Year: 2004

NORTH MYRTLE BEACH — Droning bagpipes, an overcast sky and a looming ladder truck accented a special Mass held at Our Lady Star of the Sea to memorialize the victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, […]

CHARLESTON — Msgr. Robert J. Kelly, a priest who touched thousands of lives through his charismatic pastoral and educational ministry, died Sept. 6 after an extended illness. He was 77. “Msgr. Kelly was an extraordinary […]

CONWAY — Area Hispanic Catholics took part in a special ceremony Aug. 15 at the Church of St. James. They celebrated a newly formed Hispanic-English Knights of Columbus roundtable. Grand Knight Dan Smith of Council […]

SULLIVAN’S ISLAND — Distinguished Catholic author Ronald Rychlak, law professor at Mississippi State University, spoke to a full house at Stella Maris Aug. 2. His critically acclaimed novel “Hitler, the War, and the Pope” attempts […]

May Leong had a perfectly normal upbringing during a very unsettled time for Chinese-Americans. Her father, a schoolteacher in China, came to America and became a businessman in the 1920s. He overcame the effects of […]

GREENVILLE — A famed apologist for the Catholic faith came to St. Mary Church on Aug. 28 and made a bit of a stir with his unapologetic advice. Patrick Madrid told the crowds at two […]

Does the church have an answer to modern society’s questions regarding human rights, family life and other areas? Although the world is technologically advanced, it seems unable to answer the deeper questions of what a […]

SIMPSONVILLE — “There’s a healer in town tonight, and it’s not me. It’s Jesus.” With those words, Father Larry J. Hess began a night of healing and reconciliation at St. Mary Magdalene on Aug. 2. […]

CHARLESTON — When Father Titus Fulcher made the decision to “come home to the Catholic church” from the Eastern Orthodox church, he never imagined that he would be leading a small group of parishioners in […]

COLUMBIA — Teresa Riley, director of music at St. Joseph Church in Columbia, continues to take her choirs to new heights. The members of the church’s Bel Canto Choir would never have imaged that they […]