32 — Historical Guidebook of the Evangeline Region

Church and parishion- ers in Mont-Carmel in 1912. The 1898 church and the 1902 presbytery in the parish of Notre- Dame-du-Mont-Carmel were both designed by the Québec architect René P. Lemay. The 450,000 bricks that went into the construction of this third parish church were made in Cape Egmont. (Musée acadien Collection)

The Catholic church in Wellington, circa 1960. Immaculate Conception Church is located outside the Evangeline Region

in Wellington Centre, although the church is frequented by Catholics living in the village of Wellington. Built in 1952 and designed by the Charlottetown architect James Harris, this is the second parish church. The first one was built in 1875 but it was destroyed by fire on January 21, 1951. (Laurinda Gallant Collection)

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Daily life was punctuated much more by worship and prayer in the past than it is nowadays. There were many religious practices, including reciting the Angelus, reciting the rosary with the family, attending Sunday Mass, fasting and doing penance during Lent, attending Holy Week services and mak- ing special devotions to the Virgin Mary during the month of May. Several major annual events revolved around the church: the solemn procession of Corpus Christi, the blessing of the fleet on the Sunday prior to the opening of the lobster season and the Tea Party held as a fund-raiser for the parish.