The Roman Catholic Diocese of Charlottetown will celebrate its 200th anniversary in 2029, and it's already starting to get ready by launching a major makeover of the church archives. Archivist Debra Majer has spent the last three weeks sorting through a dusty room of artifacts — and along the way, she found some treasures. "I have been organizing the layers of history that have accumulated over many, many, many years and even now centuries, because the diocese is embarking on their 200th anniversary in 2029," said Majer, who's the archivist for the Roman Catholic Diocese of London in southwestern Ontario.
"Coming into this job, it was a little overwhelming because there was layers of history in this very room." This is what the archive room looked like when Debra Majer arrived three weeks ago. (Submitted by Debra Majer) Majer was invited to come to Charlottetown by Bishop Joe Dabrowski, who was posted in London before coming to the Island.
"Twenty years ago, when I entered the diocese of London, it was in a similar state, but without as many artifacts and historic records," Majer said. "There is a wonderful historian here in the diocese, and it's Father Art O'Shea, who has done a tremendous job collecting history." Bishop Joseph Dabrowski replaces Richard Grecco as P.
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