Year: 1998

By JOEY REISTROFFER GAFFNEY — To honor the Blessed Virgin Mary, Sacred Heart Parish held a May Crowning on Mother’s Day. It was a special event as the parishioners marched around the church, holding high […]

By MARY HOOD HART Adolescents are famous for creating slang. This language serves to exclude adults from the teenage world. Even though I have a teen and a preteen in my home, I’m not familiar […]

By PAUL A. BARRA COLUMBIA — More than 100 parish and diocesan leaders gathered at a hotel across from the USC Coliseum on May 6 to hear about a hot topic for Catholics in South […]

By NANCY CZABALA CHARLESTON — A long tradition ended as the last Mass was celebrated at Bishop England High School May 8, in the Father O’Brien Gymnasium. With the entire student body and many alumni […]

By DEIRDRE C. MAYS SUMMERVILLE — The wheels of thought were turning at the close of the first class of the Institute for Parish Leadership Development at its Summerville Catholic School meeting May 6. Eleven […]

CHARLESTON — Bishop David B. Thompson announced on May 8 that Msgr. Sam R. Miglarese has resigned as pastor of the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist and from priestly ministry. Bishop Thompson has accepted […]

By JORDAN MCMORROUGH CHARLESTON — A new Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs Handbook recently completed by the Diocesan Ecumenical Commission, chaired by Msgr. Leigh A. Lehocky of Columbia, will be a powerful resource to prepare clergy […]

By JORDAN MCMORROUGH CHARLESTON — A handbook for priests articulating diocesan policies to ensure their rights and privileges has recently been published. It is an attempt to place in concise, concrete form the policies that […]

By DEIRDRE C. MAYS A year into existence, clusters are taking on life in the Diocese of Charleston and Cluster I in the Coastal Deanery hopes to give its group more of an identity by […]

By MARY HOOD HART This year, for my daughter’s 7th birthday, I’m doing something I would have found difficult a few years ago — I’m leaving town and letting my husband handle her party. Anna […]