Year: 2004

Mount Pleasant — St. Benedict Church is celebrating its five-year milestone as a community. The church held its first Mass on Sept. 5, 1999, at Thomas Lynch Hall Community Center in Dunes West. Father Paul […]

COLUMBIA — Two years ago St. Martin De Porres School became a diocesan school, rather than a parish school. That is, the diocesan Catholic Schools Office oversees decisions made on behalf of the school. The […]

CHARLESTON — Father Michael R. De Antonio, pastor of St. Paul, the Apostle Church in Spartanburg, died Aug. 12 while on vacation in Las Vegas, Nev. He was 58. A wake was held at St. […]

AIKEN — When Andrew J. Trapp wanted to do something for his home parish, he decided to expose the falsehoods in a popular book. The seminarian of the Diocese of Charleston held a series of […]

COLUMBIA — Nineteen-year-old Gretchen Chardos has watched her parents, Hank and Sally — the executive directors of Birthright and HomeWorks of Columbia — generously work to help people in need. Now she has been able […]

SIMPSONVILLE – On the eve of his return to Rome for three more years of priestly formation, seminarian Michael Cassabon expressed optimism about the future of the priesthood. Both a prominent priest in the Upstate […]

COLUMBIA — Children are a precious gift from God and if adults control access to children, properly monitor youth activities, stay aware, and maintain good communication, they are well on their way to providing a […]

ATLANTA — “Sexuality, Marriage and Family in the Third Millennium” was a topic of hope for the 500 participants at Family Honor’s second national conference. They heard about the awesome possibilities for a society that […]

BEAUFORT — “I was pretty clear on what I wanted, and that’s what I pursued,” said Sister Mary Trzasko, 67, of her decision to become a religious. Now in her 50th year, the Dominican sister […]

SUMMERTON — For nearly a century the little white clapboard church on North Cantey Street has served Clarendon County well. But the Catholic population in Summerton and Manning has increased over the years, and now […]