Month: April 2004

COLUMBIA — As if it weren’t enough to say yes to a lifetime of ministry, 11 Sisters of St. Mary of Namur finally said yes to a project that had been on the back burner […]

GREENVILLE — St. Mary Church is the venerable old lady of the Piedmont Deanery, but her Knights of Columbus group is still a toddler. The parish council celebrated its second anniversary on March 29, and […]

MONCKS CORNER — The monks of Mepkin Abbey announced that John M. Palms, Ph.D., president emeritus of the University of South Carolina, is the first recipient of the newly established Mepkin Wisdom Award. The  award, […]

NORTH CHARLESTON—“Connecting with the Spirit” was the theme of the seventh annual South Carolina Council of Catholic Women convention, and women from around the state made sure that spiritual connection took place. The convention, held […]

AIKEN — Her principal calls her an exemplary student and she is a national finalist in an academic competition as a sophomore; she is popular at school, goes to church and considers herself an American. […]

As we have walked with you in sorrow and pain these past few days, we now joyfully celebrate the victory that has brought you back to us — your Resurrection from the dead! We joined […]

TAYLORS — Nature abhors a vacuum, according to Spinoza. So when Matthew B. Foster saw a vacuum of leadership in his rising senior class at St. Joseph’s Catholic School last year, he moved to fill […]

LEXINGTON — About a year ago, Corpus Christi parishioner Mary Streetman was recruited by a friend to help at the Beth and Lou Holtz Homeless Shelter in Columbia. With slight hesitation, and not fully aware […]

GARDEN CITY — The pull toward a vocation came early for Dominican Sister Barbara Gentry. After two years in public school, Catherine and Hunter Gentry transferred their only child to St. Paul Catholic School on […]

ANDERSON – When the Franciscan Friars of St. Mary of the Angels went looking for a Lenten speaker, they wanted someone who knew the Gospels and who had an interesting approach to preaching about them. […]