Month: August 1999

By SHEILA OJENDYK GREENVILLE — A teen volunteer told Hank Chardos his mother would be surprised — he worked harder at the Home Works project than he ever did at home. Home Works, founded by […]

By NANCY SCHWERIN CHARLESTON — It seems that throughout his career Gary Gelo has been lead to minister to youth. He’ll continue his ministry in the Diocese of Charleston as the assistant superintendent of schools. […]

By MARY GILES If possible, Bishop John England instructed his vicar general, Father Benjamin Fenwick, barely two weeks after his 1820 arrival in Charleston, “purchase ground in a good situation for a large Cathedral Church.” […]

By SISTER PAT KEATING, OP LOS ANGELES, Calif. — The campus at the University of California at Los Angeles buzzed with excitement the week of July 12. By the week’s end, more than 3,000 Catholics […]

The following is an interview by The New Catholic Miscellany with Oratorian Father Joseph A. Wahl, director of the diocesan Institute for Parish Leadership Development, regarding plans for the start of classes in early September. […]

CHARLESTON — Two priests who served in the diocese died in late July. Father John J. Egan, a retired priest of the Archdiocese of Newark, N.J., who ministered in South Carolina, died July 23. The […]

By JORDAN MCMORROUGH ROCK HILL — It was a day of celebration for the Congregation of St. Philip Neri on July 24 as Joseph Francis Pearce was ordained to the priesthood for the order by […]