Year: 2003

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. […]

CHESTER — St. Joseph Church is not only celebrating its 150th anniversary as a parish this year, but parishioners are doing so in the same place that six generations before them used for worshipping God. […]

DANVILLE, Pa. – Sister M. Redempta Stephanie Tomancik, a Sister of Sts. Cyril and Methodius and former superior at Blessed Sacrament in Charleston, died at Maria Hall Sept. 29. Sister Redempta was born on March […]

“Pilgrim” and “pilgrimage” are words that have become archaic in our modern world. Yet the life in Christ is a pilgrimage, a journey. At baptism we begin the journey with God, and it continues into […]

CHAPIN — Approximately 16 percent of all active priests were not born in the United States, according to a study conducted by the Secretariat for Priestly Life and Ministry in 2000. That percentage has probably […]