Year: 1999

By SHEILA OJENDYK GREENVILLE  Something warm and fuzzy happened this month in the Upstate. Some of the needy have been without heat in their homes  those who have homes  and people responded […]

By TIM BULLARD BURGESS  Before midnight struck Jan. 21 deep in the heart of the Burgess community of Horry County, foot-stompin’ gospel music thumped in the darkness at St. James United Methodist Church for […]

By PAUL A. BARRA CHARLESTON  The South Carolina Christian Action Council held its 66th annual meeting on Jan. 21 at the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist. It was a day of memories and […]

By DEIRDRE C. MAYS Sister Lupe Stump has broadened her ministry from a small, but active mission to one that encompasses the state. This Sister of Mercy of the Americas is the new coordinator of […]

By REV. MSGR. JAMES A. CARTER Whenever two or more are gathered to discuss the critical, immediate shortage of priests in the Diocese of Charleston, someone usually tries to dismiss the complexity and gravity of […]

By SHEILA OJENDYK LAURENS — People from six parishes in the southwest corner of the Piedmont Deanery recently filled the meeting room of Holy Spirit Mission to address the scarcity of priests in their cluster. […]

By PAUL A. BARRA JAMES ISLAND — On the eve of Martin Luther King’s 70th birthday, more than 200 people gathered in the Church of the Nativity to celebrate his life. They sang along with […]

By JORDAN MCMORROUGH COLUMBIA — An ecumenical renewal of baptismal vows highlighted a Sunday afternoon service of word and prayer conducted by the bishops of the churches of the LARCUM covenant in South Carolina (Evangelical […]

By DEIRDRE C. MAYS CHARLESTON — Over 85 leaders of Hispanic ministry from the Province of Atlanta attended a meeting of preparation for Encounter 2000 at the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist Jan. 16. […]

By JORDAN MCMORROUGH CHARLESTON — Course One of the diocesan Institute for Parish Leadership Development ended with both celebration and evaluation last week, bringing closure to a year of foundation building for the new program. […]