Year: 2003

JOHNS ISLAND — The Lowcountry was visited March 15 by Millard Fuller, founder of Habitat for Humanity. Fuller was in town to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Sea Island Habitat for Humanity. The affiliate is […]

COLUMBIA – The annual sacred ceremony of the Legion of Mary, called the Acies, was celebrated in South Carolina at St. John Neumann Church March 22. Members of the Legion, called legionaries, renewed their consecration […]

As Americans watch the war in Iraq many want to show their support of U.S. military, especially those overseas. After the attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, the Department of Defense discouraged unsolicited mail sent to […]

CHARLESTON — While war raged in Iraq, the first day of spring, a season of birth and renewal, was marked at the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist with a special Mass for peace and […]

COLUMBIA – A geologist whose main professional interest is the environment told a group of parish leaders on March 11 that “the doctrine of bodily resurrection implies that the whole universe will share in our […]

COLUMBIA — One year after his ordination to the Roman Catholic priesthood, Father Lee Selzer finds that his aspirations about the priestly life have been met, exceeded even. “It has been all that was promised […]

COLUMBIA — On March 15, Hispanic leadership from throughout the diocese, worked on the draft of a one-year plan for 2003-2004. Most of the meeting was spent on fine-tuning the ideas that emerged from the […]

The statistics for fatherless families are startling. In 1992, 45 percent of American families headed by single women had incomes below the poverty level. Thirty-eight percent of America’s poor are children. The statistics go on […]

WHITE OAK — The 13th annual diocesan youth conference blasted off over the weekend of March 7-9 at the White Oak Conference Center. It was a raucous affair, blending music and spirituality, laughter and prayer, […]

LEXINGTON — More than 500 people signed themselves with the cross with holy water or signed their names in the Book of the Elect in preparing to join the Catholic Church in South Carolina over […]