Year: 1998

CHARLESTON — The Diocese of Charleston is “deeply distressed” to learn about additional charges against Charles Sullivan, “because that means more children may have been harmed,” said Mary Jeffcoat, director of Communications, in a statement […]

CHARLESTON — Tommy Lavelle was recently honored by the Athletic Department of Bishop England High School during the halftime of their game against Hilton Head Prep. Longtime basketball coach at the school, Lavelle retired last […]

By PAUL A. BARRA CHARLESTON — Parishes and schools across the Diocese of Charleston are celebrating National Vocations Awareness Week Jan. 11-18. Father Joseph Maher of the Church of the Nativity on James Island was […]

By NANCY CZABALA ORANGEBURG — Last weekend saw the opening of a new $500,000 church in Orangeburg, which has come to stand through the support of groups nationwide. Amid the racially instigated church burnings in […]

By MARY JO CURTSINGER CHICAGO — On Nov. 3, 1988, Cardinal Joseph Bernardin came to Catholic Theological Union in Chicago to receive something and to ask for something more. What he received was an honorary […]

By JULIE DOWNS GREENVILLE — Five bishops from four faiths will come together Jan. 18 to celebrate an ecumenical prayer service acknowledging their common baptism and encouraging racial harmony. The churches of the LARCUM covenant […]

By PAUL A. BARRA CHARLESTON — The Bolchoz name is one that pops up everywhere in the Lowcountry, from Joseph the dentist in Mount Pleasant to Laurence the retired assistant principal at Bishop England High […]

ROCK HILL — Sister Miriam Therese Winter will be the guest speaker for the 18th Annual Cardinal Newman Lecture The Oratory is hosting on Saturday, Feb. 7, in the Pope John Center in Rock Hill. […]

By SISTER PAT KEATING “Is present-day America becoming less sensitive, less caring toward the poor, the weak, the stranger, the needy? It must not! … Both as Americans and as followers of Christ, American Catholics […]

DILLON — McLeod Regional Medical Center in Florence and St. Louis-based SSM Health Care (SSMHC) completed the sale of Saint Eugene Community Hospital in Dillon from SSMHC to McLeod Regional, on Jan. 1. Under the […]