Occupancy of the mission; he built a sanctuary and transepts which gave the church a cruciform shape. The foundation state of the existing church of St. Joachim was laid in 1877. the sermon on that occasion was preached by Rev. Dr.O'Brien

now Archbishop of Halifax.

The church is a magnificient edifice built of red brick. It is one hundred and twenty five feet in length by sixty two feet in breadth.

It was consecrated by the Bishop of Charlottetown in 1879. and solemnly dedicated in the month of August of that year. This latter ceremony was attended by a large number of clergyman. Bishop Walsh of London. Ontario delivered the oration. The church of St. Joachim stands on an elevated situation commanding a fine view of the surrounding country; exteriorly it is a very imposing structure. The interior of the church is frescoed: on the gospel side the scenes portrayed by the artists brush are taken from the life of our Lord. on the epistle side, they are from the life of our Lady.

The altar which was built by Mr. Newson of Charlottetown, after a plan by Mr. P. Lord of Boston. is very elegant in design and coloring. It was painted by the late Mr. John Murphy of CharlottetOwn.

The sanctuary behind the altar is in the form of the ancient spec; it is lighted by three stained glass windows; above each of these windows is a medallion, that over the central window being a representation of St. Joachim. the other two portraying St. John theEvaugelist and St. Matthew. At the gospel side of the apes is a large frescoe of the apparition of our Lord_to Blessed Margaret Mary Alacoque, at the epistle end is one of the agony of our Lord in the Garden of Gethsemanflfl

Over the lateral windows. which are of stained glass and very handsome, are

painted medallions of the apostles. These windows are to perpetuate the memory

of the following persons: Patrick and Andrew Stephens

Richard and Georgina Clarke