-13- Fathar luffy succeeded in removing tho Sacred Vessels, 'cut beyond that only scattered articles and the side-chapel altar acre saved, Ltony a moistened eye looked on that afternoon, for the people had beeotDe at¬ tached to- this their firot church which for seventy-five yeara hod been the incarnation of senetitjr* Swing the summer of 1926, great ^ae the hustle around lona'a hilltop, for there, under the supervision of IJenry i ^hillipe & Go., Cbarlottotown, a new edifice was rapidly taking shape, Ch January 1, 2927, a year to the day from the fire, Llase was celebrated for the first time in the coranunixy'3 second temple of God. She official opening was delayed until Sunday afternoon, October 5, 1950, with £fc>gr» Joseph, ^iacloan, v*,G»» presiding. Other raenibors of tho clergy present included* Revs, P , S » Duffy, i- V ,, If. 3. .feCiuigon, J. t, Groken, S, J, E &oSonald, J, J, O'Bara , GSsS, ( J, J, JSacSonald , end &* L. Sianott * She sermon for the occasion w.::e ^ven 1^ Father G'ifera, CtfeR* 2his was a considerably larger building than t?se previous one, and exteriorly presented an imposing ploturo atop one of the higheot olopeo in the countryside. It contained a relatively largo side chapel which* with the exception of Sunday Liass, came to bo used exclusively during the frigid n»nth3 of the year, 2he main ohurch. rea north and south* with the eatrance appearing on the former end, a feature that by no means added to the physical warmth of those within, spiritual warmth rotwiths tending, S "ke bell, which heretofore had sting out from tho belfry some yards from tho old church* was fastened in tho tower of the new one, i :omet-"dng was still missing from St, -.ftchael, .x>vrever,