-IJ- ruring the present century, and particularly during the pa~t decade, many improvements have been made in the property of All aints* Church, tte mo^t striking testi¬ mony to the initiative, energy and generosity of the Catho¬ lic people of Cardigan war, the erection of the Marion Year nrchway and ctatuea of the Blea ed Virgin Wary and t, Joocph in 1954. Biia worthy end enduring monument to the Mother of God wao the only tangible souvenir of the Marion Year in the diooe e of Charlotte town, and perhaP3 the f ine. t of it- kind in Canada . On rec.8,, 1954, the Feaat of the Immaculate Conception, the eereaony of the -losing of the Marion Year archway and statue ■> waa carried out by Bev. Owen Kigginn , parish priest at Georgetown , a« i =ted by Hev. J .f. McCardle as deacon, and Rev. Naaaire Gallant as :>ub-descon.24 Another out tending contribution by the pari hioners of All eints* Church was the Pari h HaT that was erected on the Church grounds. »is j^dem and well-equipped hall waa completed on March 4, 1956. Among the many Etagli-h and cottlah familie that ettled at Cardigan in the early part of the nineteenth century were everal Protectant families. 5h« main element of there families prof eased belief in Preeby teriani-m, and 4. the guardian. (December 9t 1954)•