Year: 1998

By MARY HOOD HART For the past several mornings, after he is dressed and ready to run out the door when the car pool arrives, Jimmy stands at our window and watches birds. Last weekend […]

By TIM BULLARD MYRTLE BEACH — For Art Roehrl, a parishioner at St. Andrew’s Church and retired Federal Bureau of Investigation agent living in Horry County, a three-decade career with the agency has provided some […]

By NANCY CZABALA ISLE OF PALMS — Father John Sheehan, SMA, traveled a long road in his 50 years in the priesthood before he came to settle in Isle of Palms. While working in his […]

By PAUL A. BARRA MONCKS CORNER — I went to Mepkin Abbey on April 3 expecting fireworks — exactly the opposite reaction most people anticipate when visiting the peaceful environs of the monastery. But I […]

By JOEY REISTROFFER SPARTANBURG — “We have over 20 million children in our country who are living without fathers.” That bothers Joe Jones, director of Baltimore City Head Start and an adviser to Vice President […]

MONCKS CORNER — Family and friends of the late Henry R. Luce, publisher and philanthropist, gathered at Mepkin Abbey on April 4 to commemorate the 100th anniversary of his birth April 3. The Mepkin property […]

By TIM BULLARD KINGSTREE — Young people gathered on Thorn Avenue last Sunday as the work of the Felician Sisters from the St. Ann Outreach Center came to fruition with the Safe Place dedication. Sister […]

AIKEN — Basketball teams from across the state, from Greenville to Myrtle Beach to Mount Pleasant to North Augusta, recently competed in the South Carolina State Catholic Youth Basketball tournament, which took place March 14 […]

ROCK HILL — Megan McKenna and Father Eugene LaVerdiere are the featured presenters for the 1998 Summer Bible Institute at the Rock Hill Oratory, scheduled for Aug. 2 to 7. “Spirituality of the Prophet” is […]

By TIM BULLARD MYRTLE BEACH — As legislators prepared to vote on gambling, the S.C. Council of Catholic Women was in Horry County, home of the majority of video poker machines in the state, hammering […]