Year: 2001

  Bishop Robert J. Baker has launched a campaign to fund the building of St. Joseph Residence, special living quarters for retired clergy to be added on to the Carter-May Home in Charleston. The goal […]

  With the announcement of Advanced Cell Technology (ACT) of Worcester, Mass., that it has cloned a human embryo for research in “regenerative medicine,” society is faced with a new attack on innocent human life. […]

  By SHEILA OJENDYK GREENVILLE — Tommy Lasorda had no problem catching the attention of students at St. Joseph High School. The first thing he said was, “Fifty-two years ago I stole a girl from […]

  By PAUL A. BARRA COLUMBIA — The Rhino Room on Gervais Street was busy on the Wednesday before Thanksgiving, almost like a Friday night. Yet co-owners Mike Fusco Jr. and his father were up […]

By PAUL A. BARRA ROCK HILL — When the middle schoolers at St. Anne School decided to help other children, they went one step further than collecting toys for the holidays. Although they did that, […]

  By JIM MCLAUGHLIN Next year will be the 50th anniversary of the founding of the parish in Lake City — St. Philip the Apostle. The parish was founded, like St. Ann’s in Kingstree, by […]

Father Fix is one of the many retired priests in the Diocese of Charleston who, having devoted his life to Christ’s work, would like to live in community with his brother priests and somehow continue […]

  By KATHY SCHMUGGE COLUMBIA — Father Robert Fix loves the quote, “A priest forever.” As he begins his transition from serving God as pastor of Our Lady of the Hills in Columbia to serving […]

  By KATHY SCHMUGGE COLUMBIA – The Diocese of Charleston Council for the Society of St. Vincent de Paul (SVDP) recently received an intimate portrait of its founder, Blessed Frederic Ozanam, helping them reconnect to […]

By BISHOP ROBERT BAKER As we enter Thanksgiving and the beginning of our Advent season, it is an ideal time to recall and thank the Lord for the gifts of our brothers and sisters of […]