Month: August 1998

By DEIRDRE C. MAYS PAWLEY’S ISLAND — Hulking bulldozers and mounds of earth were of no consequence to the family of ducks nesting in the center of the drive of Precious Blood of Christ Church. […]

DANIEL ISLAND — On Sept. 11 Bishop David B. Thompson of Charleston will dedicate Bishop England High School’s new campus on Daniel Island. Bishop England held its first full day of classes at its new […]

By DEIRDRE C. MAYS Father Scott Buchanan’s studies in Rome have given him quite an historical perspective at home. After completing a dissertation on the history of Catholicism in the Carolinas and Georgia from 1670 […]

By NANCY CZABALA MONCKS CORNER — Expanding a Lowcountry landmark, the Major Gifts Campaign Board of Mepkin Abbey, is pushing forward with the second phase of the $5 million Mepkin Fund Appeal begun in 1997. […]

By REV. MSGR. DONALD GORSKI LOS ZORRITOS, Peru — Every two years the priests of the St. James Society do five weekends of appeal work in our home countries. I did mine in June, mostly […]

By MARY HOOD HART When it comes to common sense, many parents nowadays are seriously deficient. Compared to the “Father Knows Best” generation (which we love to deride) we’re not the terrific parents we like […]

By PAUL A. BARRA CHARLESTON — It may be the most successful parish adult education program in the Diocese of Charleston, yet it runs with no money and with no help from the parish staff. […]

By JOEY REISTROFFER ROCK HILL — Nicole Vance is just a kindergartener, but she knows quality when she sees it. After looking over the brand new parish life center and education facility at St. Anne’s, […]

By SHEILA OJENDYK TAYLORS — Prince of Peace Parish has a ministry that may be unique for the Diocese of Charleston: an employment support group. Denise Thompson and Franciscan Sister Margie Hosch, former family counselor […]

COLUMBIA — A Hispanic Ministry Convocation to help assist those who minister in the Church to address the ever increasing number of people of Hispanic origin working and living in the Diocese of Charleston will […]