Year: 2001

  By ANTHONY TUAN LE Bishop Robert J. Baker has declared 2001 a Year of Reconciliation and chosen May to celebrate the “Gifts of Our Brothers and Sisters of Asian Heritage” in the Diocese of […]

  By JOEY REISTROFFER GREENVILLE — Gerry Matatics found his calling early in life: saving Catholics. This minister from the Presbyterian Church in America thought Catholics were pursuing a faulty faith, and he was determined […]

  By KATHLEEN CARR DANIEL ISLAND — “I AM A C-H-R-I-S-T-I-A-N!” was the battle cry of more than 75 spirit-filled people one recent Friday afternoon. It’s not every day that a group of young people […]

  By DOROTHY GRILLO When we witness, on a daily basis, the human suffering and need we can barely begin to address, it is easy to become overwhelmed and discouraged. Sensing frustration at a recent […]

Apostles Creed I believe in God, the Father almighty, creator of heaven and earth. I believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord. He was conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit and […]

  By AIDA HERNANDEZ HARDEEVILLE — St. Anthony’s Mission is a small church, with capacity for 60 people and a gigantic community mission. Parish life facilitators are Mercy Sisters Mary Gallagher and Lupe Stump. The […]

By KATHY SCHMUGGE COLUMBIA — Making rosaries was far from the mind of Ed Goebel when he was transferred from Shaw Air Force Base in Sumter to San Vito Dei Normanni Air Force Base in […]

BY BISHOP ROBERT J. BAKER I recently came across a homily by Cardinal Albino Luciani, the future Pope John Paul I, given to petrochemical workers at a Mass which the then-patriarch of Venice celebrated on […]

2nd year theology at Mundelein Seminary, Mundelein, Ill. Birthplace/date: Estill, Oct. 18, 1974 Home parish: St. Peter’s, Columbia Family: mom and dad in Estill, three sisters, one brother Favorite aspect of seminary: camaraderie Most difficult […]

By JORDAN MCMORROUGH NORTH CHARLESTON — In a state with a booming Hispanic population, ministry to the Spanish speaking has become a priority for church personnel in South Carolina. About 70 representatives from across the […]