Year: 1999

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 […]

Diocese of Charleston Vespers Homily ~ July 13, 1999 Bishop Robert J. Baker Thank you again, Bishop Thompson, for your warm and friendly greetings and great hospitality since my arrival here. And greetings to you, […]

The history The process for selection and appointment of bishops has varied throughout the ages. The Apostles chose their successors. The first bishop-apostle, St. Matthias, who was chosen by lot after the 120 gathered together […]

By NANCY SCHWERIN On a steamy day in Beaufort, parishioners filed into the 11:30 a.m. liturgy at St. Peter celebrating the first Mass of Thanksgiving of Father Michael J. Oenbrink and the solemnity of Sts. […]

By PAUL A. BARRA JAMES ISLAND — Father C. Thomas Miles wanted an elegant celebration for his first Mass, a solemn liturgy of the sort that used to be called a high Mass. He got […]