Year: 2001

Hispanic Ministry outreach programs in the Piedmont and Midlands Deaneries have recently received grants from the Sisters of Charity Foundation of South Carolina to help fund Catholic Charities assistance efforts. In the Piedmont Deanery, the […]

  By JORDAN MCMORROUGH SEABROOK ISLAND — Thirteen seminarians from the Diocese of Charleston took time-out from their summer assignments for a retreat at St. Christopher’s Retreat Center July 25-27. The event began with Mass […]

  By PAUL A. BARRA SUMMERVILLE — Parishioners and friends of St. Theresa the Little Flower dedicated a spectacular new church on Sunday July 23. The occasion was an afternoon of high emotion and beauty. […]

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 […]