Year: 2002

  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 […]

MSGR. THOMAS R. DUFFY On Feb. 24, the second Sunday of Lent, the first reading in Masses celebrated in Catholic churches throughout the world was taken from the book of Genesis (12:1-4). We read: “The […]

  By JIM MYERS It is clear from the very origins of Christianity, the laity “as individuals, families, and entire communities” shared in the spreading of the faith. Pope John Paul II Redemptoris Missio, 72.1 […]

  SUMMERVILLE — An unexpected invitation to join his brother on vacation in Belize, Central America, was the beginning of a life-changing experience for Bill Hansen. A longtime parishioner of St. Theresa the Little Flower […]

  By TERRY CREGAR SENECA — Catholics should read the Bible with a critical eye and not take literally everything one reads in it. That was the central message Biblical scholar and Paulist Father Lawrence […]

Cardinal Newman School celebrates ‘triple header’ By KATHY SCHMUGGE COLUMBIA — It was a “triple header” at Cardinal Newman High School on Feb. 21 as the school celebrated the rededication of the Harold Bayerl Building, […]