Month: October 2003

GREENVILLE — Kathleen Merritt, director of the Office of Ethnic Ministries for the Diocese of Charleston, got a glimpse of the future when she met with nearly 40 of her peers at the National Association […]

GREENVILLE — It’s enough to make a grown person cry. Contemplating the life of Heather K. LaDue through the prism of our own helter-skelter existences can do that. LaDue is not only accomplished, driven and […]

GREENVILLE — For one lay Catholic, a workshop on the called and gifted has opened new avenues, while for another it has served as a foundation upon which to build. More than 100 people from […]

SIMPSONVILLE — “My goal is to stay up for 24 hours straight, and I’m almost there.” Those words, spoken by 12-year-old Kelsey Larson, are enough to strike fear in the heart of any parent of […]

COLUMBIA — As pastor of the St. Thomas More Center at the University of South Carolina since 1996, Father Tim Lijewski has become a well-loved personality on campus. With his two dogs, Molly and Rusty, […]

CHARLESTON — On Oct. 19, Msgr. Joseph Roth, vicar general and pastor of the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist, held a Mass in honor of Pope John Paul II’s 25th anniversary. A letter from […]

GREENVILLE — A group of Upstate Vietnamese youth have joined a national Eucharistic Youth Society to aid the Catholic Church in building both the social and spiritual life of young Vietnamese and, at the same […]

GREENVILLE — Sister Dorothy Marie Sheehan, a member of the Poor Clare Community for more than 45 years, died Oct. 1. Sister Sheehan was born Dec. 15, 1931, a daughter of John Howard and Ethel […]

MYRTLE BEACH — Somebody once said that necessity is the mother of invention. The frustrations Dr. Larry Koenig and his wife, Nydia, faced while trying to raise their five children motivated the family psychologist to […]

CHAPIN — With a strong foundation in place and the continued support of administrator Missy Walker, the new vicar of ecumenical and interreligious affairs, Father Sandy McDonald, plans “to continue the good work that Msgr. […]