Year: 1999

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 […]

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 […]