Month: July 2001

By CINDY ABOLE Wednesdays are special days for Joe Horst, an active parishioner of Stella Maris Church on Sullivan’s Island. On Wednesdays, he makes his way across the Cooper River Bridge into Charleston. For Horst, […]

  By PAUL A. BARRA BATESBURG-LEESVILLE — The Youth and Young Adults Ministry Office of the Diocese of Charleston put on another in what is becoming a long line of sold-out events during the second […]

By KATHY SCHMUGGE BATESBURG-LEESVILLE — If one truly believes the youth are the future of the church, then the 45 junior high students who attended the diocesan Christian Leadership Institute (CLI) would have provided a […]

By BISHOP ROBERT J. BAKER This past July 4th we celebrated once again the anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, the event that paved the way for the founding of our great […]

  By SEAN KITTRELL One hot summer evening, Maria, a young Hispanic woman, was in trouble. She was from another country and in a new land. She was pregnant, friendless, and alone. Her boyfriend did […]

By PAUL A. BARRA AIKEN — The Rev. Mr. Lee Selzer was ordained to the diaconate at St. Mary Help of Christian Church on July 7. He will be ordained a priest next summer. Bishop […]

By JORDAN MCMORROUGH GREENVILLE — The Catholic Engaged Encounter District III Convention, held June 29-July 1 at the Embassy Suites Hotel here, focused on a ministry of giving— giving of men and women to each […]

  By PAUL A. BARRA SENECA — It took months, but Eric Johnson’s Mary finally became the Mary of the people of St. Paul the Apostle. As a signature sculpture, this Mary might not have […]

BY DOROTHY GRILLO The name of the new Catholic Relief Services two-year campaign is a fitting title for this, the second reflection on my recent Africa trip. Africa Rising. Hope and Healing is a major […]

  Por AIDA HERNANDEZ HILTON HEAD ISLAND — Los días 14 y 15 de junio pasados, tuvo lugar un Seminario sobre la Ley de Inmigración, organizado por la Red Católica de Inmigración Legal, Inc., CLINIC, […]