The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1943-04-30
The Reverend P. ]. Carey Is
Given Purse On Silver Jubilee

AHE #a# E
Our Lady - VICTORIES church prc
scented ibu Rev. Father psfack
J Carey with q pur@ 81 $1,000
IN celebration % ms approaching
SILVER Jubilee a. q priest
Eift came as . cumpletc
surprise To Father Carey who
hsu returned ip fhe feetpFs i0i
lawslne MS celebration ~ Mas
OF SUNDAY mofniug snd Wfio or
beng cailrd 81 iht duof fmand =
iarac number 0g pafashsonefs -
selnhled 81 the porch and fhr
lean
q the sum. sqa was ghs gift
81 90 adult parish4aners ami thls
We presented by John . Grant
il IN 3 speech 81 appreciation
on behalf Of the church rUuEfeEa
tion The usmsiuina &l00 Wa
presented b louis sprsiius aei
ing Tor the Our Lady Of Veto
fles school
Father Carey Waa born ~ Tenn
plederry Tippefafy Ireland and
reneivcd his early instruction ~
me National Schools al mas hafnt
cts He began ms c~olleNsaif
Studies ~ MunRrei College LIN
eYick ard Then went 70 St Pat
riek'k college at Caflow. where
On MAY 3 1918 ne Nas ordained
O. thc priesthood
Father Carey Genes 20
pascssoula
Father Cary career Is elasels
bound with fusraKeala. - fol-
loving his ordination IN Ireland
he came directly e. TINS eiis
where he served several months
as assistant pastor "a tne Hes
Bernard 0fHeiliy Il was ~ 1918.
the year Of the enirk Of the Unit.
ed STATES into the FIRST World
War lie found conditions much
a. they are now. Wiih xhipSards
and lumber mills going Vt iuli
blast sud ships eou1inR IA from
far corners Of the earth Bat he
wae more needed 81 Bay saint
Louis and went there a. Nervr
"A assistant pastor Al the Church
Of Our LsdN Of the Gulf
lie remained Al Bas Saint l0uis
unlil 1877 when Ae was sent g.
head the parishes 81 ST John
church a North Biloxi snd ihe
SACRED Heart church at Sey
mour In announcing his promo
ton Bishop Gun then head 81
ihr Dtocese wrote II Is rarely
that a man is appointed pastor
before the ordination otis are
dFy upon MIN bat yuu have made
good and ! am eisd that can
advance yuu and promote you
Munumsnt Not Made With Hands
Among the monuments NOT
massc Nith hands that will stand
IL 1he memory - Esther Carey
: the annual blessings Of the
fzhing boats a. Seymour near
Biloxi Fof this beautiful custom
ef blessing the fishing boats was
initiated nY him II 1929 Per
maps II wss begun by Father Ca-
fes because he had 3 number 81
Austrisns IN mas parish and they
stii carried IN their hearts q
memory % the blessing If fht
boats a. VA done IN their home
land Be that as II may the cat
deer Mass on the beach. the
blessing Of the noau ana the
giving ul the Benedicuon mas
beeofue 8 speciaI yearly event
along the eoast arr brings many
- Seymour each time
Fsther Carey remained head of
the lwp parishes remaining there
unit Oct E. 1891. when b. Ws
sent Ia SAINT Elizabeth church
At clafksdale Among man no
tahls achievements If Father Ca
re- while pastor Il ClaFksasic
- the holding q ihe ifst sum
mar school Of religion sud which
he conducted with enc alIe as
slsssnce If q corps Of instructors
The school has since become au
annual event
Returns 10 pascSgouia
II 1882. Father Carey returned
to P~sscaeouls. tins time as hear
Of tine parish having succeeded
the Res Father Charles Huntei
Since MS arrival he has seer
many change come o. pasca.
gauh Annihef var has trans.
formed the soaale little els or
the banks IF the slugiuk River
into 3 hHaNny hustlInE cts. aui.
growing Is CLOTHES wilh the
whine q machinery broken by
tnk SOUND ~ airpIaueS and the
occasional splash IF ships neing
launched - say nothing q mote
wsrlike sounds
Kaiher Carey essentially
p1aciical sud eith aimosf un-
eanny foresight he saa TIE COM
ia incfesse On ms parish and
pfepafed accordingly hy enlsrg.
inE the church And While there
T those Nho mourn the pzs ne
of the little white church none
NtlI faii - coueeae thai the
present ediace with ats hfies vc-
neer exterior and r~earranKed in.
lefior ms resulted 81 = ehufcr