Year: 2001

  By MSGR. THOMAS DUFFY On June 24, many Christians celebrate the feast of the birth of John the Baptist. The date, six months before Christians celebrate the birth of Jesus, seems appropriate since according […]

  Have you ever had an experience that was so powerful, so moving, that it changed the way you look at life, and then tried to put that experience into words? Though it is a […]

By BISHOP ROBERT BAKER If the future of humanity passes by way of the family (Pope John II), then we citizens of the United States have our work cut out for us in the days […]

By DEIRDRE C. MAYS CHARLESTON — The large wooden wall hanging in Sister Susan Schorsten’s office reads: “Yahweh asks of you only this, to act justly, to love tenderly, and to walk humbly with your […]

  By JORDAN MCMORROUGH CHARLESTON — On an early summer Saturday before brother priests, friends and family, Gregory Brian Wilson was ordained to the priesthood through the imposition of hands by Bishop Robert J. Baker […]

  By KATHY SCHMUGGE “A Christian walks with courage on the roads of the world seeking to follow God’s steps.” Pope John Paul II, Jan. 31, 2001 weekly audience ORT MILL — Since Jody McCurdy […]

2nd year theology at Mundelein Seminary Birthplace/date: Milwaukee, Wis., May 4, 1966 Home parish/location: 1975-1989, St. Joseph, Columbia, and, now, St. Gregory the Great, Bluffton Family: mom and dad in Columbia, one brother, two sisters […]

  By JOEY REISTROFFER GREENVILLE — The final bell for the school year has rung, and the students have dashed off for a little summer fun. That gives Keith Kiser time to reflect on his […]

By NANCY SCHWERIN SEABROOK ISLAND — The Renew and Rejoice retreat called ministers to rest and relaxation. Directors of religious education and youth ministers from all over the state recently settled into Camp St. Christopher […]

  By JASON HALLMAN Good afternoon, your excellency, Bishop Baker, Mr. Jim McIntyre, distinguished guests, faculty, parents, family, friends, and fellow classmates. Finally, we are out of high school! It has taken a lot of […]