Articles by Christina Lee Knauss | The Catholic Miscellany

MYRTLE BEACH — Members of St. Andrew Parish celebrated the completion of their new community life center Nov. 20 with a blessing and dedication of the new building. More than 400 people attended a Mass […]

WHITE OAK — More than 700 junior high boys and girls took part in one of the largest youth rallies held in the diocese in recent years, according to Jerry White, director of youth and […]

COLUMBIA — Men, women, young adults and children stood along major roads around the state Oct. 1, holding signs proclaiming “Defend Life,” “Women Need Love,” and often praying quietly together. They gathered along Kings Highway […]

GREENVILLE — For the second time in three years, the Catholic High School Honor Roll has named St. Joseph’s Catholic School as one of the top 50 Catholic secondary schools in America. The school also […]

South Carolinians will soon have a new place to display a pro-life message: their license plates. Governor Mark Sanford formally signed legislation Sept. 7 that will allow non-profit groups such as area pro-life organizations to […]

Kingstree — The wind and rain couldn’t dampen the prayerful enthusiasm of more than 300 people who gathered Oct. 8 for the inauguration of the Shrine of Our Lady of South Carolina — Our Lady […]

SUMMERTON — A steady stream of cars, vans and pickup trucks pulls up at a small house on a sleepy side street in this Clarendon County town on the second and third Thursday of every […]

GREENVILLE — Mendi Drayton has joined Catholic Charities as coordinator of immigration services for the Piedmont Deanery. Drayton, 28, started work at the Greenville office during the second week of September. Her responsibilities include helping […]

COLUMBIA — During his homily for the heritage celebration in Kingstree, Father Freddy Washington said he hoped to convey the importance and richness of the heritage of black Catholics in South Carolina and the important […]

COLUMBIA — When Father David Whitman carried a gold monstrance containing the Eucharist into a meeting room packed with teenagers, the room grew so silent that the chirping of crickets outside could be heard. He […]