in the 1920s, he returned to his old ecumenical goals, working closely with the catholic bishopric of iași and monsignor anton gabor, setting up a christian institute in bessarabia. he was also in touch with nicolae brînzeu, the greek-catholic priest, who regarded cecan as a "most courageous" intellectual. his ideas on reunification were circulated by liberal catholic papers in the west, including, in 1924, "la paix". the latter newspaper also gave exposure to cecan's take on the immaculate conception, on which topic he did not "foresee insuperable difficulty".