RELIGIOUS NEEDS During this early settlement period, religious needs were taken care of at Tignish , when the missionary came for a few days each month. He could have been Rev. Angus MacEachern until he became Bishop of Charlottetown in 1829. Just the year before, (1828) the Tignish native Rev. Sylvain Ephrem Poirier (Perry) had been made Pastor of all Acadian Missions west of Miscouche . He resided at Miscouche . In 1843, Tignish , including , became a full parish with a resident pastor, Rev. Peter Maclntyre . About this time, the area was given the title, St. Thomas Mission and mass was held monthly at homes in different parts of the mission. By 1867, when there were about 150 families, a church was built at a central point on land donated by Richard Noonan . It was dedicated in 1870 to Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception . It was still a mission of Tignish and the pastor was Rev. Dougald MacDonald who had come in 1860.