Year: 1999

By TIM BULLARD MYRTLE BEACH — The first S.C. Hispanic Health Issues Conference, “Transcending Cultural Barriers,” was held at the Springmaid Beach Resort Jan. 28-29, featuring speakers and panel discussion of numerous issues. Around 90 […]

COLUMBIA — Approximately 75 priests serving in the Diocese of Charleston met with Bishop David B. Thompson for the Second Convocation of Priests at the Sheraton Hotel in late January. The topic was “Renewing Priestly […]

By JOEY REISTROFFER SPARTANBURG — Dozens of parishioners at Jesus Our Risen Savior Church volunteered their skills and brawn to bring truckloads of pews down from Tennessee and set them up in the church. “Every […]

By REV. HENRY T. BARRON Last month this column offered some fine articles by Msgr. James Carter, vicar general for the Diocese of Charleston. One of the themes emphasized by Msgr. Carter is the need […]

On Sunday, Feb. 14, the Diocese of Charleston will be celebrating DDF Sunday. The following week, parishioners will be receiving a packet in the mail, asking for a response to God’s call to stewardship. The […]

Blessing of community: Our ultimate goal — as families, as communities, as parishes and as one church — is to build up the kingdom of God on earth. By our baptism, we are enlisted in […]

By SHEILA OJENDYK GREENWOOD  Barbara Vaudreuil, synod implementation coordinator at Our Lady of Lourdes, leads a valuable workshop, “Stewardship and the Gift of Time.” She has presented this workshop three times in 1998 in […]

SPARTANBURG — The people of St. Paul the Apostle are very proud of Ana Panduro. The soon-to-be 17-year-old is a junior at Spartanburg High School and a member of the St. Paul the Apostle youth […]

By JULIE DOWNS CHARLESTON — Bishop David B. Thompson found the recent visit of Pope John Paul II to the United States a completely positive experience, from the inspired crowds and the well-organized logistics to […]

DEIRDRE C. MAYS AIKEN — The gaps between HMO’s, private insurance, and federal health programs are wide and people with very low incomes often fall between the cracks. They don’t qualify for the standard routes […]