Probably the event of greatest historic significance in the Parish of Port Hill was the 
     
     ordination on June 12, 1988 of Rev. Barbara Frances Minard. She was the first woman to be 
     
     ordained priest in the province of Prince Edward Island. A detailed account of this memorable 
     
     event is reprinted below (name and date of periodical unavailable). 
     
    
   
   
    
     St. James’ Church, Port Hill, P.E.I. was the setting on June 12, for the 
     
     ordination of the Rev. Barbara Frances Minard to the Order of Priest in the 
     
     Anglican Church of Canada, the first woman to be ordained on Prince Edward 
     
     Island. 
     
    

    
     Officiating at the Ordination was the Rt. Rev. Arthur G. Peters, Diocesan 
     
     Bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Nova Scotia. A very large attendance at the 
     
     service required employment of closed-circuit television in order that the overflow 
     
     congregation which filled Old St. James’ Church across the road might be fully 
     
     participant with those in new St. James’. Several persons also remained seated 
     
     in automobiles parked nearby and were able to follow the service through the use 
     
     of sound speakers. 
     
    

    
     Several Anglican priests were present from Prince Edward Island and Nova 
     
     Scotia to participate in the laying on of hands during the consecration of the new 
     
     priest. The Introit, "Make me a channel of your peace", was sung by Mrs. 
     
     Margaret Johnston, sister of the ordained. She was accompanied by Mrs. Enid 
     
     Birch, the church organist. 
     
    

    
     Archdeacon Robert Power, accompanied by Mr. Leigh Newcombe, parish 
     
     warden, presented the Rev. Mrs. Minard to Bishop Peters. The Rev. Reginald 
     
     Savary, brother of the ordained, accompanied by the Rev. Max Clattenburg, 
     
     vested her following the consecration. The Old Testament Lesson was read by 
     
     Mr. Robert H. Minard, the ordained’s husband, and responsive reading of Psalm 
     
     43 was led by their daughter, Nancy Minard. The Epistle was read by Jack 
     
     Newitt, the parish layreader, and the Gospel was read by the Rev. Dawn Davis, 
     
     Deacon of St.Paul’s Church, Charlottetown. The sermon was preached by the 
     
     Rev. Donald Neish, rector of the Church of the Holy Spirit, Dartmouth, NS. 
     
     The singing of the Ordination Litany was led by the Rev. Fred Kreiger, professor 
     
     of the Atlantic School of Theology, Halifax, NS. The Order of Service was 
     
     taken from the Book of Alternative Services. 
     
    

    
     The newly ordained priest concelebrated the Holy Eucharist with Bishop Peters 
     
     immediately following the ordination. 
     
    

    
     Twelve servers of the Parish of Port Hill led the procession from the rectory 
     
     into St. James’ Church followed by layreaders of the diocese, priests and 
     
     deacons, and clergy representing the Roman Catholic, United and Presbyterian 
     
     churches of the community. Music for the service was provided by Mrs. Enid 
     
     Birch, organist, and also by members of the Band of St. Peter’s Church, Lot 11. 
     
    

    
     A reception was held at the Tyne Valley Firehall, with refreshments provided 
     
     and served to the many guests by ladies of the three parish churches. 
     
    
   
   
    
     To present an up—to-date overview of activities and events in the Parish of Port Hill, the 
     
    
   
   
    
     1990 annual report submitted by Rector, Rev. Barbara Minard is included here. 
     
    
   
   
    
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