Year: 1997

WHITE OAK — Before the bishops of LARCUM signed their joint statement on May 13 confessing to racism in their churches (see main story), each of the four denominations represented broke out into groups to […]

AIKEN – After 24 years as the principal of St. Mary Help of Christians School, Sister Rosemary Boyd is retiring at the end of this academic year. The people who know her best are not […]

CHARLESTON – Secretaries general from eight countries visited the see city of the Diocese of Charleston last weekend for a working session of sharing and coordinating. They took the opportunity while here to “celebrate the […]

By KATHY WINDSOR ROCK HILL — Ask any parent at St. Anne School in Rock Hill and they will tell you it’s not just great religious training and academics that makes the school special. Students […]

RICHBURG – Pentecost is a major celebration for Catholics in Chester and Lancaster counties every year, but the 1997 liturgy was special even so. More than 400 parishioners of St. Michael in Great Falls, St. […]

CHARLESTON – Experiencing “Enthusiasm for the Faith” will be a more natural process for Spanish-speaking Catholics in the Diocese of Charleston now that the Synod Implementation document has been reprinted in that language. Sister Susan […]

By PAUL A. BARRA CHAPIN – Monica O. Szymanski, mother and an active member of the faith community of Our Lady of the Lake, has been elected president of the Columbia Deanery of the South […]

By JULIE DOWNS RIDGELAND – Many Lowcountry Catholics have fond memories of youthful summers spent at Camp St. Mary’s. The planned transformation of the camp’s site into a county park should provide similar memories for […]

The people of St. Martin de Porres say goodbye to the Dominicans by celebrating thier 60-year legacy at the parish COLUMBIA – St. Martin de Porres Parish bid a fond and poignant farewell Sunday to […]

Our Lady Star of the Sea dedicates new church building By DEIRDRE C. MAYS NORTH MYRTLE BEACH – On Aprilt 26, parishioners of Our Lady of the Sea Church were told they has put God […]