Year: 2003

TAYLORS — For the third year, Vietnamese Catholics in the Diocese of Charleston gathered to celebrate Our Lady of La Vang with the traditions of their culture. “A Tribute to Our Lady of La Vang” […]

CHARLESTON – Bishop Robert J. Baker has announced that the faithful of the Diocese of Charleston will conclude the Year of the Rosary with a rosary rally at 3 p.m. Oct. 12 in Columbia. The […]

CHARLESTON — At 4 foot 11 inches (and three quarters), Carrie Graves stands out in a crowd. She is distinctive because this diminutive cadet is a sophomore at The Citadel and an active Catholic. She […]

The barbed fence surrounding the Camille Graham Women’s Correctional Institution will only be a physical barrier between Julie and Gail and their new faith community at Our Lady of the Hills Church in Columbia. On […]

ROCK HILL — When you’re a child in religious education, not all the teachings of the Catholic Church stick. Cynthia Gaither felt that way, so when the issue of deepening and sharing the Catholic faith […]

MYRTLE BEACH — Mary of Magdala (Mary Magdalene) was a respected and powerful woman of her time, not a prostitute, according to St. Mary of Namur Sister Mary Thompson. Sister Thompson, an acknowledged Biblical scholar, […]

As we celebrate Easter, may the Lord transform your crosses into sources of life. That’s the great miracle of love that Jesus strives to work in our lives. I see people struggling and carrying so […]

COLUMBIA — “It is no wonder we choose May, the month of new life, as the month to honor Mary who brought the Life of the World to us,” said Msgr. Leigh Lehocky at St. […]

CHARLESTON – After a May 3-4 special appeal for the Bishop’s Stewardship Appeal, some individuals who had already given might wonder why they received another request in the mail. “We decided that it would be […]

COLUMBIA — Long before Pope John Paul II authorized a plenary indulgence to Catholics who participated in the Divine Mercy Sunday devotion, Teresa Greaney and Elizabeth Byra, were planning a Divine Mercy Celebration at their […]