Year: 1997

By GARY P. RICHARDS, PH.D. CHARLESTON – Bishop David B. Thompson provided an inspirational witness on the importance of listening during a recent ultreya at St. Joseph’s Church. An ultreya is a monthly meeting of […]

McCORMICK – She is applauded as a ‘wonderful leader,’ but Sister Joan Kobe knows it is God who truly leads Sister Joan has advanced degrees and decades of training and expeience to prepare her, yet […]

(EDITOR’S NOTE: April is National Volunteer Month and this week The Miscellany takes a look at one group of the many volunteers across the Diocese of Charleston.) CONWAY-Most people think of a big orgganization when […]

By JOEY REISTROFFER TAYLORS – Whenever Catholics get together to share their faith, marvelous things can happen. Strangers become friends, parishes grow closer, and individuals see their spiritual lives soar That is the goal of […]

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 […]