Year: 2008

CHARLESTON — James Walsh, former  financial manager of the Diocese of Charleston, died July 31. He was 78. A Mass of Christian burial was held Aug. 4 at St. Joseph Church, and he was interred […]

SIMPSONVILLE — Jesuit Father Herbert K. Conner, pastor of St. Mary Magdalene Church, died Aug. 30. He was 77. The Mass of Christian Burial was held Sept. 4 at St. Mary Magdalene Church. The burial […]

CHARLESTON — Thirteen seminarians are studying to become priests in the Diocese of Charleston. Third-year theology: Philip Gillespie, Mount St. Mary’s Seminary, Emmitsburg, Md.; Artur Przywara, Sts. Cyril and Methodius Seminary, Orchard Lake, Mich.; and […]

MYRTLE BEACH — Gail Ferrell will always remember Sept. 19, 2005. That was the day she received a phone call from a man who asked her, “Does the date Dec. 19, 1973, mean anything to […]

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 […]