Month: October 2006

COLUMBIA — When Father David Whitman carried a gold monstrance containing the Eucharist into a meeting room packed with teenagers, the room grew so silent that the chirping of crickets outside could be heard. He […]

COLUMBIA — For years people have come to pray outside South Carolina clinics where abortions are performed. They come in the hopes that they can save a child and spare a mother the tragic aftermath […]

COLUMBIA — During his homily for the heritage celebration in Kingstree, Father Freddy Washington said he hoped to convey the importance and richness of the heritage of black Catholics in South Carolina and the important […]

KINGSTREE — More than 300 Catholics from across the state gathered Oct. 14, “family reunion style,” to celebrate the gifts that Black Catholics bring to the church. The Black Catholic Heritage Celebration is an annual […]

GREENVILLE — Mendi Drayton has joined Catholic Charities as coordinator of immigration services for the Piedmont Deanery. Drayton, 28, started work at the Greenville office during the second week of September. Her responsibilities include helping […]

MOUNT PLEASANT — East Cooper Community Outreach presented its first Stone Soup Award Sept. 21 to Msgr. James Carter, pastor of Christ Our King Church. The award recognizes community leadership, compassion, vision, integrity and honesty. […]

CHARLESTON — The Diocese of Charleston’s efforts in stewardship received notice during the annual International Catholic Stewardship Council’s conference. The diocese was presented the top award for best capital campaign materials for the “Our Heritage, […]

SUMMERTON — A steady stream of cars, vans and pickup trucks pulls up at a small house on a sleepy side street in this Clarendon County town on the second and third Thursday of every […]

HILTON HEAD — Phyllis Atkins never set out to be president of the Lowcountry Deanery of the South Carolina Council of Catholic Women, but it’s where she ended up, and the group has flourished as […]

BY AMY RIGARD HILTON HEAD — Students at St. Francis by the Sea School have a new influence in their lives. Sister Ave Maria Hayes, 34, Sister Maria Rose Metzger, 27, and Sister Mary Joseph […]