they were "independent men as they had voted against their landlord and pnowj showed that they did not wish to be interferred with in regards to their Church property." (21) Finally, it raises the interesting suggestion that being a member of the Catholic Church in trie 1860's was perceived by these Catholics more in terms of a local parish.rather than as members of the larger organization; in fact, the distant diocesan control may have been perceived as a threat to the small parish. (22) Table 11 lists those priests who ministered to the people of St . Kalachy 's Parish, Sou' West, in the.18601s. Little is known about most of them; most seem not to have resided at Sou' West. Due to a shortage of priests in the diocese several parishes were assigned to each priest. Father James Duffy is credited, by Burke and Blanchard, with getting the presbytery at Sou' West completed. Father Francis X . De Langie apparently did reside at Sou' West. (23) Table 11: Parish Priests at Sou' West Rev. James Duffy , 1858 - December, 1860; Rev. D. Stanislaus Kacdonald , December, 1860 - January, 1861; Rev. Francis X . De Langie , January, 1861 - September, 1862, and September, 1863 - August, 1866; Rev. James Brady , November, 1861 - May, 1862; Rev. Kalachy Reynolds, Hay, 18662 - September, 1863; Rev. Patrick Doyle , September, 1866 - September, 1890. (24) In 1864 the first recorded tea party at Sou' West was reported in the newspapers; below is the announcement and the description of the event. 37.