wagon and he fractured his hip. Father Trudelle then resigned and it seemed would not be able to function again; but the next year would find him posted to Palmer Road where he served for several years and was apparently a great farmer and breeder of good stock. He was the first res— ident Pastor of Palmer Road. Le Moniteur Acadien of the 27 November 1913 speaks of him at the time of his death.

In the year following the burning of the parochial house and Father Trudelle's departure, Father MacPhee supervised the construction of a new parochial house at Hope River at the same time as he was building the convent at Rustico, where Belcourt Centre now stands; however, it was not until Father F.X. Gallant became Pastor in 1888 that Hope River again had a resident Pastor. Father F.X. Gallant served until 1891 when he was replaced by Father James Aeneas MacDonald who served until 1903. He was replaced by Father Alexander MacAulay.

Before Father F.X. Gallant came as resident Pastor in 1888, Father A.E. Burke served Hope River in the summer of 1888 when he was Assistant at Rustico. Father Burke has been referred to several times in this book since his historical notes have given us invaluable information. When I spoke to Father F.W.P. Bolger, our well known professor of History at U.P.E.I., he immediately said that 1993 would be the 150th anniversary of the building of the first church. Father Burke's historical notes have given us these dates and brought us up to 1888.

Father Burke was a remarkable person and it would be impossible here to do him justice. He had a distinguished career later as Pastor at Alberton and was the founder of the Catholic Extension Society of Canada. He was quite a botanist and was a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. He was born at Georgetown, P.E.I. Sept. 8, 1862. As head of the Catholic Extension Society he had a disagreement with the Archbishop of Toronto and, because of that, he left the Extension Society and spent his last years in Rome where he died Dec. 15, 1926.

REV. ALFRED EDWARD BURKE The Catholic Register celebrated its Centennial

with a special issue on Feb. 20, 1993. In this centen- nial issue there are two extensive articles on Father ‘ Burke. It may be helpful to draw on these articles ' for some further insight into this remarkable man. ‘ Msgr. Burke was President of the Catholic Church Extension Society, and Editor of the . Catholic Register from 1909 to 1915. Before going ( to Alberton Father Burke had served as Assistant at RMWEdwardBwke Rustico in the Summer of 1888. He had been

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