The Cathedral Parish Of st. Dunstan In Charlottetown

The Bishop's residence is pictured above as it stood on the day of Bishop Mac- liit\rc‘s Silver Jubilee on the -Feast of the Assumption, August 15, 1885. In the back- ground is the First Charlottetown Hospital opened on October 9. 1879. This building liad served as a residence for Bishop Mac Intyre previous to On the extreme right is the Jubilee Arch.

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INTERIOR OF ST. DUNS’I'AN'S CATHEDRAL I907

A siiliseription list was opened for ‘he building of a Chapel. n the names of the prom- l Catholics of the day were rin-i-n for what was in those times a considerable sum of money. This list has not been preserved but tradition tclls how Mr. Donald .\lrl')onalr.i of West River gave £5 - .\ir. John Doyle gave £5 —Mr. i~':v.n l\lcCarthy gave £5 — Mr.

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John Galnsford gave £5—and Mr. Thomas Fitzergerald gave £2.l0.0.

Father Fitzgerald pushed on the work of the church as rapidly as possible and on St. Patrick's Day 1825. it was opened for service. A High Mass was sung and a sermon preached. and all the lead- ing personages of the colony were invited to be present. The governor and other notables were provided with seats inside the sanctuary railing.

The Prince Edward Island Reg- ister of the 17th. of March 1825 contained the following announce- ment: -- “At a meeting of the Roman Catholic inhabitants of Charlottetown. convened this day. the Rev. Mr. Fitzgerald in the chair. the following resolutions were agreed to:—

Resolved: that we, the Roman Catholic inhabitants of Charlotte Parish. beg leave to r eturn to his Excellency Colonel John Ready, Lieutenant Governor of this Island. our most sincere thanks for his polite letter and donation sent us.

That we feel ourselves in duty bound to return thanks to our brethern of every denomination who attended our sermon and con- tributed to increase our slender

funds for building a parochial house for the residence of our clergy.

That we return our sincere

thanks to John MacGregor Esq.. and the other gentlemen who ﬂu. ed the office of collectors after the sermon this day.

That the above resolutions be inserted in the Prince Edward Is- land Register. Donations receiv- ed by Rev. Mr. Fitzgerald or Mr. Donald MacDonald.

(Signed) A. ’1'. Fitzgerald. . .

This is the first record that we find of any active measure hav- ing been taken towards the erec- tion of I presbytery in Charlotte- town. When_FItlier Fitzgerald ar- rived he lodged at Mrs. McPhee's and, it is said, offered his first Mass in Charlottetown in the house of Mrs. Clarke. Mrs. Mc- Phee's' mother. Soon after he was appointed mission priest of Char- lottetown. Father FltzgerIld.rent-

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the erection of the

cd Rosebank. an estate belonging to the Stewart family, situate on the southern bank of the Hills- Joi-ough River. and there com- menced farming operations on I large scale. This appears rather an odd arrangement, but the ex- planation probably lies in the fact. that the priest_ had I very trou- blesotne. scapegrace. n e p h e w whom he was desirous of settling in life. and whom he had hopes of establishing at Rosebank as I

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An nnlooked for disaster. how- ever. put an end to this project. The Register of the 27th of Oct- ober 1B23. has the following para- graph:~— “On the morning of Sun- day the 24th. instant, about an hour before daybreak, the man- sinn house of Rosebank on the Hillsborough River. opposite to Charlottetown the residence of the Rev. Mr. Fitzgerald. was discov- ered by the inmates to be on fire. but such was the ascendancy the flames had attained that all hopes of saving the house was aband- oned. and in the course of an hour it was entirely consumed. Every assistance was afforded by the few people residing in the neighborhood who immediately re- paired to the spot. and a large part of the furniture. books etc.. belonging to the Rev. Gentleman

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The same paper contains I Card of Thanks in which “The Rev. Mr. Fitzgerald returns his best thanks to Messrs. Mutch and Minchin and families for their Ic- tive exertions in saving part of the property from the late fire."

From Rosebank Father Fitz- gerald removed to I house. the property of Mr. Thresher on the corner of Grafton and Rochford Streets where he was living when the building of the parochial house of "Charlotte Parish" was com- menced. -

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In I letter to the Archbishop of Quebec dated 9th, May I825. he wrltes:— "Our church is greatly improved but we stand in need of I parochial house, which with slender, we commenced building this morning."

He further. begs that the Arch- bishop will allow him to absent himself from the diocese on I begging expedition. so that he might preach in Quebec end else- where. soliciting charity for his poor little new mission. There is no record of this permission hav- ing been granted, but Mr. Fitz- gerald went on with the building of his presbytery which was sit- uated on Dorchester Street upon the ground now occupied by the garden of the City Hospital.

In 1825 the Benevolent Irish So- ciety was organized and the Reg- ister of the 5th of May of that year contains the following ad- vertisement:—

"Benevolent Irish Society"

Notice is hereby given that the first quarterly meeting of this so- ciety (for the purpose of paying in the quarterly dues) will be held at the Roman Catholic Chapel on Sunday the 8th. instant at two o'clock.

By order. Charles Secretary.

1826 was marked by the pur- chase of the church bell and its cristening at which ceremony. Mrs. Gainsford acted as a sponsor. This bell was first tolled on the demise of Mrs. Brenan. nee Fletcher on the 21st. of August 1827. The next article to be pur- chased for the church was the pulpit which was the one which was in use in old St. Dunstan's Cathedral. The stem was length- cried and some alternations made upon it in the time of Bishop Mc- Donald but the pulpit was the one

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In June. 1880. Father Fitzgerald left Prince Edward Island. From the records extant. it would ap- pear that Bishop McEachern wished to remove him to I coun- try parish. and that he objected to leave the mission in which he had so successfully laboured for seven years. Whatever the cause, he certainly departed to another sphere of usefulness.

I-Ia appeérs to have been I man of much energy and force of character who had a happy knack of management. by which he in- duced his people to fall in with his ideas and assist in carrying out his plans. He was remark- ably friendly with Protestants of all denominations and often re- ceived very substantial proof of their regard in the shape of sub- scriptions towards any parochial enterprise he might have on hand.

As an instance of this. one of his subscription lists was headed by £10 I large sum in those days. which was given by Mr. Palmer. the father of Chief Justice Pal- mer. Father Fitzgerald was quick tempered and very unceremonious and peremptory in his dealings with his own flock. and many laughable stories are handed down to us. of scenes in the first St. Dunstan‘s when he reigned there as mission priest.

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His modes of cstechising were surprising if not systematic: for instance. in the middle of I ser- mon he would stop short. fix his piercing eye on some young girl who might chance to be kneeling near the pulpit and would insist on her repeatinl the Lord's Prayer aioudl

I-le waged I violent warfare a- gainst curls. ornamental plaits etc.. sometimes going so far as to cut off those offending decorations in the face of the assembled con- gregation. A lady who was pre-

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ther Fitzgerald espled I youm! damsel whose locks. of a fiery auburn. hung in bunches of cork- screw curla at each side of her rosy visage. At the close of the sermon the congregation was startled to hear the priest say:— Let Ellen Farmer come up to the sanctuary railing at the end of Mass." At the appointed time. poor Ellen .blushing and trem- bling. obeyed.

"What do you mean by wearing these curls? said the priest. I mean to improve a very ordinary countenance your reverence." said the damsel. How do you know it improves your appearance?" asked the priest. I've tried both ways your reverence" Do you expect to get: married Ellen? Faix. it wont be my fault if I don't your reverence."

Amused. and forced to laugh in spite of himself. the priest turned away saying. "you can go now"— and Ellen Farmer wore her fiery tresses until she had fulfilled her destiny. All the old residents of Charlottetown who recalled Fa- ther Fitzgerald agree in saying that he exercised I very salutary inﬂuence upon the behaviour of his flock. Governor Ready created him I Justice of the Peace and he was active in the discharge of the duties which that office entailed upon him. doing his very best to put down drunkeness and disorders of all sorts.

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