Month: March 2002

Every Holy Week and Easter is different. Each of them is seen through the prism of the events of history that impact each person and generation in a unique way, in a particular day and […]

GEORGETOWN — Father Gerald Ryfinski, former pastor of St Mary, Our Lady of Ransom in Georgetown and St. Leo the Great Mission in Andrews, pleaded guilty March 21 to one count of third-degree sexual exploitation […]

The Holy Father’s recent statement on clerical sex abuse is consistent with his overall approach to the moral evils of our time. He does not skirt them, conceal them, or hide them. He is one […]

PAWLEYS ISLAND — Parishioners at Precious Blood of Christ Church have a reputation for being active stewards in outreach programs throughout the area. Habitat for Humanity, Georgetown Special Olympics and Meals on Wheels are three […]

By JORDAN MCMORROUGH CHARLESTON — The annual peninsular Charleston ecumenical series visited five downtown Holy City churches during a monthlong period, from Feb. 20 to March 20. Host sites included St. Michael’s Episcopal, First Baptist, […]

By KATHY SCHMUGGE COLUMBIA — For the seventh annual address for the Nadine Beacham and Charlton F. Hall Sr. Visiting Lectureship in New Testament and Early Christianity, the Rev. Charles Talbert a distinguished professor of […]

By KATHY SCHMUGGE COLUMBIA — What is the real task the church proposes for the Lenten journey that begins with Jesus’ 40 days in the desert and concludes on Easter? It is the conversion of […]

Basic questions and answers: questions three and four During this Week of Weeks, we celebrate on Holy Thursday the greatest gift of the Lord: the Holy Eucharist. It is called “the mystery of faith” because […]

  By JOEY REISTROFFER SPARTANBURG — Diane Nutbrown does not talk much about her faith. She is too busy living it. This college graduate blew in from Pittsburgh two years ago because she wanted to […]

Retired surgeon relays his nearly 40 years of research on the Shroud of Turin By SHEILA OJENDYK GREENVILLE — Dr. William E. Rabil has no doubt that the Shroud of Turin is the burial cloth […]