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north side. A new basement brick church opened the same year on Upper Queen Street, the site oftoday’s St. Jean’s School, and a rectory on Euston Street was purchased.

From its beginning Holy Redeemer was an active parish with never less than three priests on staffat all times. Frequent parish missions, in grand Redemptorist style, were held there regularly and each week’s Mother of Perpetual Help devotions were very popular. Sports and a range ofcultural activities were an ordinary part oflife. Due to overcrowding at the first church, the present church-rectory complex was built in 1964.

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In 1975 the Redemptorists left Charlottetown. Why did they leave? A drop in vocations and a necessary redistribution of their priests was the main reason. As well, they saw that Holy Redeemer was a well functioning parish, one which the diocese could easily assume without hardship. Over their nearly a half century here at least eighty oftheir men were stationed at Holy Redeemer.

During most of their years here, the Redemptorists also ministered to the parishioners ofSt. Martin’s on the South

Shore.