Year: 2008

MYRTLE BEACH — The Grand Strand area could have a new Catholic high school by 2012. The first of a series of informational meetings about the proposed school was held May 3 at St. Andrew […]

LA COMUNIDAD, El Salvador — Rhett Williams believes the people of the Diocese of Charleston, S.C., can learn a lot about faith from their fellow Catholics in Latin America. Williams, 23, a Mount Pleasant, S.C., […]

TENNESSEE — Armed with a guitar and a repertoire of songs from the 60s, a junior from McCallie High School raised $3,200 to build a home and bathroom for a family in Nicaragua, and he […]

ANDERSON — Twice every week, a Catholic man goes into a small room to face 15 or so hardened criminals, sometimes he is alone, sometimes he is accompanied by a  retired priest. He doesn’t like […]

JÉRÉMIE, Haiti — The food riots are in the news, the Vatican has sent out a plea for help and a newly elected prime minister hopes to turn the tide on a food crisis. It’s […]

HILTON HEAD — The word beatitude comes from the Latin “beatus,” meaning blessed or blessing. Jesus used the beatitudes to describe the qualities of the inhabitants of the kingdom of heaven during the beginning of […]

Editor’s Note: In a letter to the faithful of South Carolina, Msgr. Martin T. Laughlin, administrator of the Diocese of Charleston, encourages Catholics to dedicate the month of May to Mary. “Through her may see […]

AIKEN — On May 9, parishioners of St. Gerard Church will share an evening of friendship and remembrance as they prepare for Father Charles Kawesi’s return to his native Uganda and the Diocese of Kampala. […]

PAGELAND — St. Ernest Mission may have a small congregation, but they have big hearts and lofty goals.  Founded in 1990 as a mission of St. Peter Church in Cheraw, the members of St. Ernest […]

COLUMBIA — Mary Magdalene is not only one of the best-known women of the New Testament, but also one of the most misunderstood. Her multi-faceted life and the role she played in the Gospels offers […]