Year: 2003

LEXINGTON – The pope calls it “an inexhaustible source of holiness” and parish priests think of it as an asset to the devotional life of the faithful. Participants rave about the sense of peace that […]

COLUMBIA — Statues of St. Francis adorn gardens all over the world, and he is well known for his love of animals, but for the Franciscan family made up of laity, religious and priests, St. […]

HILTON HEAD ISLAND — Danielle and Howard Haines, members of St. Francis by the Sea Church, sponsored a Dominican seminary student in Ibadan, Nigeria. Danielle wrote the following account of their journey to his country […]

GREENVILLE – Sister Sponsa Beltran knows a lot about the brutal 14-year civil war that has split the small West African Coast country of Liberia, but she’d rather talk about Sackor, Sando, Yah, Musa and […]

FLORENCE – Former University of South Carolina president John M. Palms, Ph.D., spoke at St. Anthony Church recently, to discuss the sexual abuse scandal in the priesthood. Palms said that the church has dealt with […]

CHARLESTON — People who attended the Black Catholic Heritage Festival June 21-22 were all one color, “earth color.” So said Archbishop Anthony J.V. Obinna of Nigeria who told the congregation at the event’s closing Mass […]

Pope John Paul II has declared this to be a year dedicated to Our Lady and her rosary. Here in Peru the priests, religious and laity of the six parishes in the north have been […]

CHARLESTON — Our Lady of Mercy Sisters Marie Amelia Ferillo and Carmelita Boyd celebrated 110 years of ministry recently. Sister Ferillo has been a religious for 60 years and Sister Boyd for 50. Sister Ferillo […]

CHAPIN — Mary Ols said, “It was an emotional experience for me.” She was referring to the silver jubilee celebration June 14 of the Cursillo movement in the Diocese of Charleston, and Mary Ols had […]

CHARLESTON — The construction contract for the St. Joseph Residence at Carter-May has been signed with Hightower Construction and work will begin immediately. The building and renovation project is moving along nicely and the decision […]