Month: September 2005

BY BROOKSI HUDSON HILTON HEAD ISLAND — Father Gregory Ramkissoon visited St. Francis by the Sea Parish Nov. 4-6 to talk about the plight of abandoned children and the poor in Caribbean and African countries. […]

DUBUQUE, Iowa — Father Philip A. Hamilton, former pastor of Holy Family Church on Hilton Head Island, S.C., died Oct. 28 in Savannah, Ga. He was 87. The Mass of Christian Burial was Oct. 31 […]

GREENVILLE — Hundreds of Vietnamese-American Cath-olics from the Upstate gathered at Our Lady of the Rosary Parish for the three-day “Seminar in the Spirit,” a retreat led by a priest and team from California. If […]

BY TIM BULLARD PAWLEY’S ISLAND — Local members of the safety and rescue forces received a tribute for their work at a special service sponsored by the Waccamaw Neck Ministerial Association, Precious Blood of Christ […]

SIMPSONVILLE — Jesuit Father Herbert K. Conner has been pastor of St. Mary Magdalene Parish for so long now that parishioners know a generous and caring man lies beneath the sometimes gruff exterior. They like […]

CHARLESTON — In the middle of a telephone interview with The Catholic Miscellany, Father Hayden Vaverek paused to direct security personnel to the nearest cooler of Gatorade. He is an Air Force chaplain for the […]

GREENVILLE, S.C. — Two Bishop England High School graduates have entered the religious life. On Aug. 6, the feast of the Transfiguration, Katie Vaughan and Katherine Melton were received into the novitiate of the Dominican […]

BY BRIAN FAHEY From 1931 to 1967, the Diocese of Charleston had a summer place to keep energized children out of their parents’ hair and offer catechists a chance to instruct. Camp St. Mary’s, a […]

BY SHEILA OKENDYK GARDEN CITY — Franciscan Sister Isabel Haughey left quite a legacy behind her when she moved from St. Michael Church back to Wilmington, Del. To say that a lot happened during her […]

CHARLESTON — Sacred Heart Church has taken evangelization on the air. Parishioners donated the funds to create three commercials that give television viewers a glimpse of Catholicism. The commercials are airing on Comcast Cable and […]