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CATHOLIC ACTION OF THE SOUTH
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Fin, Once Known as Jordan Fiver, Is Said to Be One of Oldest Catholic Settiemets in Mississippi; Missionary Labors
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KT.ii. s:t-jattd 15 miles from . Tia/* ?fit. -{??ais. on t?e Jordan-riv-' -, d": tor'rneriy known b.v the one of thc- oideit Catlij-li'* lotivjnts in thfe dio--Jndiii' US the Choctav.-f.Iur'x1 of'5.1 ?ar inhaH*.?d this toriit*V? ir'~iQT\.-.it* seiii.,?1, jae-Cttt. Vi 'r?. = id?s~^:i it early in the ifcth twr.fi:.---,. I5r?^1iimsi -records cf xhi. i'.j >r<4cr Catholics arc to be U-.&4 ii'f1 <JiirrV'hia?. r -isters of ??>?.	Kev.	Orleans.
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iC.itl.oiit}-. -inf^sTmMries ^fnfm v |j.'::i?hes >-is1t^d tfcs> Jordan missions-:
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S?? of i- jrdsn JHiVt t?ciarl eij, Wolf Rivif uad Pest- Cliris-*~^n? i i missions tol B?y fit. Louis. Rev- }H. ] ,'.JDuc,'^iiQc.f ssor- c rathe- Buteux, aoji'tlnued It- isit this ierritory. Pis < nt;ual ?report ?junder date of September 17. 3860. ..-indicates that -?(4\e Jfirdari River' ' 3V;i5siiiij was -attendee? ^y^hyh once every-si? ,vee!? and tnat^?chapel was Ocing erected tKers. At this time : the C a t h o I i <? poj^ulatiou ?an.ourited to sor:- 300 iifljis with a slightly lesser (luniher scattered arcuid the outlyinfc territory.
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P.e?. . IL A. -UeMorwigies took ' hprg ' of J ii'iisji liiypr f Kiln) and' its raL?ioui Sn Aprii. lb6S.. .beit'^ {?it?T?3L:eerl to ~iu i'*oc!c ty Fathex ? 1 Jr.! ji.T . v	(-.r-i.?j .j,ij tJivtsnn PJ-
der on June 10, 1870, .says: ?Father DeI?lorangies is well and do-inx his bet'; he travels continually in the rivers (i.-<\, Jordan River, Pearl River and WcIT River, this ifcri itory being* wn as ?The Kivers*? or ?Three Rivers?) ... The rongrcgat;oii is so poor. The dea1' Father har. now a good horse.' Jordan River became known as Ki!r. in 1913. Before long a new. school building opened its doors st Jordan River- with a satisfactory enrollment. A new :harrh was buiii^^a conyenrer.t site a.S-. er a brief-nelay aiid the spir/tunl E.'io inaterial ioundaijpm of ttje ?corp.murj.Uy oecarn^ or"aljl?:cd. Fat ther DeMorangtes was pronoted ?Us Hoil;. Springs in Ap 187],. and an tiierly^pricsV F;* Flo-, rent, succeeded him. for some months when, forced bv ill health, he resigned and Father LeDuc of Bay St. Louis resumed the re-sponsioility of attending the missions until the c' ; val of b resident priest at J- ian River.
Chapels Lrectcd In November, 1S72. R-^ T. Meer&chaert arri\'ed at Bay St. Tjouis" to relieve Father' LeDuc .of thp. responsibility of the '?Three Ri\ t.rs?-.r{erritor; is teal, energy and continual ministry fit Jordan River, Pearl River and surrounding ? missions were lruitful and lasting. Lost sheep returned to the fold, children were instructed in itechism and prepared lor Holy Communion ; c (the' attendance at ..Holy ' 'vta??- increased.' Ci' ipels ^verf> buil! on th< missions and a ? sctniiOl WoS operated un<Je>" consid-1. s i' i.il rfiffbailties. H:v
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Shown above is the Church -of the Annunciation at Kiln which serves the ?Three Rivers" section.
te- a at Jordan River witnessed the -uefimtl growjii ol the Catho-licfcomii. ity on soii^ foundajion.
Rev. A. Oberti succeeded Father Meerschaert in October, 1874. and -after some time he in turn ?was relieved by Rev. L. Dutto, who, as assistant to Father LeDuc of Bay St. Louis, co-operated with the latter in attending the ?Three Rivers? aatil Rev. A. J. Van "Waesbergfce took full control from 1881 -to 1880.
During father Van Waes-berghe's tcrxn <1/ office Bayou Cs-dct. ^La Croix^ Poailinsrton and
JkVolftown are listed as missions of Jcrdun River, while many small groups, of Catholics, scattered over an- exiensive territory depended on- it. In 1886 a new church was built et Jordan-Riv to,,replace.t the old one^ which ? become, too small.' Bisnoji Janssyis dedicated '? the new building on November; 14 of the same year. Henceforth it was known, ss the .-Crunch ol the., iAcnuncigtioit Ati-his time Wol?-. town and mission's tn Harrisop :* countv became the reujxinaibnity oi ReV. A. Ketals, thus
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