More will be said of this community in later pages.

An important diocesan institution with which Bishop O'Leary was closely associated was the Charlottetown Hospital, established in 1879 by Bishop MacIntyre who had been able as well to procure the services of the Grey Nuns of Quebec to operate the hospital which began with twelve beds. Upon Bishop O'Leary's arrival here in 1913, it had undergone many expansions and improvements. Besides taking an active interest in its activities, O'Leary was involved in the opening of a new maternity department in 1918 and in the establishment of a school of nursing in 1920. 22

Another project dear to the heart of Bishop O’Leary was the care of orphans and particularly the operation of St. Vincent's Orphanage which had been established in 1910 with the purchase of the Morris property, a large old house on 75 acres across the road from St. Dunstan's College. The amount paid for this was $10,400, all received as contributions from the priests of the dio— cese. This served as home for 12 — 20 children in the beginning under the watchful care of the Grey Nuns of Quebec. However, in 1914 a major leap forward was taken with the guidance and per- suasion of the bishop by the construction of a fine new brick orphanage on the same spot. This was considered a rather brave endeavor since at the same time the rebuilding of the cathedral was

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A major diocesan foundation to challenge the wisdom of Bishop O'Leary was St. Dunstan's College which at the time of his arrival here was approaching its 60th year of existence two miles outside the city. Being a man of quite extraordinary higher educa- tion himself, the bishop from the start had a vision of great poten- tial for this college on the hill. As early as 1913 the idea was raised of adding a missionary college to St. Dunstan's. The push for this originated with Father Francis Clement Kelley, an Islander who was by this time founder and president of the Catholic Church Extension Society of the United States with headquarters in Chicago. O'Leary quickly agreed with the idea. In such an

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