"By virtue of faculties granted by the Holy See on the 15 May, 1870 to his Lordship Right Rev. Peter Maclntyre , Bishop of Charlottetown , the same having been delegat¬ ed to me on the 12th February, 1872, I the undersigned have erected the Stations of the Cross in the church of the Immaculate Conception , , on the 7th May, 1877, and attached thereto all the indulgences usu¬ ally granted by the church to that devotional exercise". Douglas M. MacDonald , P.P. PICNICS The church was the focal point for a great social activity at the time: the Church tea or Picnic . This annual event was a combi¬ nation of frolic (preparation) pie social, circus, auction, festival, and homecoming all in one day! They may have been held to help build the first church as well as to add a gallery to accommodate the larger crowds at mass. By 1889, we are told, the Picnic had taken in $1,200: The Examiner: August 12, 1889 (p.2, col. 2) Notes: "The tea party at in aid of the parish church, was a splendid success. The proceeds were in the vicinity of $1800. All kinds of amusements were provided. The committee were energetic, and spared no pains to have all there enjoy themselves to the fullest extent. The tables were excellent. The burning question of the day, "Can Man Fly?" was practically answered by Mr. Laurent Doucette . The invention of his flying machine is truly wonderful . . ." This suggests that there were probably plans to build a larger church even before the fire of 1890 and the first church could have become a Parish Hall as at Tignish in 1861. The style and content of the advertisement for the picnic of 1891 in the Summerside Pioneer (July 6, 1891) suggest that the