Month: March 1999

By PAUL A. BARRA WASHINGTON, D.C. — Last year, Shimica D. Gaskins was the only Catholic in her senior class at Lake City High School. Today she rides an academic scholarship at the Catholic University […]

By MSGR. JAMES CARTER In the Nov. 5 edition, this newspaper reported the critical situation in the Diocese of Charleston regarding the projected number of priests who will be available to serve in ministry in […]

By PAUL A. BARRA WASHINGTON, D.C. — Saying that nothing has pained him more in his 20-year episcopacy, the embattled Bishop of Rochester spoke to The Miscellany on March 6 about the schism that is […]

By PAUL A. BARRA WASHINGTON, D.C. — Dozens of religious educators from the Diocese of Charleston were among the 1,650 registered participants in the annual East Coast Conference for Religious Education held at the Omni […]

By KATHY SCHMUGGE LEXINGTON — Father Jerome Schwab, pastor of Corpus Christi Church, spoke on the sacraments to a large group of youth from not only his parish but also from Saxe Gotha Presbyterian Church […]

By JOEY REISTROFFER SPARTANBURG — The perpetual adoration chapel at St. Paul the Apostle Church highlights the power of Christ in the Eucharist. “I feel so close to God there,” said Phyllis Bates, one adorer […]

By SISTER BERNADETTE CAPPOLA GREENVILLE  In a time when religious vocations are low in most communities, the Poor Clares Monastery in Greenville is blossoming. In a two month span, three women are moving forward […]

DANIEL ISLAND  The 1999 season opener for the Bishop England High School baseball team was a memorable one last Friday night. The Father Robert J. Kelly Field was dedicated under the lights before a […]

The parishes in the Pee Dee and the Office of Communications have collaborated to coordinate the airing of public service announcements produced by the Catholic Communications Campaign (CCC) on several television and radio stations in […]

By MSGR. CHARLES ROWLAND Nationwide, we are faced with a future shortage of priests. Stories on the priest shortage can be found in every Catholic publication. An additional consideration is the aging of our priestly […]