The then parish priest of Charlottetown and his assistant Father De Errnil would sometimes cone out p.nd hold stations at the residences of Mr. Michael McCardill on the , of Mr. Martin Devereaux , on the , of Mr. Patrick Clerkin on the , and of Mr. Patrick Murray . (Little) In 1850 *-e parishoners erected their church, upon land giren for the purpose by Mr. Patrick Murray . They all worked hard at this pions enterprise, hut none so hard nor so faithfully as Mr. Patrick Dougherty , an old gentleman "as Irish as St. Patrick and as Catholic as St. Peter ", who was chiefly instrumental in having St. Anne's constituted a separate mission. At the time of the building of the church in the adjoining parish of DeSable it had been suggested that the two missions should combine and build one large and handsome sanctuary, but Mr. Dougherty resolutely opposed this arrangement and he, Mr. McCardill , Mr. Patrick Clerkin , Mr. Francis Trainor , Mr. Patrick Murray and others, set to work with a will, to build thier own church. The saw mill was fully two miles distant from the scene of the building operations, but it is Mr. Dougherty 's boast that he constantly carried boards on his back from Dollar's mill to the church, in order to keep the carpenters supplied. The church was not finished interiorly until Father Duffy's time, but it was opened for worship in 1851; the first mass being celebrated in it, by Mr. Debrenil on Tuesday 15th April 1851. The people had worked hard at the erection of their church, and had effected a great deal in a short time. Father Reynolds, then mission priest, with charge of "Sixty Five" nnd DeS^ble, on calling at the settlement to see how matters were progressing, exprer-sed himself highly pleased with the energy and despatch with which the work had been ^complished. As r reward for their zeal, be promised the people that if they would erect a temporary altar, either he, or his curate. Father DeBrenil , would come out and say mass for