Year: 2000

Msgr. Charles J. Baum died Dec. 19 in Greenville at the age of 92. He was born in Charleston on Jan. 2, 1908, and ordained a priest for the diocese on May 20, 1934. He […]

By NANCY SCHWERIN Little is known about the Catholic bishop St. Nicholas, but his giving spirit lives on in the tale of Santa Claus. By learning from the symbol of St. Nicholas, children, and adults, […]

December: To offer my life and my work in total consecration to service of the Gospel. Lumen Gentium, Chapter 5: 39 The Second Vatican Council, in its Dogmatic Constitution on the Church, reminds us that […]

By PAUL A. BARRA COLUMBIA — Four large Midlands celebrations of the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe culminated with a Mass at St. Peter on the feast day itself, Tuesday, Dec. 12. The final […]

Editor’s note: Bishop Robert J. Baker recently led a group of diocesan pilgrims to the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico City. Following is one participant’s account of this journey. By DIANE TODD […]

College seminarian at Pontifical College Josephinum in Columbus, Ohio Birthplace/date: Cleveland, Ohio, Nov. 24, 1977 Home parish, location: Cathedral of St. John the Baptist, Charleston (was a student at the College of Charleston) Family: only […]

  By BISHOP ROBERT J. BAKER On Dec. 31, the Diocese of Charleston concludes its Year of Prayer with the prayer intention for December of offering our life and work in total consecration to the […]

Luke’s Gospel records the words of the angel Gabriel inviting Mary to be the mother of the Messiah, the Son of God: “Rejoice, O highly favored daughter! The Lord is with you” (Luke 1:28). The […]

By MSGR. DONALD GORSKI May this 2000 year of our Lord be for you a time of rich blessings! May the Child who entered the world 2,000 years ago fill you with that peace that […]

By ANTHONY TUAN LE If Catholic people in Americas venerate Our Lady of Guadalupe in mid-December, European Catholic people have aspirations of our Holy Mother at Lourdes and Fatima, and then Catholic believers in Asia, […]