Month: September 2002

  COLUMBIA — On Oct. 12, the Office of Hispanic Ministry will host “Dia de la Raza/Dia de la Hispanidad,” a diocesan celebration of Hispanic cultures from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at St. John […]

By Paul A. Barra COLUMBIA — Our Lady of the Hills parishioners broke ground for a new $1.3 million parish life center Sept. 8. John Quin, chair of the building committee, said that building permits […]

By Kathy Schmugge COLUMBIA — A newly released study from the University of Minnesota Division of General Pediatrics and Adolescent Health found that girls were less likely to become sexually active when they knew their […]

By Msgr. J. Donald Gorski God’s providence is a wonder to behold and never ceases to amaze me. I often think we are like Mr. Magoo, the cartoon. We walk about half-blind but the Lord, […]

  BY PAUL A. BARRA COLUMBIA – Big plans for a summer building blitz in the wilds of Peru by Home Works of South Carolina were ruined when the U. S. State Department issued a […]

By Terry Cregar GREENVILLE — A team of softball all-stars from South Carolina finished third in a national World Series, and a trio of Catholic girls played key roles in the team’s success. Lauren Hawkins […]

by Nancy Schwerin CHARLESTON — In 1997, St. Thomas Aquinas College in Santa Paula, Calif., sought to attract students through a unique summer program. “The idea was that if we brought students out for two […]

By Sheila Ojendyk GREENVILLE — Representatives from the Palmetto State took home some powerful memories from the National Black Catholic Congress in Chicago Aug. 29. People were awed from the start by the procession for […]

BY PAUL A. BARRA COLUMBIA — It was the kind of adversity that could have devastated the morale of a small, poor, black city school. Instead, St. Martin de Porres School of this capital city […]

By Joey Resitroffer SPARTANBURG — A good friend died the other day, and I never got to say goodbye. I never got to introduce her to my newborn son. Now I never will. That’s hard. […]