Year: 2004

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. […]

CHARLESTON — Training for Project Rachel’s launch on college campuses got off to a very promising start with nearly 40 priests, religious sisters and laity from across the state in attendance  March 15. The daylong […]

AIKEN — The Small Christian Communities and Pro-Life Core Team of St. Mary Help of Christians Church held a Respect Life seminar March 6 at the Aiken Public Library. Topics were organ transplantation and the […]

“Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish.”John Quincy Adams Through college and into the adult years, young Catholics most often find themselves at Mass only on occasion. When […]

Brenda Cerkez knew early on that each human life was important. Even as a teenager she admired the efforts of her older sister, who was very active in the pro-life movement. In one way or […]