modating 600 people. That same year the large house at 73 Euston Street was purchased as a rectory. Thus began the era of the Redemptorists here, many of them on the parish staff and many others who used the site as a centre from which to preach parish missions on the Island and farther afield. 52 Due to parish expan- sion and overcrowding, the new Holy Redeemer Church complex in its present location was constructed in 1964. In 1975 the Redemptorists in restructuring their human resources withdrew from Holy Redeemer Parish and the dioCese after giving faithful and dedicated service for 46 years.

Also during centennial year Bishop O'Leary was successful in his invitation to the Sisters Adorers of the Precious Blood to estab- lish a monastery here. This was a Canadian cloistered Order, founded in St. Hyacinth, Quebec in 1861 by Mother Catherine Aurelia Caouette of that city. In June, 1929 seven sisters from the Edmonton monastery arrived by train in Charlottetown and took up residence in a reasonably large brick house at 126 Sydney Street, directly next door to the cathedral. That evening, tired from their long journey from Western Canada, they sat down to a fine supper served by the good Sisters of St. Martha who also had the house in readiness for the welcome guests. After supper Bishop O'Leary celebrated solemn Benediction in their small chapel. The Sisters of the Precious Blood, with additional vocations over the years, remained in that house until 1962 when they moved to new and more spacious quarters opposite the university. In 1992 they moved again, this time to a new and smaller monastery attached to the motherhouse of Mount St. Mary's where they continue to be a vital part of the life of the diocese. It is worth noting that one of those seven original sisters who came in 1929 is still living and active at the monastery. She is Sister Elizabeth Ann. 53

A transaction that had a less than positive effect on Bishop O'Leary was the real estate at Dalvay—by-the-Sea which was poeti- cally named ”Allamor". Many, no doubt, believed that he owned the place, some referring to it as the bishop's summer residence. The property, however, belonged to his brother William O'Leary, a

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