sentences:  Wetmore was the first non-Roman Catholic to preach from the pulpit of St. Patrick's Cathedral, in 1968; he "began to receive mail and telephone messages urging me to withdraw my acceptance of the invitation," but nevertheless agreed to speak at the annual Octave of Christian Unity observance on Jan. 25 of that year.Additionally, he chaired the diocesan Ecumenical Commission from 1969 to 1988, and served as director of the Council of Churches of New York State from 1965 to 1968.He was a founding director of the Council of Churches of the City of New York, serving from 1960 to 1988.