P.E.I. Heritage Buildings: 24 Children

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Saturday, October 20, 2012

A house for 24 children

Recently this article appeared in the September 6th, 2012 issue of the West Prince Graphic. There's no image of the family home, however, I will try to find one. So for now - imagine a house with 24 children!

Thanks to Nichole Pitre for sending along this photo of the house spoken of in this article. The house still stands in Palmer Road. The horse stable barn is directly across from Immaculate Conception Church where the Funeral Home is today.

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HERITAGE PRAYER

We keep forgetting all of those who lived before us.

We keep forgetting those who lived and worked in our communities.
We keep forgetting those who prayed and sang hymns in our churches before we were born.
We keep forgetting what our fathers have done for us.
We commit the sin, Lord, of assuming that everything begins with us.

We drink from wells we did not find.
We eat food from farmland we did not develop.
We enjoy freedoms which we have not earned.
We worship in churches which we did not build.
We live in communities we did not establish.
This day, make us grateful for our heritage.

Amen

cf. Cumberland Historic Village, near Ottawa - in the vestibule of Vars Knox United Church -

adapted from a prayer in the old Covenanters' Church - 1804, Grand Pre, Nova Scotia.