Month: July 1999

By DEIRDRE C. MAYS BEASLEY — St. Luke’s Catholic Mission began a new level of growth July 11, a shovel full of dirt at a time. Former pastors and parishioners gathered at their new building […]

By DEIRDRE C. MAYS CHARLESTON — Bishop David B. Thompson has been elected by the College of Consultors to serve as the administrator for the Diocese of Charleston until the installation of Bishop Robert J. […]

By PAUL A. BARRA LEESVILLE — Take dozens of high school kids who are supposed to be on summer vacation, strand them for a week in piney woods with no TV, no computers and no […]

By JORDAN MCMORROUGH CHARLESTON — In conjunction with the implementation of a new screening policy for church personnel, the Bishop David B. Thompson has appointed a committee to review all questionable or negative screens in […]

By MSGR. J. DONALD GORSKI The words of Pope Paul VI describe what’s happening here in Peru for the work of evangelization in this parish continues at a rapid pace. I ask myself if this […]

On July 12, the day before he was formally introduced to the Diocese of Charleston at a press conference, Bishop Robert J. Baker from the Diocese of St. Augustine, Fla., sat down in the dining […]

CHARLESTON — Pope John Paul II has appointed Father Robert J. Baker, pastor of Christ the King Catholic Church in Jacksonville, Fla., as Bishop of the Diocese of Charleston. The appointment was announced in Washington […]

By JORDAN MCMORROUGH CHARLESTON — Bishop Robert J. Baker of Jacksonville, Fla., was introduced to the Diocese of Charleston by his predecessor, Bishop David B. Thompson, in a Tuesday morning press conference held at the […]

Thank you Bishop Thompson for your warm welcome to Charleston and your gracious hospitality. How blessed have the people of the Diocese been to have had you lead them, and I ask you now to […]

Thank you all for assembling here this morning for a most important and truly historic event for Catholics in South Carolina – the announcement of the appointment of the new Bishop of Charleston, the Most […]