Month: January 1999

By SHEILA OJENDYK LAURENS — People from six parishes in the southwest corner of the Piedmont Deanery recently filled the meeting room of Holy Spirit Mission to address the scarcity of priests in their cluster. […]

By PAUL A. BARRA JAMES ISLAND — On the eve of Martin Luther King’s 70th birthday, more than 200 people gathered in the Church of the Nativity to celebrate his life. They sang along with […]

By JORDAN MCMORROUGH COLUMBIA — An ecumenical renewal of baptismal vows highlighted a Sunday afternoon service of word and prayer conducted by the bishops of the churches of the LARCUM covenant in South Carolina (Evangelical […]

By DEIRDRE C. MAYS CHARLESTON — Over 85 leaders of Hispanic ministry from the Province of Atlanta attended a meeting of preparation for Encounter 2000 at the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist Jan. 16. […]

By JORDAN MCMORROUGH CHARLESTON — Course One of the diocesan Institute for Parish Leadership Development ended with both celebration and evaluation last week, bringing closure to a year of foundation building for the new program. […]

By NANCY SCHWERIN COLUMBIA — As the sun shined warm on their backs, 2,000 pro-life advocates marched down Main Street in Columbia on Saturday, Jan. 16, to peacefully protest the anniversary of the Roe vs. […]

By DEIRDRE C. MAYS HILTON HEAD — Following Father Michael McCafferty into the halls of St. Francis by the Sea School calls to mind a scene from “Going My Way” with Bing Crosby as an […]

By SISTER REGINA BAKER, CDP As I begin my second year in the Clemson area, I have the opportunity to reflect on all that I have learned and experienced in the past year. I have […]

By RANDLE CHRISTIAN It’s no secret that the Catholic Church has been struggling with a shortage of priests and religious for some time now. What may surprise many people, though, is that a significant percentage […]

By REV. MSGR. JAMES A. CARTER Do we really have a shortage of vocations to the priesthood? Or, rather, do we have a shortage of men able, for whatever reason, to answer God’s call to […]