Year: 2000

By KATHY SCHMUGGE COLUMBIA — More than 10 years ago two educators made a promise that one day the library would be the focal point of their once struggling Catholic school, today a Blue Ribbon […]

BEAUFORT — St. Peter’s students continue to see that the classroom extends beyond the school walls as the eighth-graders at St. Peter’s School had the opportunity to hit the water again this year with the […]

2nd year at the Pontificio Seminario Romano Maggiore, Rome, Italy Birthplace/date: Greenville, June 28, 1977 Home parish, location: Our Lady of the Rosary, Greenville Family: mom, Nancy; Dad, Ed; brothers Terry and Robin Favorite aspect […]

My dear brother Priests and Parish Life Facilitators: Warmest greetings and good wishes to you in this holy season of Advent! I thank you for your efforts to join with me in prayerfully and joyfully […]

By KATHY SCHMUGGE COLUMBIA — This year St. Anne School in Sumter implemented a mandatory service project for each grade, and the fifth-grade students chose to plant trees as part of their service work. When […]

CHARLESTON — Two diocesan parishes were victims of crime in this joyous season. St. Mary Church in Charleston will continue to keep its doors open during the day, although special precautions will be taken regarding […]

COLUMBIA — Five students from St. Joseph School have been selected to perform in the state’s prestigious S.C. Elementary Honors Choir Feb. 15-17. The group of St. Joseph School students earned the second-highest audition score […]

By JOEY REISTROFFER SPARTANBURG — Mobile Meals is pretty close to ground zero when it comes to passing along holiday cheer to the needy across the county. Executive Director Jayne McQueen and her Mobile Meals […]

By JORDAN MCMORROUGH JAMES ISLAND — Since the beginning of this year, one Lowcountry parish has been working in a quiet way to welcome inactive Catholics back to the church. And, just last month, Nativity […]

By PAUL A. BARRA SUMTER — On the feast of St. Francis Xavier, a local school named after the famed 16th century Jesuit received a grand present. Bishop Robert J. Baker came to Sumter on […]