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Increase Among Waveland Summer Visitors Leads
St. Claire’s as Independent Parish 18 Years Ago; Father Costello Appointed in Year 1919
in its 18th year, and is- therefore rhuych and improving the grounds: young, as parishes go- in the Dio- The increase each year in sum-cese of Natchez. Rev. S. Buteux, mer visitors from New'Orleans,' 90 pastor pf Bay St. Louis from 1847 per cent of whom are Catholics, to 1860, visited occasionally the seems to dictate further enlarge-Catholics in this section of the ment of the church in the near diocese. Rev. H. Leduc succeeded future.
him in 1860 and remained in There are four missions with charge of Bay St. Louis and its churches attached to Wayeland— missions until 1898. .Father Leduc Clermont Harbor, Lakeshore, Log-built St. 'Claire’s church at Wave- town and Ansley. The first church land m 188.1. Emile Carriere, then at the .latter place was erected to president of the Citizens Bank oC 'accommodate the workmen at the New Orleans, La., donated $1000 Kranky sawmill, but when the for the purpose. The church was dosed the residents scattered dedicated the following year and ancj the church fell into ruins. A on July 15, 1883, Bishop Janssens ngy/ church was built there in blessed the new bell. The Cath- 1934 an(j the feW^remaining peo-olic community at that -time num- p]e wer^ brought back to the fold, bered 175 people. At first,, Mass Bishop Gerow dedicated the was celebrated ir\ the new church chUrch on March 8, 1935. occasionally on Sundays, and later	Clermont	Harbor
on one Sunday in each month. In .	*.	..	.	.	.
1898 Rev. F. Blanc became pastor * Mass is offered m these mission of Bay St. Louis and from that churches on one Sunday in each time on regular Sunday • services month, except during the summer were held bv priests from the.Bay."months,. when Clermont Haibor Parish Erected ' has services every Sunday for the
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Waveland, became a parish on Since the introduction of auto-July 1, 1919, and Bishop Gunn mobiles, Waveland, as in the case appointed the present incumbent, 0f all other resorts along the gulf Rev. M. J. Costello, as pastor, coast of Mississippi, has experi-Through the efforts of the Bishop ^enced an unusually heavy increase the* grounds adjoining the church jn the number of people who come
Rev. M. J. Costello, born, Mul-, lagh, Kells, County Meath, • Ireland; studied at St. Finiin’s ■ college, Navan and Mullingar;;
All Hallows college, Dublin, ' ' Ireland; ordained, June: *25*	'
1916, for Diocese of Natchez; came to the diocese, November v<v: 4, 1916; successive appoint*
.	w	«««««%.	.....	luure	iluiu	ments,	September	20, 1917, , ,
j^?ah(}-spur.' Until some residents of New Orleans came to	or|ginaj sjze	in 1905. Since . 191s»	has' increased	the number still	Church of Our Lady of 'the V _
IwgvelanS Was included enjoy the pleasures of this sum-	QVer $12,000	has been expended	further. Among	these people are	Gulf, Bay St. Louis, assistant;-:;
&rictr of Bay St. Louis, mer resort.	'	in paying off	the debt on the rec-	many Catholics	who stop here to	July 1,	1919, St. Claire’s ...;
iSimiJes from New Or-- The parish of St. Claire is now	tory, improving it, renovating the	-hear Mass.,	church, Waveland, pastor. .. '.
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name of Waveland	ville Railroad, and extends for	were purchased from the Jesuit	to the Coast for the week end or
" -.meaning “bad	five	miles	along the Gulf	coast.	Fathers and a rectory was built	for short periods of vacation or
Indian name for “rock-	During the	summer months	many	thereon The church had been en-	£or outings. Shortening of the
yW*. 11	6	____	_ .	larged to practically double the	route from New Orleans recently
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^feart of; Biloxi Is Assigned Separate Parish Under !^o?ation of St.'John^ Parishioner’s Lot and Funds Ifiirbm Mission Society Prove Great Aid to Parish
f®Mpley;‘j. P. McGIade Bishop Gunn had the happiness fet$?&e ' administration of of dedicating Str /ohn’s church
Meanwhile in September, 1921, unn' m- Diocese of j^cv p j Carey had been ap-avch^zj^the-Nativity church, the pointed pastor .-of Sacred Heart ■^'^GafhoU'cV:fchurch in Biloxi, church at Seymour on the other ^thet^fids ' of that entire side of Biloxi Bay, and1 to him was ^Iteonstant growth'in given'charge also of-.St. John's.
Ration of the city, the ma-	Serve*!rw°. Chf ^	,
ib'^wKose people are Cath- Now that the site of St. Johns pis.hop Gunn recogniz(
qqacy of one church to cart	t j	±	1	^	1
the¥sniritual needs of the Adam the land that she had do-
fcMfeishop Gunn recognized the w&s definitely settled, the Bishop f [adequacyof one church to care was about to give' back to Mrs. ^'lloMhefspjritual needs of the Adam the land that she had do-Wtiuul,;there	nated for the church, but this good
Tfiw>1914Xhe’ established the par- woman refused to accept it. She • tt^df-/bur: Lady • of Sorrows for told the Bishop , that she had given ^Colored. Next, St. Michael’s J1':1? God . and. would not take it 5urcli*was> built at Point Cadet -back,- but. that; the Bish.op might ^carelfor the faithful in the east- sell.it .or do what he thought best J^pbrUatXiof the city, and then with: it. Later during the-admin-'fius£attehtion> turned to the north- istration of Bishop perow this lot' ®i®!parj£-vof- Biloxi commonly Pfoved to be a: gre^t blessing to, Sa'llqdy/Ba'ck - Bay. Here lived ' a the Parish. arge^nuiViber of Catholic families Father Carey, now pastor of the jws.t^pf?whom . were connected two churches, Sacred Heart at “J||jtt£tH&!fishing or canning indus- Seymour and St. John’s at Back -f^^pa^tha't ;• section of the city. Bay, although residing at Sey-ihop. .saw the -need of a mour, divided his time and his Jand*a;>priest amongst these zeal between the two places; say-S^J^B&^instruct • them,: to en- ing a Mass -each Sunday at St.. ^yta^e[*them,v in the. practice ;of, John’s. ' . ■ i.eirftCa'ith^and to give them>that The need oi a Catholic school leqiMspiritual attention of which at'St. John’s1 was evident: for the ^TsjESP^'in^eed-	large number of children of this
The frame church shown above, is that of St. John’s parish serving the many Catholic families residing in the Back Bay section of Biloxi.	'	p
Rev. James Patrick McGIade, born, Maghcra, Derry, Ireland; studied at St. Patrick’s college, Carlow, Ireland; or-^dained, June ,11, 1922, in St. Patrick’s college, Carlow, Ireland, .'for Diocese of 'Natchez; came to tli6 diocese, September 14, 1922; ■ successive appointments, ; September 15, 1922, Our Lady-.., of the Gulf
i Sit^’Is Chosen	parish. How’it could be obtained
/A;c;cprdingly''in:1921, Rev. Nelius was a-problem, that on account of ^p.\yning,^hen‘- resident in'- the the poverty: of the people seemed 4n0F.ly|;-iestablished-St: ..Michael’s .difficult of/solution.'The solution ^a'rishf'iri jBiloxi, was instructed to. came, however, in 1920 ' when
|pro.cui;^va~proper-site' for a church 'William GOrenflo - of.Biloxi do-	church,	Bay St.1	Louis,	assist-
^i»-i-jhi^|.part :,of the/ city; A pious natedto . , the parish “ a plot of	ant; September	1,	1925,	St.
|lady-Siij^oied. Marie Zuline Adam ground 100x170 feet containing a	Mary of	the Pines	academy,
^donated;Ta- piece of property .for •• large-building admirably suited to >:this-,purpose .near the place where .the purpose of a parochial "school Miebsqutherri.f.'end- of the bridge With the aid of a-donation from ^a'cro.ss’irthe:’ Bay now rests. The the Bishop, the building was re-:,;,Bishopg,>however,-' considered this paired and equipped and in Sep-property^not'.iCentrally located for : ~ (Continued on Page 78)
'Wiio.vpeople ••and’1 decided to look •	1—'----------- ----------;-------
^ls,e^h'ere^ If or ja; more;;suitabJe. lot. ;• thv:iht}‘aidirof'$230p.-.sent.to; him"" r^iitt^Ifropagation./WftheH'I'aith'^
Philadelphia ’for’ a'Tne-,;: ibjijal^hapel vm - honor pf |; Johrfci gh^n^ttji'be *-name;d Sti* John's.S'j '■^ishbp "'was-'-’able /tp purchasejl,
SS5enflo;^property,'!'consiStirig' ■-•»4§i®-®^d.T.a. largeJ.frame -.build-ji?: fig^'y^edjfas' a'vstpre;;; Immediately.
^prtol^gsjstqrted ^.rempdeling-^e'''
Chatawaj^chaplain, also Missions of Osyk;i and Magnolia; May 8,	1930,	St.	Patrick’s
church, Water Valley, pastor; September 1, 1931, St. John’s church, Biloxi, pastor. . '
7TE, President
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1	Is	happy	to	join	i
extending Congratulations to the Diocese of; Natchez on the completion of 100 ye.ars/4’;
of service^ to our State.
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T. J. BOURGEOIS, Mayor
B.' Frank Milter,
,	Secretary
Harold Zimmcrman'ft'l
Clarence Hava
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