Year: 2001

  By KATHY SCHMUGGE COLUMBIA — Legion of Mary founder Frank Duff, an Irish layman who was recently beatified by the church, set the Annunciation of Our Lord as the appropriate time to celebrate the […]

By JIM MYERS Then the angel said to the women in reply, “Do not be afraid! I know that you are seeking Jesus the crucified. He is not here, for he has been raised just […]

  The Lenten season is full of solemnity, penance and fasting, all in the name of the Lord. The faithful ask for forgiveness and repent. Candy, chocolate, caffeine and alcohol are “given up” during Lent, […]

  By KATHY SCHMUGGE COLUMBIA — “Neither catechesis nor evangelization is possible without the action of God working through his Spirit,” is a quote from the General Directory for Catechesis, the main topic of discussion […]

  By PAUL A. BARRA COLUMBIA – On Feb. 27, Sertoma International finally made official what folks in the Midlands have known for years: Robert Keeder has dedicated his life to the needy. Keeder was […]

By BISHOP ROBERT J. BAKER Between the darkness and death of Good Friday and the light and life of Easter lay the long, great silence and stillness of Holy Saturday. Time was in a holding […]

  By NANCY SCHWERIN AIKEN — Of the thousands of children adopted internationally each year in the United States, 25 of them are in the Aiken area. Shelley and Cole Lindell began adopting eight years […]

  Por AIDA HERNANDEZ CHARLESTON — El pasado 10 de marzo se llevó a cabo en la Diócesis de Charleston una reunión Sub-Regional de la Provincia Eclesiástica de Atlanta, con la participación de SEPI, Instituto […]

  By KATHLEEN CARR It seems that contemporary moralists argue solely from the book, applying canon laws set in stone by the teaching authority of the church. Reason and imagination are left behind, and no […]

  By DEIRDRE C. MAYS Be it alone or in a group, visitors to the Way of the Cross prayer garden at Christ Our King will find that they are present with Jesus and Mary […]