Month: September 2008

COLUMBIA — The Sisters of Charity Foundation of South Carolina has awarded nine Collaboration for Ministry grants totaling $78,362 to programs lead by women religious throughout the state. The awards came just after the foundation […]

CHARLESTON — Pet owners will have the opportunity to have their beloved family friend, furry, feathery or scaly, blessed the weekend of St. Francis of Assisi’s feast day, Oct. 4. Animals on leashes will be […]

SIMPSONVILLE — One of the Missionary Images of Our Lady of Guadalupe will travel to parishes throughout South Carolina from Oct. 17 to Nov. 2. A Respect Life Mass will be held at 7 p.m. […]

SOUTH CAROLINA — Each year, Life Chains bring pro-life Americans together for one hour to pray for an end to abortion. A national, ecumenical, prayerful witness against abortion, Life Chains will occur throughout the nation, […]

MYRTLE BEACH — Catholic youth groups are growing and flourishing along the Grand Strand. From North Myrtle Beach to Pawleys Island, middle- and high-school age Catholics have more opportunities than ever before to interact. For […]

ROCK HILL — Dan Schutte believes that humility is the key to planning good liturgical music for Catholic Masses. Schutte, one of the best known modern composers of Catholic worship music, stressed the importance of […]

MYRTLE BEACH – “Wisdom, be attentive!” With those words, Father Conan Timoney held up an ornate gold-covered Book of the Gospels and walked around the altar at St. Andrew Church in Myrtle Beach on Sept. […]

CHARLESTON — As any good Catholic knows, Cardinals have more power than bishops. But that was not the case when Bishop England and Cardinal Newman met in battle on the football field for the first […]

COLUMBIA — Irish Catholics who helped build one of Columbia’s early landmarks were honored at the dedication of a special monument along the Congaree River recently. The monument is for indentured Irish workers who arrived […]

COLUMBIA — South Carolina’s Respect Life coordinators received motivation to keep the pro-life movement growing  and  to combine their resources recently.The Diocese of Charleston’s Office of Family Life sponsored a coordinator’s meeting  Sept. 13 at […]