Year: 2001

BY KATHY SCHMUGGE COLUMBIA — In an attempt to preserve their Filipino Catholic culture in America, Emily Lacson and Ernesto Hernando, parishioners at St. Joseph Church and St. John Neumann Church in Columbia, initiated the […]

By PAUL A. BARRA COLUMBIA — Christians of many faiths celebrated the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity with an ecumenical worship service at Trinity Episcopal Cathedral on Sunday afternoon, Jan. 21. The service was […]

  By DEIRDRE C. MAYS COLUMBIA — The best kind of gifts are not the ones that come wrapped in pretty paper and curling ribbon, they are the individual gifts that God gives. The lay […]

  And I am made glorious in the sight of the Lord, and my God is now my strength! Isaiah 49:5 By NANCY SCHWERIN CHARLESTON — By all accounts, Father Scott Buchanan loved being a […]

  By PAUL A. BARRA COLUMBIA — After listening to Kathleen Chesto try to convince her that the call to be a parent is a holy calling, Linda McGannon agreed with her that parents don’t […]

  By TIM BULLARD CONWAY — Members of the Franciscan Sisters of Mary and Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus gathered Jan. 14 at the Church of St. James to honor three women in […]

By DEIRDRE C. MAYS CHARLESTON — The Diocese of Charleston has clarified its policy concerning permission to celebrate the Mass of the Roman Missal of 1962. The information was released in a memorandum to priests […]

  By KATHY SCHMUGGE COLUMBIA — An estimated 2,000 pro-lifers peacefully marched to the Statehouse on Jan. 13; some were praying the rosary, others singing songs of praise, while others simply enjoyed the beautiful day […]

  By NANCY SCHWERIN CHARLESTON — When Walter Anderson found himself walking the halls of Lieber Correctional Institution, it was prison ministry that helped him find his way out. Anderson grew up in a Catholic […]

  By MSGR. THOMAS R. DUFFY On Monday, Jan. 15, many people in the United States and throughout the world will pause to celebrate the birthday of Martin Luther King Jr. No, it will not […]