ST. A CHARLES ( Borromeo) THE BEGINNINGS of this Catholic community date back to the 1880s when some thirty Acadian families from Rustico moved to this area which they renamed New Acadia . This was then the northern end of Parish . Slightly to the west resided a like number of families of Irish and Scottish descent who belonged to St. Peter 's Parish . Encouraged by Father Walker, pastor at , they built the present beautiful church in 1896, dedicating it to Borromeo who was one of the great reformers of the 16th century. In 1913 they added a new rectory and in 1928 a parish hall. At first the pastor of served St. Charles and in 1909 the priest at St. Margaret 's assumed this ministry. Their first resident pastor arrived in 1927 and from then until 1980 they were able to maintain their own parish priest who over those years also served . In the 1980s the parish house was sold and in the 1990s the hall was destroyed by fire. Their pastor today lives in St. Margaret 's and serves St. Columba, Fairfield as well. These three, each of which for many years had its own resident pastor, now form a very practical cluster of parishes with one pastor, a sign of arrangements to come in other parts of the diocese as well. Today Parish has 80 families. 80 Our Parishes