Year: 2011

MYRTLE BEACH—Msgr. Joseph Richard Roth, pastor of St. Andrew Church and an inductee into the firefighter hall of fame, died May 15. He was 74.

JOHNS ISLAND—Bishop Robert E. Guglielmone blesses the new parish life center at Holy Spirit Church on Johns Island after Mass May 1. Msgr. Charles H. Rowland, pastor, is at left. The parish, which completed a […]

GREENVILLE—Hundreds of Vietnamese spent Mother’s Day at the annual Our Lady of La Vang celebration, held May 8 at Our Lady of the Rosary Church. The event commemorates a vision of Mary that appeared in […]

GREENVILLE—Black Catholics’ deep faith and love of worshipping God has helped them through their past and will bless them as they deal with continuing growth and changes in the church.

MARION—The month of May is dedicated to Mary and is a great time for Catholics to enhance their devotion to her and become closer to Christ in the process. Father Lourdes Anthony led a spiritual […]

Fredron Blackmon is not a man who waits for others to take charge. “In order to change things positively, you have to step up,” he said. Born in Mobile, Ala., he serves as a pastoral […]

NORTH CHARLESTON—The Knights of Peter Claver and Ladies Auxiliary celebrated their annual Gulf Coast District Conference with a couple of momentous events.

COLUMBIA—Young people need a rich Catholic spiritual life. They are faced with peer pressure and the challenges of school, dating and secularism, and benefit enormously if they learn to pray daily and rely on their […]

COLUMBIA—St. Joseph School students were recently selected to receive the school’s service awards, which were presented to two students in each class during Mass on April 29 at St. Joseph Church. The qualities that a […]