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At the time of his being chosen Bishop of Charlottetown, Father McIntyre was mission priest at Tignish. Immediately upon his consecration he removed to the capital, and he rented the old homestead of the Reddin family which stood upon the side now occupied by the Episcopal Palace and which he made his home. The Rev. Thomas Phelan was transferred to Tracadie and the late Very Rev. Dr. McDonald appointed Vicar General and priest in charge of Charlottetown. After the removal of Father Phelan to Tracadie. the house which he had so long occupied and which had been built by the zealous Father Fitzgerald was sold to one James hoInnis and hauled to Queen Street where, added to and rejuvenated. it still stands. the dwelling house and business establishment of Mrs. Offer. In 1862 the Bishop purchased the house of Mr. Joseph lthonald on Dorchester Street and removed to it in the summer of that year. V

In 1863 St. Dunstan's College. originally a wooden building. was encased in brick. To assist in defraying the expense of this undertaking the sisters of the Congregation of Notre Dame held a bazaar in the college, the first Catholic bazaar ever held in the diocese. It was very successful. £550 being realized.

186A was marked by a brave achievement which deserves a place of honour in the annals of the diocese. At that time. more than twenty years ago. when Charlottetown was not, as it is to-day, bristling with schools, and when its educational establishments were exclusively Protestant, with the exception of the one Convent Boarding School on Hillsborough Square. there was felt to be great need of a day school at the west end of the town. The old convent of Notre Dame, now St. Anne's School_was crowded to its capacity, and the teachers' strength overtaxed in attending to the numbers of children who flocked to their classes; yet all these children Came from homes in the east end of the city; those of the west end were unprovided for.

The Bishop. ever zealous for the welfare of the little ones of his flock, took this matter into consideration. and endeavored to procure a house in a

convenient neighbourhood. where the nuns could open a school. The choice was