Year: 1998

By JOEY REISTROFFER TAYLORS — Dr. Nicholas Abraham is a high-energy guy. This motivational speaker based in Baton Rouge, La., got the folks at Prince of Peace Church pumped up about their faith during a […]

As the two youngest siblings in a family of six, the DiDiego brothers weren’t often without a loved one nearby. John and Bill DiDiego, however, sought to spread their good fortune to others around the […]

Ceremonies marking the celebration of the Rite of Election and the Continuing Call to Conversion were held in three locations across South Carolina recently. More than 100 people searching for a spiritual home in the […]

By TIM BULLARD CONWAY — Religion, professional ethics, moral responsibilities and global consciousness were all topics recently discussed by National Public Radio host Bob Edwards at a Coastal Carolina University presentation in mid-February. Don’t worry […]

By PAUL A. BARRA Listening to the sounds of vox aeterna, you can feel your neck muscles unknot and hear the sighing of the Spirit as it stirs your soul. That’s exactly the response hoped […]

By PAUL A. BARRA COLUMBIA — Even the wrath of El Nino could not deter the hordes of hungry teens who descended on the weathered home of Mary L. Clark on March 7. They hungered […]

By NANCY CZABALA AIKEN — In his first year as principal, Keith Darr is striving to maintain the long-standing tradition of excellence at St. Mary Help of Christians. He described the school as having a […]

By JORDAN MCMORROUGH CHARLESTON — The Cathedral of St. John the Baptist was the second stop for a series of six ecumenical Lenten services being held in Charleston during March and April. The midday prayer […]

By JORDAN MCMORROUGH JOHN’S ISLAND — Twenty-one students from the College of St. Benedict and St. John’s University in Collegeville, Minn., as well as collegians from Eastern Illinois University in Charleston, Ill., spent the week […]

By MARY HOOD HART My parents tell me I was born a show off. When I was a toddler, and they took me to restaurants, I’d end up standing on the table, singing to an […]