Month: March 2001

AIKEN  The Knights of Columbus hosted the annual youth basketball tournament March 10-11. More than 600 athletes from 51 teams competed in the statewide event. Along with the players, coaches and families brought the […]

  Five S.C. churches were among 300 listed in Excellent Catholic Parishes: The Guide to Best Places and Practices. Researchers in a Parish/Congregation Study, based at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington, took two […]

  CHARLESTON  While it may be true that Savannah reigns supreme in its enthusiasm for celebrating St. Paddy’s Day, this past Saturday the Holy City featured a heavy Emerald Isle influence as it marked […]

By JORDAN MCMORROUGH CHARLESTON — On April 1 the Diocese of Charleston Volunteer Program will take a major step forward in its development; no fooling. That’s because the first day of next month is the […]

  By JORDAN MCMORROUGH WHITE OAK — Organizers promised diocesan youth that this year’s high school conference March 9-11 would be one event that they would not soon forget, and they delivered on that pledge. […]

By PAUL A. BARRA ROCK HILL — With his big, farmer’s hands and his flat belly, Brother J. David Boone looks like a fit workingman in his 50s. In fact, the Oratorian religious is 68 […]

2nd year theology at Notre Dame Seminary, New Orleans Birthplace/date: Orangeburg, March 21, 1974 Home parish/location: St. Ann, Holly Hill Family: Mom and sister, 22 Favorite aspect of seminary: It’s a good place to reflect […]

LAURENS  As part of an alternative spring break program offered by their college, 26 students from the Newman Club at the University of Buffalo in New York spent last week in the Palmetto State […]

The church will soon accept 627 new members — candidates and catechumens who desire to enter the family of the Catholic Church. Rite of Election ceremonies took place around the state March 2-5. Families and […]

  By NANCY SCHWERIN CHARLESTON — His heart aches for the tens of thousands who have died or disappeared. His passionate, nonviolent actions got him four years in prison, but that only served to strengthen […]