Year: 2002

BY TERRY CREGAR GREENVILLE—A mortuary isn’t typically associated with celebrations, but for parishioners at St. Anthony of Padua Church, it’s simply a bridge to better times. Since March, the 240 families at this small parish […]

Basic questions and answers: questions five and six Questions five and six of the American Catholic bishops June 15, 2001, document on the Real Presence of Jesus Christ in the Sacrament of the Eucharist delicately […]

  By PAUL A. BARRA COLUMBIA—In response to requests from individuals and parishes, the diocesan Office of Prayer and Worship held a daylong workshop for church cantors on April 20. The choir rehearsal room at […]

By MSGR. J. DONALD GORSKI May the Risen Lord fill all your darkness with light! Easter proclaims the incredibly Good News that there is no darkness so dark that the Lord cannot draw light out […]

  By TIM BULLARD GARDEN CITY – “Now you may kiss the bride.” And with that sweet pronouncement of tacit approval during a tender marriage celebration Mass on Sunday, April 7, Bishop Robert Baker’s words […]

  CHARLESTON — Two nuns who have pursued remarkably similar religious lives and career paths were honored as jubilarians by the Sisters of Charity of Our Lady of Mercy at an afternoon eucharistic celebration at […]

CHARLESTON — This week’s edition of The New Catholic Miscellany will mark another milestone in the history of this storied publication. It’s the end of an era; the April 25 edition of The Miscellany will […]

The following is a homily by Msgr. James A. Carter, vicar general, developed in collaboration with Msgr. E. Christopher Lathem, delivered at Christ Our King Church in Mount Pleasant on the second Sunday of Easter, […]

By KATHY SCHMUGGE COLUMBIA — One of the greatest assaults on the sacredness of human life is human cloning that relegates a pre-born child as a mere commodity to go to the highest bidder. Enough […]

By TIM BULLARD MYRTLE BEACH — Patricia “Pat” Schmidt of St. Joseph’s Church in Anderson was named Catholic Woman of the Year at the 72nd Annual South Carolina Council of Catholic Women (SCCCW) Convention held […]