Month: May 2007

Editor’s Note: The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Committee for the Protection of Children and Young People, the Committee on Communication and the National Review Board will mark the fifth anniversary of the implementation […]

GREENVILLE — Hundreds of Vietnamese Catholics from around the Diocese of Charleston joined in the seventh annual Vietnamese Marian Celebration held May 6 at Our Lady of the Rosary Church. The celebration concluded a three-day […]

COLUMBIA — Homeowners in need were blessed recently when Home Works volunteers turned out for a labor blitz at sites in the Midlands and the Lowcountry. Home Works, based in Columbia, is an outreach  that […]

JOHNS ISLAND — Twenty-two men will be ordained to the permanent diaconate at Holy Spirit Church, 3871 Betsy Kerrison Parkway, at 11 a.m. May 19. Bishop Robert J. Baker will be the celebrant and Msgr. […]

NORTH CHARLESTON — The Regional Stewardship Conference held at the North Charleston Convention Center drew a crowd of 320 people on April 28. The keynote speaker was Dr. Charles Zech, a professor of economics at […]

CHARLESTON — Master Sgt. John Sookikian is on his second tour of duty in Baghdad, Iraq, and he is making the most of his time. The soldier is taking the lessons of love and charity […]

CHARLESTON — Bishop Robert J. Baker called on school principals to offer spiritual guidance when helping students discern God’s path for them. The bishop was speaking to the administrators during a special Mass held to […]

FLORENCE — Father Marcian Thet Kyaw, pastor of St. Ann Church, responded to a call for increased evangelization to the African-American Catholic community by teaching others to do the same. He and his parishioners organized […]

Bishop Robert J. Baker has written a new book, “The Questioners Prayer,” published by Our Sunday Visitor. Rev. Mr. Jeffrey Kirby, a seminarian at the North American College in Rome, wrote a review. As Catholics, […]

MONCKS CORNER — Have you seen the cartoon drawing of the dad holding his crying child in front of him while looking very perplexed and yelling, “Where’s the owners manual?” If you’re a parent, chances […]