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foundation was laid of the large convent of Notre Dame. This building which is 120 x 80 feet. is built of brick and is a very imposing structure; architect- urally it is plain even to severity. It was Opened on the 5th of September.1870. One hundred and fourteen pupils are taught daily in the convent of Notre Dame,

of these thirty seven are boarders.

There are also in connection with this Convent sodalities of the Children of hbry and of the living Rosary: these meet every Sunday to recite their office and to listen to an instruction from their directress; very frequently these exercises close with Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament given in the little Convent Chapel which on the 8th of September 1870, the day upon which the Convent was blessed, was dedicated to the Immaculate Conception. A beautiful Statue of Mary Immaculate stands above the altar of this chapel; it also posesses a very fine organ.

The old wooden convent. now called St. Anne s, serves as a poor School and is attended by one hundred and twelve pupils. St. Anne's also affords a home to several aged ladies. The Sisters. of whom there are eleven. all reside in the adjacent convent of Notre Dame.

The Catholic Scholastic Institutions of Charlottetown had now begun to assume a dignified appearance. and it was thought that the time had arrived when a suitable residence should be built for the Bishop of the Diocese. The memorable fire of 1868 had destroyed the old Reddin homestead and the land on which it stood was vacant. The Bishop purchased it, and from its charred surface slowly arose the stately free stone mansion that is today the handsomest building in all Charlottetown. .

Early in November of 1877 the late Father Glackmeyer of the Society of Jesus, preached a mission in Charlottetown. the first mission given in Prince Edward Island, and in his closing address to the congregation of St. Dunstan's. reminded them of the duty which they owed to the poor. urging them without loss of time to establish

a hOSpital in the city.