Articles by Christina Lee Knauss | The Catholic Miscellany

WALTERBORO — Maria Benavides Leal gave the simplest of answers when asked why she has devoted so much of her life to serving the church, both on her own and through membership in the women’s […]

CHARLESTON — Freedom of conscience in the health care field has become a hot-button issue in recent months. Many people have raised concerns that the administration under President Barack Obama will repeal a “conscience rule” […]

CHARLESTON — The monks at Mepkin Abbey have started the search for a new way of supporting themselves once their popular egg production business comes to an end.  In December, the abbey announced it would […]

GREENVILLE — Father Bartholomew Leon is a priest with the rare distinction of being able to celebrate Mass under two completely different Catholic rites.  He serves as pastor of St. Rafka Maronite Mission in the […]

GLOVERVILLE — Peggy Estes and her father, Jimmy, spent a recent Wednesday morning solving math problems. The two Edgefield residents huddled at a table with Christina Geter of Beech Island and figured out the correct […]

HILTON HEAD — The 79th annual Convention of the S.C. Council of Catholic Women offered participants from the Diocese of Charleston three days of spiritual reflection, celebration and fellowship. The event, held at the Hilton […]

CHARLESTON — April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month, and Catholics at all levels are being encouraged to learn more about this difficult issue.   The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops has developed a […]

CHARLESTON — Bishop-designate Robert E. Guglielmone stepped up to the lectern at the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist on March 24 and gestured at the crowded pews, the rows of his fellow priests and […]