PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND. 293 from any further responsibility with regard to New Brunswick , and he was therefore in a position to give all his attention to Prince Edward Island and the . As new districts were being opened up it was his especial care that the Catholic resi¬ dents of those settlements should be pro¬ vided with whatever facilities could be had for the practice of their religion. The next district to claim his attention was what is now the flourishing parish of Kelly's Cross. This place was settled by Irish emigrants about the year 1843. As soon as possible work was commenced on a church, and thus were those good people enabled to worship God in peace and contentment. This mis¬ sion was attended to by the Reverend Fa ¬ ther Reynolds, and afterwards by the Rev¬ erend James Duffy , a venerable priest, who had s]>ent many long years of missionary life in different parts of Canada . In 1847 operations were l>egun for the building of a church at Kinkora . The first settlers began to take up land in this section about the year 1835, and their number was gradually in¬ creased by the arrival of others, so that after a few years it was deemed advisable to have a church of their own. Hitherto they at¬ tended divine service at Seven Mile Bay . It was with difficulty that their absent land¬ lord could be brought to give his consent for the building of a Catholic church in that dis¬ trict. However, they had a good friend in his agent who finally prevailed on the pro¬ prietor to give the land for church purposes. This church was also attended to by Father Reynolds, and later on in succession by Fa¬ ther Duffy and again by Father Bradgy . After him came the Rev. D. Stanislaus Macdonald. who was succeeded by Father De Langie, whose pastorate continued up to the date on which this narrative closes. Another church was erected at the Brae in 1848. This settlement was peopled main¬ ly by Highland Catholic families and for some years attended service in the neigh¬ bouring churches to which they were paro¬ chially attached. At the advice of Bishop Macdonald, Father Peter Maclhtyre organ¬ ized them into a separate parish, and in a short time they had their own church. A few years later a parochial house was con¬ structed. At Montague West, now known as Iona, a church was begun in 1850. Prior to this time the settlers in this vicinity were parish¬ ioners of Vernon River , but a grant of land having been obtained from the proprietor for the purpose of having a church built thereon, the people soon organized with the result of having their own place of divine worship. This church was blessed and formally opened in 1852, its first pastor being the Reverend Father Brady. Meanwhile a promising settlement was being opened up at Lot 6 5, made up mainly of Irish emigrants who in the early '40s had taken up land and established homes for themselves in that vicinity. At first they were obliged to attend mass at Charlotte - town. The priests of the cathedral parish also visited them at stated times during the year, and thus they were enabled to receive the holy sacraments. In 1850 they set about building a church of their own, which was completed in the following year. Although Bishop Macdonald did not reside in Charlottetown , he was al¬ ways most anxious to assist in its spir¬ itual and material progress. Having laboured in this parish for many years as a simple missionary, he had a spe-