Year: 2008

SUMMERVILLE — St. Anthony’s Church in Dharmasagar, India, has a new home for the priests working to help the forgotten children and suffering poor, thanks to the generosity of South Carolina Catholics. Father Thomasaiah Reddimasu […]

Obedience. Deference. Authority. Docility. These are not very popular words in our society. Our culture has attached a negative connotation to each of them. Why? Each of these words, when properly understood, is a key […]

COLUMBIA — John Bolchoz knows what it means to remain committed to a goal. The 17-year-old senior at Cardinal Newman School first decided to seek an appointment to a U.S. military academy when he was […]

MOUNT PLEASANT — The following information about Christ Our King/Stella Maris School was provided by Jean Moschella, principal. History: Founded by Msgr. J. Laurence McLaughlin at the end of the 1940s, Stella Maris School began […]

Editor’s Note: This is a letter Msgr. Martin T. Laughlin, administrator of the Diocese of Charleston wrote about Family Honor. To all priests, parish life facilitators, family life coordinators, principals and parents:  During his time […]

Vision statement for chastity education in the Diocese of CharlestonEditor’s Note: The following statement was published as part of Msgr. Martin T. Laughlin’s promotion of chastity and Family Honor programs in the Diocese of Charleston. […]

COLUMBIA — Family Honor, Inc., a Columbia-based chastity education organization, has released a new vision statement outlining plans for furthering its promotion in the Diocese of Charleston.   The statement refers to “Deus Caritas Est […]

Editor’s note: This is the fourth of a series of eight Lenten columns. Fourth truth: Shepherds in Christ’s Name. A young couple asked me once about the church’s teachings on sexuality and marriage. They were […]

GREER — She is the mother of nine; the oldest is a freshman in college and the youngest is just the other side of diapers. Having responsibility for that many kids, and all that goes […]

TAYLORS — This spring is shaping up as a very special one for Jillian Nutter. The 23-year-old Clemson resident plans to get married on the last day of May, about two months after she is […]