AIKEN/COLUMBIA—Father Gary S. Linsky, rector of the Basilica of St. Peter in Columbia on July 12, celebrated the beginning of the Diocese of Charleston’s countdown to its bicentennial with vespers. With him is Msgr. Richard Harris, Vicar General and pastor of St. Joseph Church in Columbia, and Father Joseph Romanoski, pastor of Corpus Christi Church in Lexington. Father Gregory Wilson, pastor of St. Mary Help of Christians, celebrated vespers at his parish July 26. The motto for the 200th anniversary is “One Family in Faith.”
