Month: July 2000

  By JORDAN MCMORROUGH LOS ANGELES — “Encuentro 2000: Many Faces in God’s House,” held here July 6-9, had a definite Palmetto State flavor. With representation of 64 delegates from 26 parishes, the Diocese of […]

By FATHER SCOTT J. A. BUCHANAN July: To appreciate and celebrate our multicultural diversity Isaiah 4:2-6; 60:1-10 Over the course of the last five centuries there have been many different national and cultural groups of […]

  By KATHY SCHMUGGE LEESVILLE — Building a relationship with Christ is a life-long commitment. In five days the Christian Leadership Institute (CLI) attempted to lay down the foundation for such a relationship through prayer, […]

  In the aftermath of last September’s Hurricane Floyd, which featured jammed highways full of evacuees from the Lowcountry and packed motels from Tennessee to Alabama, Bishop Robert J. Baker encouraged the diocesan Catholic Charities […]

By BISHOP ROBERT J. BAKER “Encuentro 2000,” July 6-9, at the Los Angeles Convention Center was a tour-de-force celebration of the multicultural diversity of the American Church, and its great unity. This national celebration of […]

By JORDAN MCMORROUGH CHARLESTON — Years of work and study came to fruition July 15 as Deacons Christopher Michael Danel and Ronald John Farrell were ordained to the priesthood at the Cathedral of St. John […]

  By JORDAN MCMORROUGH ST. HELENA ISLAND  Saying she’s been “really busy” is somewhat of an understatement for Theresa Hassett, a native of Ireland who spent the month of June volunteering at the Franciscan […]

By NANCY SCHWERIN HILTON HEAD — The students at St. Francis School may be young, but they understand the act of Christian giving. They have gotten a jump-start on this actuality of the Catholic faith […]

  By TIM BULLARD If crying children don’t affect a person, you’ve got a heart of stone. “You do cry, but that’s OK because crying models behavior, so if they see us crying, they’ll know […]

  By JORDAN MCMORROUGH CHARLESTON — A seminarian from St. Augustine, Fla., has become the first member of the Diocese of Charleston’s recently initiated volunteer program, and Jason Trull has hit the ground running in […]