Year: 2002

By Kathy Schmugge COLUMBIA — Invigorated by the Ninth National Black Catholic Congress (NBCC), the African-American Catholic leaders from the Diocese of Charleston who attended were anxious to share the national pastoral plan discussed this […]

by Sheila Ojendyk GREENVILLE — George Weigel, noted Catholic theologian and author, calls Pope John Paul II “the greatest Christian witness of our times.” Father Jay Scott Newman, pastor at St. Mary, invited Weigel to […]

By Tim Bullard MYRTLE BEACH — Dr. Melvin R. Hecker, of Unicare Emergency Specialists at South Strand Ambulatory Care Center in Myrtle Beach, is on the staff of Conway Hospital and Grand Strand Regional Medical […]

BY PAUL A. BARRA COLUMBIA — Two months ago, the young adult daughters of Christine Sanders, a teacher at St. Martin de Porres School, failed to return from work one night. On Oct. 26, the […]

“Imagine Being a Priest,” the Diocese of Charleston vocations campaign, won a 2002 Proclaim Awards from the U.S. bishops’ Catholic Communication Campaign. The awards, honoring excellence in diocesan communications, were presented in mid-October in Los […]

By Kathy Schmugge CHAPIN — Longtime peace activists, Sisters Gwen and Dorothy Hennessey, ages 70 and 89 respectively, have found that witnessing to peace has its price. In July 2001, the Franciscan sisters, who are […]

By Kathy Schmugge CHAPIN — Twenty-eight high school students were sent on the search of a lifetime recently — to achieve a worthy goal of Christian maturity. The weekend SEARCH retreat, held the last week […]

PAUL A. BARRA COLUMBIA — St. John Neumann School was filled with “gladness, joy, falling down and healing” during the weekend of Oct. 25-27. The occasion was the annual S.C. Charismatic Conference. Guest speaker Jesuit […]

By Mary Marshall ROCK HILL – Fourteen St. Anne Parish teens, armed with the desire to help needy neighbors in the Rock Hill community, recently joined forces to form the Diocese of Charleston’s first St. […]

By Kathy Schmugge COLUMBIA — Through entertaining lectures held Oct. 15 at St. Joseph’s gymnasium, John Rosemond, Ph.D., popular syndicated columnist, author, child psychologist and international speaker went through Columbia like a tornado uprooting common […]