Margaret's and in 1972 he was granted permission to go to the West Indies Island of St. Vincent. Father loved this mission and brought love, prayer, healing and forgiveness to these people.
In 1976, Father Murphy returned to Prince Edward Island and was assigned to Kelly's Cross for one year. He was then moved to St. Patrick's Parish in Grand River with responsibility for St. Ann's Mission in Lennox Island. From 1979-1983, Father was in St. Michael's Parish,
Iona.
Father Murphy had a year's leave of absence and established his Prayer Ministry in his home school of Millvale and it became known as Mount of Olives House of Prayer. He spent the next year organizing and promoting the Prayer Ministry. Father is an associate member of the "Little Disciples of Jesus of Nazareth" in Moncton.
From 1985 to 1991, Father served as an Assistant at St. Paul's Parish in Summerside with much of his time devoted to the Hospital Chaplaincy along with continuing his Prayer Ministry on a part-time basis.
In 1991, Father Murphy supposedly retired after spending thirty- three years of helping others understand their Faith and find God. He is still involved with the Cursillo movement and, at present, lives in Charlottetown where he continues to work with Bill Campbell in his Outreach Programs.
REV. LOUIS EMMETT MURPHY
Lou (Louis Emmett) Murphy was born on September 5, 1948, the youngest of a family of eleven children of George and Margaret (Harrington) Murphy. Lou was the only one in the Murphy family not born at the family home in Millvale. At the age of forty-six, his mother thought she should avail herself of hospital care for this birth, thus Lou was born at the Charlottetown Hospital! He was later baptized at St. Ann's Parish.
In 1953, before Lou reached the age of four, George decided it was time to move REV- Louis Emmett Murphy the family closer to his primary employment with the CN Marine car fer— ries in Borden. The family purchased a farm in Searletown and it was at the district school that Lou got his early education before completing
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