Month: April 1999

By NANCY SCHWERIN NORTH CHARLESTON  On its 70th anniversary, St. John Church has enjoyed for most of its years a windfall of good fortune, and in recent years has overcome a string of crucial […]

By JORDAN MCMORROUGH SUMTER  Concerns relevant to the experiences of more than 1 million black men, women and children who live in the Diocese of Charleston were addressed at the first Black Issues Joint […]

By DEIRDRE C. MAYS GOOSE CREEK — Carmelite Father Joseph F. Girzone believes that most people have forgotten that Jesus was ever human. The author of the “Joshua” series, stories of Jesus, a.k.a. Joshua, living […]

By MARY HOOD HART This morning I watched my 16-year-old daughter, my firstborn, drive off to school alone for the first time. She was all smiles, thrilled with the independence a driver’s license provides. Leaving […]

By SHEILA OJENDYK GREENVILLE  Parishioners at St. Mary’s Church gasped when Hank Chardos described the elderly woman’s dilapidated home, a house he and a team of volunteers would be repairing the following Saturday as […]

By FATHER JOSEPH A. WAHL, CO As you read this, something of significance is occurring throughout the diocese. Some 200 who participated in Course One of the Institute for Parish Leadership Development are being awarded […]

By TIM BULLARD “Again, among living things that possess sense, some have the power of locomotion, some not.” “On the Soul” by Socrates, Book 2, translated by J.A. Smith. On the purple and white paint […]

By DEIRDRE C. MAYS DANIEL ISLAND – “We get to know the creator by what he has created.” That is how Jesuit Brother Guy Consolmagno, Vatican astronomer, summed up his union of science and religion. […]

By NANCY SCHWERIN Talent is a remarkable asset. It sparks admiration and for the talented a sense of accomplishment. “Wow! He can pitch. Look at that ball move.” “Nobody has a voice like hers. She […]

ROCK HILL — Thirteen men and women from South Carolina, as well as a participant from Virginia, gathered at The Oratory of St. Philip Neri April 8-11 to discern whether they may have a religious […]