Year: 2008

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 […]

Editor’s Note: This is the first story in a series on religious orders serving in the Diocese of Charleston. The Sisters of Charity of Our Lady of Mercy were formally established in the Diocese of […]

GREENVILLE — Catholics in the Upstate have worked successfully with others to bring a second Iraqi child injured in the war to Greenville for medical treatment. Rusul Jalal, 7, arrived in Greenville on July 11 […]

CHARLESTON — Sister Colleen Waterman, a Franciscan Sister of the Congregation of Our Lady of Lourdes, celebrated her 50th Jubilee at her motherhouse in Rochester, Minn., on June 21. She was one of eight Franciscans […]

SIMPSONVILLE — Though it seems to take many of us until our high school or college years — and sometimes later than that — before figuring out our vocation in life, Jesuit Father Herbert K. […]

GREENVILLE — In an attempt to evangelize proactively, St. Mary Church hosted a “Challenging Catholics” panel discussion in Gallivan Hall on July 17. “This event is just to be a little more positive, to give […]

CHARLESTON — The Irish Children’s Summer Program is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year with 24 Catholic and Protestant children visiting Columbia from Northern Ireland. The program was begun by Mary Ellen O’Leary and Katie […]