Year: 2004

GREENWOOD – The parishioners of Our Lady of Lourdes know the meaning of sacrifice. Through generosity and devotion they helped build a glorious and inspiring new church. The building was dedicated July 11 in a […]

Dear Catholic Faithful of the Diocese of Charleston: In two recent issues of The Catholic Miscellany, I have shared perspectives on moral issues that relate to public life, and Catholic teaching on the role of […]

COLUMBIA — Sisters of Charity Providence Hospitals’ Heritage Society inducted four new members recently. John C.B. Smith Jr., the late Mr. William W. Bruner, and the late Mr. and Mrs. James B. Younginer were inducted […]

AIKEN — The story of Griselda Negrete, a Silver Bluff High School honors student who discovered last spring that she was an illegal alien, might have a happy ending. The teen found that she and […]

ROCK HILL — If numbers are any indication of a ministry well served, then the 500 or so people who gathered to celebrate the career of Oratorian Father William Pentis are a testimony to his […]

One of the early debates in our country involving religion and public life occurred in Charleston, S.C., in 1828, and one of the foremost protagonists in the debate was none other than the first Bishop […]

GREENVILLE — The Poor Clare sisters, who live in simple seclusion in their mon-astery on North Pleasantburg Drive, spend most of their day in silence. But these contemplative nuns, known as Second Order Franciscans, are […]

CHARLESTON — Margaret Adams, Ph.D., director of Catholic schools for the Diocese of Charleston, has re-sumed membership in the Sisters of SS. Cyril and Methodius in Danville, Pa., and is preparing to make vows with […]

COLUMBIA — Youth today have few solid role models who bear a constant Christian witness in word and action. On the last day of school at St. Joseph School, students had to bid farewell to […]

COLUMBIA — This year’s Black Catholic Heritage Celebration gave African-American Catholics in South Carolina an opportunity to celebrate accomplishments of the past and present. Through workshops, speakers, and its own enormous success, the celebration provided […]