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Month: August 2016

Columbia Deanery

Sisters of Charity Foundation of South Carolina awards $240,000 in Grants

August 16, 2016 Caroline

COLUMBIA—The Sisters of Charity Foundation awarded $240,000 to six strategic grantees addressing the root causes of poverty in South Carolina. The Foundation’s mission to address generational poverty focuses on three broad categories of health, education […]

Charleston Deanery

Gear for peak hurricane season with prayer and preparation

August 16, 2016 Christina Lee Knauss | The Catholic Miscellany

The calendar page has flipped over to August, and that means the begin­ning of peak hurricane season. The official Atlantic hurricane season is June 1 through Nov. 30, but the peak season began Aug. 1, […]

Nation & World

Faith, Hope and Charity keep grounds of church cemetery tidy

August 13, 2016 Caroline

NEW YORK—They’re baaaaaaaaaa-ck! For the third straight year, a historic New York City church has imported three sheep from an upstate New York farm to serve as organic lawn mowers in its two-century-old cemetery. The […]

Nation & World

Faith, family lighten load for triathlete who travels with a lot of gear

August 12, 2016 Caroline

BALTIMORE—World-class triathlete Katie Hursey Zaferes travels with a custom bicycle and enough workout gear to outfit an entire aerobics class. How does she lighten her load? With liberal doses of faith and family. When Zaferes, […]

Featured

Pope Francis pays “Mercy Friday” visit to rescued women

August 12, 2016 Caroline

VATICAN CITY—Continuing his Year of Mercy practice of going one Friday a month to visit people facing special struggles, Pope Francis paid a surprise visit to a community helping 20 young women get their lives […]

Faith

The Assumption of Mary recalls being lifted into presence of God

August 12, 2016 Caroline

On Aug. 15 Catholics and many other Christians will cel­ebrate the Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. The significant feast day recalls the spiritual and physical departure of the mother of Jesus […]

Aiken Deanery

World Youth Day inspires participants to ‘leave a mark’

August 11, 2016 Amy Wise Taylor | The Catholic Miscellany

Pilgrims from the Diocese of Charleston returned from World Youth Day with an altered per­spective on the meaning of the Year of Mercy, along with a life­time of memories, and moments that impacted their lives. […]

Faith

Christ truly present: Eucharist is source and summit of Catholic faith

August 11, 2016 Christina Lee Knauss | The Catholic Miscellany

MYRTLE BEACH—Many people take Commu­nion every Sunday, but never stop to think about what, exactly, they are receiving. Stop and consider that Je­sus Christ is really and truly present in the consecrated host. That subject […]

Nation & World

U.N. Refugee Olympic team: ‘The victory scream of all refugees’

August 11, 2016 Caroline

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil—Glued to the improvised screen set up on the patio of the Caritas house, the refugees yelled and they cried. But most of all, they cheered. They cheered for their two Congolese […]

Nation & World

Bishop believes moral leadership can bridge the racial divide

August 11, 2016 Caroline

BELLEVILLE, Ill.—With the second anniversary of riots in Ferguson, Mo., this week, Bishop Edward Braxton of Belleville has noted the downfalls of racial division and spoke about the importance of moral leadership as the best […]

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