Month: June 1999

By PAUL A. BARRA NEW ORLEANS  The Diocese of Charleston may be experiencing a shortage in the quantity of priests available to minister to the people of God, but the events of June 26 […]

COLUMBIA — St. John Neumann School was one of nine elementary schools in South Carolina, and the first Catholic school in the state, to win the coveted National Blue Ribbon Schools award May 20. To […]

By PAUL A. BARRA CHARLESTON – Graduating classes always have special meaning for a principal, but the one that graduated May 30 from The Charleston Catholic School held much more than the usual meaning. The […]

CHICAGO — The New Catholic Miscellany was honored with two national awards at the recent convention of the Catholic Press Association of the United States and Canada, held in Chicago May 26-28. The Miscellany was […]

PAWLEYS ISLAND — More than 800 parishioners and visitors will participate in the rite of dedication of the new church of Precious Blood of Christ on June 6. Bishop David B. Thompson will perform the […]

EMMITSBURG, Md. — Ronald John Farrell, a third-year theology student at Mount Saint Mary’s Seminary, was ordained to the transitional diaconate by Archbishop John F. Donoghue of the Archdiocese of Atlanta during a recent Mass […]

By DEIRDRE C. MAYS CHARLESTON – Open the gate and he is off and running  Robert J. Sayer is ready to be a priest. “I just want to hurry up and get there, I’ve […]

By PAUL A. BARRA SEABROOK ISLAND — The first annual diocesan retreat for directors of religious education and youth ministers was held at Camp St. Christopher on May 19-21. Called “Renew and Rejoice,” it was […]

By SHEILA OJENDYK GREENVILLE — Rabbi Marc Wilson of Beth Israel Congregation wants Greenville Faith Communities United to be “the primary inclusive religious voice in the community.” Greenville Faith Communities United is a developing alliance […]