Year: 2005

SENECA – Fond memories, tears and laughter abounded as approximately 800 people gathered at St. Paul the Apostle Mission to bid farewell to the Paulist Fathers. The Paulists, based in New York, are downsizing their […]

On April 8, hundreds of thousands of people around the world remembered and paid tribute to Pope John Paul II buried one year earlier. Many of us could recall the feelings of disbelief, despair and […]

Mother’s Day is a great holiday. It brings all kinds of thoughts and affections to mind and heart. My mom recently visited me in the seminary. It was her first trip to Rome. In addition […]

CHARLESTON – Channing Proctor has built his field of dreams – a place where any child, regardless of his or her abilities, can play baseball. Proctor put his own dreams aside while he created the […]

ROCK HILL – A priest, originally from Brazil, presiding over a Mass with Hispanic musicians and Vietnamese dancers epitomized diversity at Winthrop Coliseum April 23. More than 1,200 people gathered for “Hearts on Fire,” a […]

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Andrew Cano from the Diocese of Charleston, S.C., was admitted to candidacy for Holy Orders by Bishop John D’Arcy of the Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend on April 29. The event took […]

COLUMBIA – The St. Thomas More Center on the campus of the University of South Carolina was heavily damaged in two fires that started in the building’s attic May 10. Columbia firefighters were called to […]

NORTH CHARLESTON – More than 300 Knights of Columbus and their families attended the 85th annual state convention May 5-7. The three-day weekend included election of new state officers, an awards breakfast, Mass, a formal […]

MOUNT PLEASANT – It’s a question Sister Stella Maris Craven is asked all of the time: Why does the school she is principal of have her name? “That’s just a coincidence,” she says. When Sister […]

CHARLESTON – If Yvonne Tolley Orr is having a bad day, all she needs to do is look at the smiling faces of the students at Charleston Catholic School. It’s those smiling faces that make […]