Month: August 2008

SIMPSONVILLE — The crowd loved the rhythms of the traditional Negro spirituals and they loved the beautiful sounds of Haydn’s Mass of “St. Jean de Dieu,” but when the boys sung Danny Boy with a […]

COLUMBIA — Dr. Todd Crump offers one simple prayer before he begins his work each day: “Lord, let me see Christ in others, and let others see Christ in me.”   Crump, 39, is medical […]

SYDNEY, Australia — People think of the Olympics as a world-unifying event, but it pales in comparison to World Youth Day. It is estimated that about 96,000 people attended the opening ceremony of the Olympics, […]

RIDGEVILLE — For 32 years, two Adrian Dominican sisters have reached out to a Native American community in rural Dorchester County.   Sisters Mary Lequier and Carol Dulka live in a small house off S.C. […]

ROCK HILL — A rapidly growing, new Catholic community has formed in Indian Land, an area of Lancaster County that also is one of the fastest growing regions in the state.   Many Catholic retirees […]

LYMAN — A priest who has served the Diocese of Charleston from the Lowcountry’s coast to the foothills of the Great Smokies has begun a new career in his retirement. Father Charles J. Snopek has […]

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Rebecca Shafer made her first profession of vows with the Dominican Sisters of St. Cecilia on July 28 at the order’s motherhouse in Nashville. She has taken the religious name Sister Gloria […]

COLUMBIA — The future of Catholic schools depends on spreading the word about the educational excellence they offer.   That was the core message delivered by the keynote speaker at the Diocese of Charleston principals’ […]

CHARLESTON — Youths across the state packed up their bathing suits and dusted off their alarm clocks as schools opened their doors to a new year.   The Diocese of Charleston has 31 schools and […]

SOUTH CAROLINA — Students at five diocesan schools will be greeted by new principals this year. Sandra Leatherwood, assistant at the Diocesan Catholic Schools Office, said Summerville Catholic, St. Peter in Beaufort,  and St. Anne […]