Year: 2006

Kingstree — The wind and rain couldn’t dampen the prayerful enthusiasm of more than 300 people who gathered Oct. 8 for the inauguration of the Shrine of Our Lady of South Carolina — Our Lady […]

In July, Helena Moniz visited a place she can’t quite leave behind. “Everywhere I went I saw the face of God,” she said. She went to India for a month. Her connection there was Father […]

NORTH CHARLESTON — Catholic Charities is assisting people in need with a Life Skills Class, designed to help break the cyclical problems associated with generational poverty by giving people the skills they need to improve […]

ROME — Bryan P. Babick, Michael P. Cassabon and Jeffrey F. Kirby, seminarians of the Diocese of Charleston, were ordained to the transitional diaconate Oct. 5. They were among 27 American and Australian seminarians from […]

MOUNT PLEASANT — More than 300 parishioners at St. Benedict Church celebrated their patron saint at Mass Oct. 1. Most of the people wore white to remember their baptismal calling and to commemorate St. Benedict. […]

South Carolinians will soon have a new place to display a pro-life message: their license plates. Governor Mark Sanford formally signed legislation Sept. 7 that will allow non-profit groups such as area pro-life organizations to […]

TAYLORS — In May of this year, Prince of Peace Church in Taylors designated St. Rose de Lima Church in Bay St. Louis, Miss., as a sister parish. Eighteen parishioners from Prince of Peace, St. […]

GREENVILLE — For the second time in three years, the Catholic High School Honor Roll has named St. Joseph’s Catholic School as one of the top 50 Catholic secondary schools in America. The school also […]

COLUMBIA — Men, women, young adults and children stood along major roads around the state Oct. 1, holding signs proclaiming “Defend Life,” “Women Need Love,” and often praying quietly together. They gathered along Kings Highway […]

CHARLESTON — Bishop Robert J. Baker blessed the Father Joseph F. Hanley Jr. Early Childhood Development Center at Blessed Sacrament Church and School on Sept. 24. Charleston Mayor Joseph P. Riley Jr. proclaimed the day […]