Year: 2000

By JORDAN MCMORROUGH JOHNS ISLAND  More than 70 teens and adults from across South Carolina traveled to this sea island the last week of July to make repairs and improvements to 10 homes of […]

By BISHOP ROBERT J. BAKER Reflecting on the Jubilee Year of Prayer theme for August, one may ask the question: should we as Christians, as Roman Catholics, be involved in social justice and peace issues […]

By NANCY SCHWERIN CHARLESTON — A new era has begun at the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist. Mark Thomas, a seasoned musician and composer, is the new director of music ministries at the Cathedral. […]

  By SHEILA OJENDYK EASLEY — The Feast of the Transfiguration was a special day indeed at the Catholic Church of St. Luke. Bishop Robert J. Baker traveled from Charleston to bless the new facility […]

  By JORDAN MCMORROUGH NORTH CHARLESTON  When the Confederate submarine H.L. Hunley rose to the surface from its resting place at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean near Charleston Harbor the morning of Aug. […]

  By SHEILA OJENDYK SIMPSONVILLE — “If we are to have real peace, we must begin with the children.” Mahatma Gandhi’s wise words are the framework upon which the Irish children summer programs are built. […]

  By PAUL A. BARRA   CHARLESTON — All through the ’90s they have been fixtures on upper Broad Street, as familiar in diocesan circles as Roman collars and representing the very essence of the […]

On the edge of an unforgiving sea rests a people whose purity of spirit lies at the very core of our faith. By NANCY SCHWERIN I recently took a 10-day voyage with members of the […]

  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 […]