Bernard MacEachem — the Island's first bishop.

At present Father Bolger continues to teach at the University of Prince Edward Island. He spends his summers at "Four Winds", which is his summer home in Stanley Bridge and for the remainder of the year he resides at his delightful Water St. residence in Charlottetown. Father Bolger continues to serve the Island people as a supply priest and is well- loved by all who meet him; for his cheery and friendly disposition is not

easily surpassed.

ELLA CULLEN (Sister Frances Loyola 0r Sister Ellen Mary Cullen) Sister Ellen Mary Cullen gladly claims - . . Hope River as her birthplace. She was born there on May 4, 1898, eldest daughter of Timothy P. Cullen and Frances Landrigan, and lived there until she was seven years old, when her family moved to Sherwood. Ella was educated in Hope River, Central Royalty, Rustico Convent, Prince of Wales College, and later obtained a degree of Bachelor of Science in Home Economics at St. Francis Xavier University. After teaching some years in rural schools, Ella I»

entered the young Island Congregation of Sisters of St. Martha in 1918, and received the name, Sister Frances

Loyola. At the early age of twenty-three, she became Superior General of the Sisters of St. Martha in 1921, an office she served in for two twelve year terms. Between these two terms, she taught Dietetics and Home Economics in hospitals and schools and served in various administrative positions in the Congregation.

Her generous sharing of her gifts and interest in people was not con— fined to the works of the Sisters of St. Martha. She did extensive research in the Council of the Aging, about Diocesan Churches and personnel, Heritage Projects, Island history, even reaching to Island connections with New Zealand. She wrote historical articles for several magazines, and taught Community School.

In 1962, St. Dunstan's University recognized her great contribution to the whole community of Prince Edward Island by granting her an

Honorary Degree of Doctor of Laws.

Sister Ellen Mary Cullen

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