title='3'><mark>had</mark></a> sailed . Stock <a href='null_genetive' title='4'><mark>'s</mark></a>own ambitions for the colony appear to <a href='been_done' title='5'><mark>have</mark></a> exceeded Baltimore <a href='null_genetive' title='6'><mark>'s</mark></a>: in letters to De Propaganda Fide in Rome , Stock claimed the Newfoundland settlement could act as a springboard for the conversion of natives not only in the New World but also in China , the latter via a passage he believed existed from the east coast to the Pacific Ocean . 
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