Faith
Mercy Minutes — Forgiveness
Dr. Michael Martocchio, Director of the Office of Catechesis and Christian Initiation for the Diocese of Charleston interviews Bishop Robert E. Guglielmone about the topic of forgiveness.
Month: February 2016
Featured
Mourners praise life, legacy of Scalia, call his faith ‘remarkable’
WASHINGTON—Following the Feb. 20 funeral Mass for Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, some who attended the funeral shared their profound admiration and fond memories […]
Alison Blanchet
We all fight the battle between good and evil
While this may seem like heresy to some, I didn’t have plans to see “Star Wars: The Force Awakens”. Jim was going with friends the same night I was supposed to chaperone a middle school […]
Aiken Deanery
2016 Catholic Schools Week
As schools across the nation celebrated their accomplishments, communities and faith during Catholic Schools Week, the Diocese of Charleston had a special reason to cheer: the strategic growth plan to revitalize and strengthen schools was […]
Charleston Deanery
National signing day
Schools in the Diocese of Charleston hosted signing ceremonies on National Signing Day on Feb. 3, with a total of six athletes committing to play their sports at chosen colleges. At Bishop England High School, […]
Nation & World
Building walls to keep immigrants out is not Christian, pope says
ABOARD THE PAPAL FLIGHT FROM MEXICO—As the plane carrying him back to Rome from Mexico was flying over Texas, Pope Francis insisted building walls to keep immigrants out of one’s country is un-Christian. Holding his […]
Charleston Deanery
BE to build tennis center
CHARLESTON—Bishop England High School announced plans for its upcoming Msgr. John L. Manning Tennis Center, a five-court lighted facility that will be built next to the baseball field on campus. The new courts will be […]
Charleston Deanery
Portions of archives collections added to digital library
CHARLESTON—The Office of Archives and Records Management at the Diocese of Charleston announced that it recently added digitized portions of its collections to the Lowcountry Digital Library (http://lcdl.library.cofc.edu/contributing-institution/diocese-charleston-archives). The additions include three Camp St. Mary […]
Charleston Deanery
Pontel, Goodier advance to nationals
CHARLESTON—Isabella Pontel and Carson Goodier, both eighth-graders at Charleston Catholic, earned top honors at the State Beta Club Convention held in Myrtle Beach recently. Carson won first place in the essay competition and Isabella won […]
Columnists
Surprising purification
Each year the Church observes a period before Easter. Called “Lent” from the old English “lencten,” meaning “springtime,” the discipline of the season is a walk with the God who surprises His people at every […]