Year: 2006

CHARLESTON — “Our Heritage, Our Hope,” the largest fund-raising campaign in the history of the Diocese of Charleston, has achieved nearly 75 percent of its $32 million target, the firm conducting the effort announced. Matthew […]

AIKEN — For the last 30 years, vendors and onlookers have gathered in a carnival atmosphere at Aiken’s Makin’. Festive foods, music and skilled demonstrations are a draw for sightseers, who stroll along the parkways. […]

KINGSTREE — Catholics from around the Diocese of Charleston officially will be able to make spiritual pilgrimages in South Carolina after Oct. 8. On that day, Bishop Robert J. Baker will inaugurate the ministry of […]

CHARLESTON — Father Raymond E. DuMouchel, a retired priest of the Diocese of Charleston, died Sept. 10 at the age of 81. A vigil service will be at 7 p.m. Sept. 15 at McAlister-Smith Funeral […]

HARDEEVILLE — Sister Mary Gallagher retired in June after more than eight years as parish life facilitator at St. Anthony Mission. The mission is located in Hardeeville, a town of less than 2,000 in largely […]

GLOVERVILLE — Members of the small parish of Our Lady of the Valley, in what is known as the Horse Creek Valley or “Mill Valley” of South Carolina, can’t say enough about Father John Lawlor. […]

ASTON, Pa.— Sister Teresiana Miller, OSF, died Aug. 26 at Assisi House in Aston. She was 94, and had been a professed member of the Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia for 72 years. A […]

MONCKS CORNER — Trappist Father Francis Kline, the abbot of Our Lady of Mepkin Abbey, died Aug. 27 after a three-year battle with lymphoma. He was 57. Abbot Kline was born Joseph Paul Kline III […]

GREENVILLE — Sister Marilyn Barry, OSF, returned to the diocese Sept. 2 for a celebration of her 50 years of religious life. Sister Marilyn served in the Diocese of Charleston from 1991-2000 as pastoral associate […]

The doors of the 30 Catholic schools around the Diocese of Charleston have officially opened for the 2006-07 school year. Leaders at the diocesan level and in the individual schools say this will be a […]