Month: March 1999

By JORDAN MCMORROUGH LAKE WYLIE — “Youth are not the future of the church. They are the church now.” That was the message that Jerry White, director of the diocesan Youth and Young Adults Ministry […]

By JORDAN MCMORROUGH LAKE WYLIE — Scarecrow and Tinmen were no strangers to many of the teens attending the eighth annual Diocesan State Youth Conference. The group performed here previously for the Junior High Youth […]

By DEIRDRE C. MAYS “Just as the fish is in the sea, so am I in the soul, and the soul in me, sea of peace.” EDISTO ISLAND — In the tranquil atmosphere of the […]

By DEIRDRE C. MAYS CHARLESTON  To talk to Martin Sheen about Catholicism is to talk about diversity. He is an in-your-face activist for social justice, an introspective Catholic who has returned to the church […]

By NANCY SCHWERIN CHARLESTON  “Lent is about God’s presence in your life and mine. Reassuring us that (in hardship) death does not defeat life,” said the Rev. Dr. Edward L. Counts, pastor of St. […]

By KATHLEEN SCHMUGGE LEXINGTON — The first Catholic communication ministry was instituted when Jesus said to his apostles, “Go into the whole world and proclaim the good news to all creations.” Since those ancient days, […]

By FATHER JOHN KENNY, CSP I have some news to break to you which I feel difficulty in expressing. It’s about my future and my relationship with all of you. The Paulist pattern for priests […]

By KATHLEEN SCHMUGGE COLUMBIA — On March 11 at the Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary, ecumenism became a word of action. As part of the seminary’s eighth annual John Lewis Yost Jr. Lecture Series, a Catholic […]

By FATHER JOHN GEANEY, CSP You don’t know Abraham Edassery. He’s 5 feet 10 inches tall, has a good crop of hair, a strikingly handsome face. Like many of the people in India, he has […]

By PAUL A. BARRA MONCKS CORNER — The monks at Mepkin Abbey celebrated their 50th year by continuing their Lenten Study Day series with the first presentation of 1999 on March 8. The featured speaker […]