Lawrence Gallant - Jason . Mary Perry - Darren . Sheila Gallant . Selwyn Buote. Allan and Melvin Costello. Jennifer Dempster . John and Terri Lee ( Dempster ) Doiron - Jon Paul and Tanner. Leonard and Ann Marie (MacPhail) Martin - Kenny and Mitchell. Andrew Turner , Marie Lynn Peters, Kyle Gallant son of Lee and Karen Gallant. THE ALTAR SOCIETY The Altar Society was organized around 1920. These ladies, as the name implies, saw to the cleanliness of the church, and to the outfitting of the altar boys. By means of their many card parties and church picnics, they were able to give financial assistance to the pastor, school and community. Yearly monetary donations were made to the church. They gave material aid to the school in the form of desks, etc. and prize money for the end of the year exercises. They also visited the classrooms on a monthly basis. The Atlar Society is perhaps best remembered for the numerous acts of charity performed in the community by the welfare committee. At Christmas they saw to the distribution of food baskets to the needy families. Used clothing was collected to be distributed or to be remade into clothing. Many quilts and mittens were made. We cannot help but be amazed at how these women could accomplish so much with so little. This society remained active until 1949 when the C.W.L . was organized in the parish. THE HOLY NAME SOCIETY When Fr. McNeill arrived as Pastor of Stella Maris Parish , he recognized a need among the men, to have more respect for the name of Jesus . He organiz¬ ed the Holy Name Society, and encouraged its members to become actively in¬ volved in promoting its main objective: to use the name of Jesus only in prayer and always with the utmost respect. 75