Year: 2007

GOOSE CREEK — Father Liam M. Panganiban and Deacon Melvin I. Avilla shared an important day for the Adorno religious order June 23. Bishop Emeritus David B. Thompson,  of the Diocese of Charleston, ordained Father […]

MOUNT PLEASANT — Andie Dougherty was living the happiest year of her life. She passed her CPA exam, her husband Tom took a new job that allowed him to spend more time with his growing […]

HILTON HEAD — Dr. Vera Bailey has outlasted the typical pregnancy center director. She said they usually remain on the job three to five years but she attributes her staying power to a passion to […]

NORTH CHARLESTON — Second graders and senior citizens swapped stories and sang hymns in a long-awaited face-to-face gathering at Echo House recently. Each year, students from Charleston Catholic exchange names and photos with a prayer […]

TAYLORS — More than 450 men from as far away as the Pacific Northwest spent June 9 in the Upstate learning how to live more vital lives as Catholic men, husbands and fathers. The National […]

SPARTANBURG — One of the first things that Father Mike Polewczak noticed when he became administrator of Jesus Our Risen Savior Church last year was that the church had no flagpole, despite the fact that […]

CHARLESTON — Plans are still in the works for the fall celebration of Fire at the Beach. The event for the Diocese of Charleston includes workshops, Mass and music around the theme, “Called to Holiness, […]

MOUNT PLEASANT — If you build it, they will come. That was the premise behind the construction of a bee house in the fifth-grade garden at Christ Our King-Stella Maris School. Bronwyn Santos, a gardener […]

HILTON HEAD — Deacon Jeremi Wodecki’s home country, Poland, is a place where the concept of a priest shortage is unknown. He vividly described the large numbers of priests available in most cities and towns […]

CHARLESTON — On July 27, six men will be ordained to the priesthood for service in ministry to the Diocese of Charleston. It is the largest group to be ordained at the same time since […]