Month: April 2005

COLUMBIA — Msgr. Charles Rowland has had the joy of meeting Pope John Paul II on several occasions. When he came to Columbia in 1987, Msgr. Rowland was the vicar general of the Diocese of […]

GREENVILLE — Will the real Maury Reed please stand up? Upstate theatergoers think of Reed in his lead roles in St. Joseph’s Catholic School’s theater productions, as the kvetching Jewish patriarch Tevye in “Fiddler on […]

GREENVILLE — The state deputy of the Knights of Columbus in South Carolina said that his fraternal organization of Catholic men mourns the death of Pope John Paul II, and called the late pope’s life […]

NORTH MYRTLE BEACH – A desperate father, a parishioner at Our Lady Star of the Sea Church, is making a plea to other Catholics and anyone else who will listen. He’d like to find someone […]

CHARLESTON – While meditating on the suffering of Jesus Christ on the cross, Bishop Robert J. Baker asked South Carolina Catholics to consider the suffering of immigrants and strangers. During his Good Friday homily at […]

COLUMBIA – Don’t buy what “The Da Vinci Code” is selling. That’s the message author and commentator Amy Welborn gave to about 100 people gathered at the University of South Carolina on April 5 for […]

First, I’d like to thank Bishop Baker for inviting me; it is an honor to be addressing all of you. When I was an altar boy at tiny Sacred Heart Mission in the town of […]

CHARLESTON – This year’s chrism Mass was a time to focus on promoting ethnic sensitivity and welcoming the stranger. Bishop Robert J. Baker encouraged Catholics to be accepting of other cultures. “With an influx of […]

FOLLY BEACH – At more than 50 years old, Our Lady of Good Counsel Church at Folly Beach needed many repairs, both large and small. So did the church’s Msgr. Robert Kelly Hall (a garage […]

Special to The Miscellany FOLLY BEACH – After five years in the Diocese of Charleston, Father Thomasaiah Reddimasu is leaving for India in early May. The pastor of Our Lady of Good Counsel, a priest […]