Month: October 2009

CHARLESTON — Next week, readers of The Catholic Miscellany will see some changes in the paper and Internet versions of their newspaper. The Miscellany’s paper format has undergone some updates, with the help of design […]

CHARLESTON — Bishop Robert E. Guglielmone celebrated Mass and blessed the three new bells for the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist on Oct. 15, saying the instruments will serve as a call to conversation […]

CHARLESTON — Catholics are called to remember their deceased loved ones at a Mass celebrated by Bishop Robert E. Guglielmone at Holy Cross Cemetery at 11 a.m. on Nov. 2.   It will be a […]

SOUTH CAROLINA — God seems to have blessed Catholic schools with his protective hand in terms of the H1N1 virus. Most of the Diocese of Charleston schools contacted by The Miscellany said they had seen […]

COLUMBIA — Cold temperatures and occasional mist and rain didn’t bother the Boy and Girl Scouts and their families who attended the Diocese of Charleston’s fifth Catholic Scouting Camporee held on Oct. 16-18. Bishop Robert […]

COLUMBIA — Approaching difficult health care decisions from a Catholic perspective was the focus at the Diaconate Fall Day of Continuing Education held Oct. 17 at St. Peter Church in Columbia.   Father John Markham, […]

Editor’s Note: This is the first column in a series on dying. Some years ago, when a beloved mentor of mine was terminally ill, I asked him what it was like to prepare for death. […]

Sin. It’s a short word; three little letters that do not look like much. But for faithful Catholics, that word symbolizes a barrier to living in the fullness of God’s love. Sin is also something […]

ZAMBIA — Franciscan Sisters Margie Hosch and Connie Fahey experienced 30 days in Zambia in Southern Africa that left them with a better understanding of the country’s dual nature of beauty and suffering. Sister Margie […]