Month: March 2002

  By PAUL A. BARRA Since Lent is a time of reflection and renewal for Catholics and other Christians, many faith communities in the Diocese of Charleston hold parish missions during the season. All of […]

  By KATHY SCHMUGGE COLUMBIA — Mary Prescott lives in the Beaumont community of Columbia with her 5-year-old granddaughter. Her house is in desperate need of repair. The plumbing doesn’t work; painting needs to be […]

By TERRY CREGAR GREENVILLE — While this city’s role as host of the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament subregional was getting all the attention, a group of around 500 young Catholic boys and girls — some […]

  By PAUL A. BARRA SUMTER — When players and cheerleaders suit up for the basketball season at St. Francis Xavier High School, more than half the student population is in uniform. That size limitation […]

  By KATHY SCHMUGGE LAKE WYLIE — For many youth, the 12th Annual High School Conference sponsored by the Charleston Diocese Youth Ministry Office was the top of the spiritual mountain that they have been […]

  By PAUL A. BARRA SUMTER — A parishioner of St. Jude’s Church, who began and operates a ministry to migrant workers, was recognized by the state in January for her work. Alice Ingram was […]

  By JORDAN MCMORROUGH CHARLESTON — “Journeying around state, the numbers have been decent, but the excitement and energy have been overwhelming.” That is the reaction from Paul Schroeder, director of Evangelization and Catechesis for […]

By PAUL A. BARRA COLUMBIA — After an hour of sermonizing and talking story, Deacon Charles Walsh got down to business Tuesday evening, March 5. His business is advising the bishop of Charleston about whether […]

By JON M. SAMUELS We buried Jack Moore the other day, and I miss him. He wasn’t the kind of guy I would have noticed. I’m a busy executive; he was a retired curmudgeon. We […]

  By JORDAN MCMORROUGH GOOSE CREEK — About 70 people turned out on a frigid February night for a Respect Life panel presentation at Immaculate Conception Church Feb. 27 to learn about various pro-life and […]