Year: 2008

Editor’s Note: This is the fourth of a five-part series of columns Father Jeffrey Kirby is writing for the month of October, which is dedicated to Mary and the rosary. Fourth Truth:  We stand before […]

COLUMBIA — The S.C. State Fair is not a place most people would expect to find the faithful handing out rosaries and St. Michael prayer cards beneath a portrait of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. […]

BLUFFTON — During a  typical weekend in autumn, most teens can be found at high school football games,  sleeping, at the beach, or surfing the net.The weekend of Oct. 10-12 found more than 20 Lowcountry […]

CHARLESTON — The fourth degree Knights of Columbus celebrated their 56th Exemplification at the Church of the Nativity on Oct. 11. Each year one Knight  is selected to be honored at the exemplification. This year, […]

ROCK HILL — Finding the special vocation God has in store for every person was the central focus of the 2008 Diocese of Charles ton Black Catholic Heritage Celebration, held Oct. 17-18 at St. Mary […]

Today and always, the United States of America, a republic, finds its most noble expression and sentiment in the Constitution of the United States and in the Bill of Rights. These doc u ments, an […]

ORANGEBURG — Bess Alston had just retired from a teaching career in 2002 when she took on a new role helping an entirely different group of students. She is now the director of Catholic campus […]

SOUTH CAROLINA — Many priests and deacons held animal blessings around the state on Oct. 4, the feast day of St. Francis of Assisi.St. Francis was born in 1181 or 1182 and died in 1226. […]

Parents have the responsibility to watch over their children who, if they had total freedom, would seek immediate gratification from all that seemed good — candy, TV, games — as soon as they could get […]

Many people who came across the following story probably  found it somewhat amusing but most likely also considered it unfortunate. A Sunday school teacher asked each pupil in the class to name one thing most […]