Articles by Deirdre C. Mays | The Catholic Miscellany

CHARLESTON — Graduates of the Bon Secours-St. Francis Hospital Clinical Pastoral Education program roundly agreed during their completion ceremony this summer that the ministry benefited them as much as it did the patients. Father Wilbroad […]

CHARLESTON — Fire was just another way to let the light of Christ shine at Our Lady of Mercy. After renovation of the fire-damaged building was complete, more than 125 people packed into the church […]

CHARLESTON — People who attended the Black Catholic Heritage Festival June 21-22 were all one color, “earth color.” So said Archbishop Anthony J.V. Obinna of Nigeria who told the congregation at the event’s closing Mass […]

CHARLESTON — What was already a cause for celebration for Catholics throughout the state became more meaningful when four men were ordained to the priesthood in the Diocese of Charleston June 7. After the last […]

CHARLESTON – After a May 3-4 special appeal for the Bishop’s Stewardship Appeal, some individuals who had already given might wonder why they received another request in the mail. “We decided that it would be […]

CHARLESTON – After a May 3-4 special appeal for the Bishop’s Stewardship Appeal, some individuals who had already given might wonder why they received another request in the mail. “We decided that it would be […]

CHARLESTON — At 4 foot 11 inches (and three quarters), Carrie Graves stands out in a crowd. She is distinctive because this diminutive cadet is a sophomore at The Citadel and an active Catholic. She […]

CHARLESTON – Funding levels of the Bishop Stewardship Appeal are down and in order to continue support of many ministries throughout the Diocese of Charleston Bishop Robert J. Baker has designated the weekend of May […]

CHARLESTON — The groundbreaking and blessing for the St. Joseph Residence at the Carter-May Home Feb. 24 was an intergenerational affair. The female residents of the home were joined in celebration by retired priests, children […]

CHARLESTON — While war raged in Iraq, the first day of spring, a season of birth and renewal, was marked at the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist with a special Mass for peace and […]