Month: May 2009

ROCK HILL — Oratorian Brother David Boone received the Order of the Palmetto, the highest civilian honor in South Carolina, at a special ceremony held at South Pointe High School. He was honored for more […]

COLUMBIA — St. Ann Church in Florence and Our Lady of Peace Church in North Augusta are working with an international Christian organization to obtain  supplies for needy people in their communities. Both churches have […]

“My friends, who are mostly Protestant, think it’s a scandal,” said Rosemary Bergeron of Jesus Our Risen Savior Church in Spartanburg. “They want to know what the church is going to do about it.” Bergeron […]

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Over 40  leaders in the black Catholic community, representing over 20 dioceses and archdioceses across the United States, met March 16-17 for “Building Relationships for the Future.” The event was sponsored by […]

CHARLESTON — The vote to move the S.C. Education Opportunity Act back into subcommittee represents a good-news, bad-news scenario for school choice advocates. The bad news is that the bill does not currently have the […]

NEW YORK — The National Black Catholic Apostolate for Life has called for the establishment of June as “Abortion and Acts of Violence Awareness Month,” according to a press release. Beverly A. Carroll, assistant director […]

The young woman who entered the Birthright of Charleston building was visibly upset, but trying to maintain composure. The office was not officially open and none of the volunteers who provide testing or counseling for […]

PARKSVILLE — Boy and Girl Scouts of St. Mary Help of Christians Church in Aiken took to the woods for the first St. Mary’s Scouting Camporee  from May 15-18. The theme was “Bridging God, Country, […]

Editor’s Note: This is a continuing series on religious orders serving in the Diocese of Charleston. The Sisters of Sts. Cyril and Methodius are a national congregation of women religious who serve in six different […]

CHARLESTON — Four men will move one step closer to becoming priests for the Diocese of Charleston when they are ordained to the transitional diaconate in the next few weeks. Philip Gillespie, Richard Jackson and […]