Year: 2009

MYRTLE BEACH — Cathy Burrows said she knows firsthand how an abortion can cause a woman mental and spiritual trauma. The Williamsburg County resident was persuaded by her parents to travel to New York in […]

Planning ahead and prayer can ease the stress on bereaved families   The death of a loved one is one of the most difficult things anyone can face. For Catholics, the pain of bereavement may […]

ROCK HILL — Members of Our Lady of Grace Mission say a special prayer together each week at the 4 p.m. Saturday Mass. “Lord God … we are grateful for our community … we ask […]

GREENVILLE — Pearlie Harris is the daughter of a country preacher who was educated in a one-room schoolhouse for black children in Saluda, N.C. She grew up to become the chairman of the board of […]

GARDEN CITY — On a recent Sunday morning, cars packed the lots at St. Michael Church as locals and vacationers attended the morning Masses in the main building. Behind the church, another set of cars […]

Families gathering around a dinner table to give thanks, share a meal and talk to each other has become an increasingly rare occurrence. Busy lifestyles have made it easier for people to pick up fast […]

CHARLESTON — Rich­ard Tomlinson, a seminarian for the Diocese of Charleston, was ordained to the transitional diaconate at St. Paul’s Basilica in Rome on June 19. Bishop Christopher Saunders of the Diocese of Broome, Australia, […]

COLUMBIA — Brother Carlos Luis Parrilla is leaving his position as manager of the Office of Hispanic Ministries for the Diocese of Charleston to serve as vocations director for his order, the Congregation of the […]

CHARLESTON — The bells could be ringing in the new steeple at the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist by early 2010. Encased in scaffolding and draped in black cloth, the Cathedral is currently a […]

EDGEFIELD — Father Robert W. Ninedorf,  pastor of St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception Church, died July 6. He was 81. The Mass of Christian burial was held July 11 at St. Mary. Father Ninedorf […]