At the urging of the Lavoie and the Ryan families, Archbishop William M. Duke, a cousin of the Ryans, asked Father Alex Madden, O.M.I., a retired army chaplain to take a census of the Catholics in the greater Cloverdale area. Father Madden either did not drive or didn't have access to a car. He walked every day all summer long and listed all the Catholics he could find with the help of those already known to him. Usually someone would give him supper and drive him back to Langley, but he walked from Aldergrove to Newton, Sunnyside to Port Kells. His census indicated to the Bishop that a new parish should be established. more... See more text