Year: 2001

LAURENS  As part of an alternative spring break program offered by their college, 26 students from the Newman Club at the University of Buffalo in New York spent last week in the Palmetto State […]

The church will soon accept 627 new members — candidates and catechumens who desire to enter the family of the Catholic Church. Rite of Election ceremonies took place around the state March 2-5. Families and […]

  By NANCY SCHWERIN CHARLESTON — His heart aches for the tens of thousands who have died or disappeared. His passionate, nonviolent actions got him four years in prison, but that only served to strengthen […]

  By DOROTHY GRILLO Periodically, Catholic service organizations, including Catholic Charities USA and the Catholic Campaign for Human Development, come under attack by those who either don’t understand or oppose Catholic Social Teaching. Recently Brian […]

By MSGR. THOMAS DUFFY In 1965, at the Second Vatican Council, Catholic bishops from throughout the world voted on and adopted what they called the “Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World.” It […]

By TIM BULLARD MYRTLE BEACH — The third annual Hispanic health issues conference, held last week at the Crown Reef Resort, was a place where educators, medical professionals and speakers networked, sharing information and updates […]

By KATHY SCHMUGGE COLUMBIA — Activities planned on Ash Wednesday at Cardinal Newman High School did more than mark the foreheads of its students; they marked their hearts and the heart of the community by […]

The U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear arguments Feb. 26 to South Carolina’s abortion clinic legislation. Their refusal to hear the case upholds the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling that the state’s regulations […]

  By MSGR. J. DONALD GORSKI That part of the Lord’s prayer has a special meaning here in Peru. If a Peruvian asks the blessing before a meal, almost invariably they will pray for those […]

  By ANTHONY TUAN LE By this time last year, on March 5, 2000, the first Vietnamese martyr, a young catechist who in 1644 gave his life for Christ, was beatified by Pope John Paul […]