Year: 2003

We hear all the time about the shortage of Roman Catholic priests, but this became a real issue for me personally during my five-month deployment to the Area of Responsibility (AOR) in support of Operation […]

CHARLESTON — Revisions to the Diocese of Charleston’s sex abuse policy have been completed and now the diocese awaits its turn in a national audit to document the progress made in implementation of the United […]

SIMPSONVILLE – Once the Conner Ministries Center was complete and blessed by Bishop Robert J. Baker, parishioners of St. Mary Magdalene wasted no time putting it to use. A grand opening for the St. Mary […]

CHARLESTON – Last year’s fire at Our Lady of Mercy Church on America Street didn’t phase the staff and the volunteers at Neighborhood House, the soup kitchen downstairs. They just found other ways to offer […]

GREENVILLE – Friends and supporters of Catholic social ministries couldn’t get outdoors July 28 to sprinkle holy water on the site of their new center, but God took care of that. Lightning flashed, thunder rumbled […]

AIKEN – On July 26, St. Mary Help of Christians celebrated its 150th anniversary as a parish with a special Mass, dinner and dance. Bishop Robert J. Baker was the main celebrant for the liturgy, […]

In our first five years of the Institute for Parish Leadership Development, over 600 leaders from parishes all over the diocese have received what we believe to be a solid foundation in theology and scripture. […]

CHARLESTON — Perpetual adoration is Eucharistic adoration available 24/7. It is so difficult to maintain that only a handful of parishes in the entire state of South Carolina offer it. Blessed Sacrament Church began it […]

ANDERSON — Msgr. Thomas A. Evatt, former pastor of St. Mary Help of Christians Church in Aiken, died July 18 at his residence. The funeral Mass was celebrated by Bishop Robert J. Baker July 22 […]

GARDEN CITY — While slicing into his birthday cake recently, Father Henry J. Burke proved that, like the character Arnold Schwarzenegger portrays in “The Terminator,” he’ll be back. A spry 85, the retired priest showed […]