Year: 2008

CHARLESTON — All over the Diocese of Charleston, hats and gowns are replacing prom dresses and tuxes as the senior classes prepare for graduation. St. Joseph’s Catholic School in Greenville will be the first to […]

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Nearly 40 students received degrees during the 109th commencement at the Pontifical College Josephinum on May 10. “Today marks the end of the Pontifical College Josephinum’s 120th year of service to the […]

WINNSBORO — Marian Faile moved to this Fairfield County town 60 years ago, during a time when there were so few Catholics in the area that Masses were celebrated in borrowed rooms at drugstores and […]

On May 2, 56 Catholic men and women from South Carolina, Florida, Georgia, and North Carolina embarked on a pilgrimage to Our Lady of the Angels Monastery, home of the Eternal Word Television Network, and […]

WASHINGTON — When our family found out that we had received four of the 25 tickets allotted to the Diocese of Charleston to attend the papal Mass at Nationals Park in Washington, D.C., we were […]

SPARTANBURG — He played curmudgeonly Mr. Potter in one of his five high school theater performances, but now it looks as if he may have the lead role in his own reality show of  “It’s […]

CHARLESTON — Florence Crittenton Programs of South Carolina has plans to expand its services to assist the wider community. The plans include the creation of a resource center for pregnant women, nursing mothers and their […]

GREER — The eighth annual Vietnamese Marian celebration drew hundreds of people to Our Lady of La Vang Park on May 18. In the bright sunshine, men, women and children recited the rosary, sang hymns […]

COLUMBIA — Gov. Mark Sanford signed the Ultrasound Act into law on May 14. The law requires that abortion providers inform women they have a right to view the image of their unborn child before […]

EMMITSBURG, Md. — Sister Mary Eugene Monaldo, former provincial secretary of the Emmitsburg Province of the Daughters of Charity, died May 5 at Villa St. Michael, the province’s retirement residence. She was 78. The Mass […]