Month: February 1999

By JORDAN MCMORROUGH LEXINGTON — A stained-glass window depicting the holy family — Joseph and Mary holding the Christ child — was installed in December above the main entrance at Corpus Christi Church. It was […]

By DEIRDRE C. MAYS CHARLESTON — Jodie Parker never meets a stranger. Ask anyone who knows her and they will tell you “it’s a pleasure to deal with Jodie.” Her humor, warmth and willingness to […]

Bishop David B. Thompson told parishioners at St. Paul the Apostle, “I came here to praise you.” The bishop was in Spartanburg on Jan. 31 for the Piedmont Deanery Diocesan Development Fund donor recognition Mass. […]

By TIM BULLARD MYRTLE BEACH — The first S.C. Hispanic Health Issues Conference, “Transcending Cultural Barriers,” was held at the Springmaid Beach Resort Jan. 28-29, featuring speakers and panel discussion of numerous issues. Around 90 […]

COLUMBIA — Approximately 75 priests serving in the Diocese of Charleston met with Bishop David B. Thompson for the Second Convocation of Priests at the Sheraton Hotel in late January. The topic was “Renewing Priestly […]

By JOEY REISTROFFER SPARTANBURG — Dozens of parishioners at Jesus Our Risen Savior Church volunteered their skills and brawn to bring truckloads of pews down from Tennessee and set them up in the church. “Every […]

By REV. HENRY T. BARRON Last month this column offered some fine articles by Msgr. James Carter, vicar general for the Diocese of Charleston. One of the themes emphasized by Msgr. Carter is the need […]

On Sunday, Feb. 14, the Diocese of Charleston will be celebrating DDF Sunday. The following week, parishioners will be receiving a packet in the mail, asking for a response to God’s call to stewardship. The […]

Blessing of community: Our ultimate goal — as families, as communities, as parishes and as one church — is to build up the kingdom of God on earth. By our baptism, we are enlisted in […]

By SHEILA OJENDYK GREENWOOD  Barbara Vaudreuil, synod implementation coordinator at Our Lady of Lourdes, leads a valuable workshop, “Stewardship and the Gift of Time.” She has presented this workshop three times in 1998 in […]