2009 - Page 7 of 32 - The Catholic Miscellany

St. Mary School, Greenville, National Blue Ribbon Status

St. Mary celebrates Blue Ribbon status

November 6, 2009 Amy Wise Taylor | The Catholic Miscellany

GREENVILLE—National Blue Ribbon status was awarded to two schools in the Diocese of Charleston for 2009. St. Mary in Greenville and Christ Our King-Stella Maris in Mount Pleasant received official notification Sept. 15 from U.S. […]

St. Paul says we are saved in hope

November 5, 2009 Father Jeffrey Kirby | The Catholic Miscellany

Editor’s Note: This column is part of a series on dying. One summer, as a college student working at a department store, I was approached during my lunch break by a co-worker. He sat down […]

Cardinal Newman School, Columbia, Richland County, new school, campus, building

Cardinal Newman School to expand campus in Richland County

November 5, 2009 Christina Lee Knauss | The Catholic Miscellany

COLUMBIA—Cardinal Newman School now has an official site for construction of a new and larger facility. On Oct. 29, the school closed on the purchase of 49.12 acres from the Blue Cross and Blue Shield […]

Members of the College of Charleston Catholic Student Association celebrate after the blessing of their new meeting space in Father Egbert J. Figaro Hall Nov. 1.

Catholic College students move to new space

November 5, 2009 Amy Wise Taylor | The Catholic Miscellany

CHARLESTON—The College of Charleston’s campus ministry program finally has a place they can call home. On Nov. 1, members of the Catholic Student Association attended Mass at St. Patrick Church and a special blessing of […]

Pope Benedict XVI, encyclical, Caritas in Veritate, Populorium Progresio

Speaker says pope’s encyclical pinpoints the need for humanity and charity

November 5, 2009 Terry Cregar | The Catholic Miscellany

TAYLORS—Members of Prince of Peace Church turned out last week to hear fellow Catholics share their impressions of Pope Benedict XVI’s encyclical “Caritas in Veritate.” Ty Tessitore, Ph.D., professor of political science at Furman University, […]

Sister Nancy Hendershot, Sisters of Charity of St. Augustine

Augustinian sisters build hospitals, orphanages, community

November 5, 2009 Amy Wise Taylor | The Catholic Miscellany

COLUMBIA—The Sisters of Charity of St. Augustine are a diocesan order based in Cleveland, Ohio. They first came to South Carolina toward the end of The Great Depression. Sister Nancy Hendershot, vice president of mission […]

Jim Pennell, Alec and Winnie Robinson, Terry Buquet, and Pat and Mike Payne, members of St. Peter Church in Beaufort, are volunteers for Guiding Children of Promise, a program for mentoring children whose parents are incarcerated

Beaufort volunteers mentor children with incarcerated parents

November 5, 2009 Christina Lee Knauss | The Catholic Miscellany

BEAUFORT—Children who have a parent or parents serving time in the correctional system could be considered some of the most vulnerable in society. They are forced to deal not only with the loneliness and sadness […]

St. Joseph's Catholic School, cross country, Greenville

St. Joseph’s students are cross-country champs

November 5, 2009 Staff Reports | The Catholic Miscellany

GREENVILLE—St. Joseph’s Catholic School’s varsity girls’ cross-country team recently captured first place in the Greenville County Cross-Country Championships from among eleven public and private schools with runners in the tournament.

Diocese of Charleston official priest appointments

November 5, 2009 Staff Reports | The Catholic Miscellany

CHARLESTON—Effective Sept. 1 the following appointments made by Bishop Robert E. Guglielmone for the Diocese of Charleston: Father Nicholas Capetola, CRM, pastor of Immaculate Conception Church, Goose Creek; Father Nestor Jun Abog, CRM, parochial vicar […]

All Souls' Day, tradition, cemetery, Bishop Robert Guglielmone

Bishop Guglielmone starts an All Souls’ Day tradition

November 5, 2009 Amy Wise Taylor | The Catholic Miscellany

CHARLESTON—Bishop Robert E. Guglielmone brought a Northern tradition to life in the South when he celebrated Mass at Holy Cross Cemetery on All Souls’ Day. A large crowd braved the overcast, chilly weather to attend […]