Month: March 2008

Faithful of Charleston, We are pleased to provide to you the financial results of the Chancery of the  Diocese of Charleston. Activities of the Chancery include diocesan level programs such as: family life, Catholic youth […]

GREENVILLE — In his younger days, Joe Hewes catered to celebrities from New York’s Broadway to Hollywood’s Sunset Strip. But for the past 20 years, the 79-year-old Seneca resident and Catholic has been speaking out […]

SUMTER — The following information about St. Francis Xavier High School was provided by Susan Lavergne, principal. History: Catholic education began in Sumter County in 1861. It has rarely been interrupted since that time. The […]

FLORENCE — If an idle mind is the devil’s playground, then the young members of the Junior Legion of Mary in Florence and Aiken have nothing to worry about. The two groups are devoted to […]

COLUMBIA — Chastity, celibacy and purity are not three adjectives often associated with life on a modern college campus. They were the keywords of the night, however, at “The Virgin Dialogues,” held Feb. 28 at […]

Editor’s note: This is the sixth of a series of columns Father Jeff Kirby is writing for Lent. Sixth truth: The eucharistic presence of Christ. Oftentimes, in visiting the sick in a hospital or those […]

ROCK HILL — A new era began for historic St. Mary Church when Oratorian Father David Valtierra celebrated Masses in the new building Feb. 3. “It has been a long hard journey to this sacred […]

COLUMBIA — The Columbia-Midlands Deanery Council of Catholic Women selected Josephine Davis, who is a member of St. Mary Church in Rock Hill, as their Catholic Woman of the Year. Davis is a longtime member […]

CHARLESTON — Catholics living on Daniel Island may be a little confused about a new church in their neighborhood. St. Jude Catholic Mission is part of the Independent Catholic Church affiliated with St. Francis of […]

CHARLESTON — Lent is an opportunity for the faithful to remove the obstacles to their relationship with Christ, to forgive and be forgiven, according to Bishop-designate Robert E. Guglielmone. “Each and every one of us […]