Month: March 1997

By MICHAEL RUKSTELIS ROCK HILL — An audience of more than 100 came to hear Father Richard McCormick speak at The Oratory for the 17th Cardinal Newman Lecture. The Oratory’s Newman Lecture has become one […]

By MARY HOOD HART I have always held a soft place in my heart for dog stories The ending of Old Yeller, both the movie and the novel, never fails to bring me to tears. […]

‘We clearly felt the presence of God and the power of our prayer’   By JUDY STRAVOLO SAN VICENTE, El Salvador —Bats in the belfry? Perros (dogs) in the pews? Could this be really happening […]

On March 7, the seven active U.S. cardinals wrote to President Bill Clinton asking that he pass the partial-birth abortion ban in light of abortion supporter Ron Fitzsimmons’ admission that he gave false statistics during […]

GREENVILLE  Students at OLR stand to greet visitors today as they did when nuns in habits ruled parochial schools, and the school uniforms are reminiscent of those golden years in Catholic education. Yet the Piedmont […]

KINGSTREE — St. Ann Catholic Outreach Center is one of nine rural centers in the country to be recognized by Save the Children in Williamsburg County, yet their impact is far greater than their numbers […]

by MOST REV. DAVID B. THOMPSONBishop of Charleston In celebrating the feast of St. Patrick we are actually dealing with myth, mystery, mysticism, and with just a little history. Not much is known about St. […]

GREENVILLE — SCCCW celebrated its 67th annual convention last weekend by crowning Elizabeth C. “Betty” Shepherd as Catholic Woman of the Year. Runners up for the prestigious award were the Woman of the Year for […]

CHARLESTON Tenelle Wright had been waiting for the signal for five months, five months of sliding ever closer to liver failure and a lingering death; when the ringer went off it meant that an organ […]

By MARK MOSSA “Pizza Love” was the buzzword for 1997’s Diocesan Youth Conference, March 7-9. Keynote speaker, Mary Beth Nonacci, challenged the 350 youth in attendance asking: “Do you love pizza like you love your […]