Year: 2001

A campaign launched on behalf of our retired priests By BISHOP ROBERT J. BAKER Last year, the Holy Father wrote a letter to the elderly in which he encouraged all people to honor our elder […]

  By TIM BULLARD MYRTLE BEACH — Bob Derr’s NYFD cap stood out in the crowd as the deputy fire chief of the Myrtle Beach Fire Department surveyed the crowd at the 18th Annual Taste […]

  By JOEY REISTROFFER SPARTANBURG — Chuck Wallington is frustrated, and some in the Catholic community here are riled due to a 13-cent comic book that trashes the Catholic faith. Wallington, the president of Christian […]

  By JIM MCLAUGHLIN Historically, Catholics have been a tiny and restricted minority within the population of South Carolina. As a result, our efforts to reach out to bring the faith to our fellow Carolinians […]

  By JORDAN MCMORROUGH GREENWOOD — “We need to preach to the choir. All the people that come to church need to go out and be the leaven of life.” That was the message spoken […]

By JORDAN MCMORROUGH CHARLESTON — The terms “Living Will” or “Will to Live” seem similar enough, but this debate in semantics could mean the difference between life and death, the adult faith formation group at […]

By PAUL A. BARRA COLUMBIA — In the course of the liturgy that closed the annual South Carolina Charismatic Conference last weekend, celebrated by Bishop Robert J. Baker, the congregation broke into a spontaneous and […]

By MSGR. THOMAS DUFFY During the month of October, the Catholic bishops of the United States have been encouraging us to respect life because “every human life has its origins in the heart of God.” […]

  By KATHY KALINA I didn’t know what to expect when I became a hospice nurse and found myself in the daily company of the terminally ill. At first I hid behind nursing skill and […]

BY KATHY SCHMUGGE COLUMBIA — “What you have built is a testimony to your great faith and fraternity. Through sacrifice, you have made visible that faith in your heart,” said Bishop Robert J. Baker during […]