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Birthright of Greenville, abortion, unplanned pregnancy, crisis
News and Events

Birthright of Greenville celebrates 30 years of success stories

February 18, 2010 Paul A Barra | The Catholic Miscellany

GREENVILLE—The winter sun waned and the sky began to darken, and still they stood in the parking lot. The staff could see them through the front window, a white teenage girl and a black man […]

Knights of Columbus Insurance, State of South Carolina
News and Events

Knights of Columbus is thriving in all quarters

February 11, 2010 Paul A Barra | The Catholic Miscellany

South Carolina legislators came back to work in January and found their statehouse fairly drowning in red ink. Towns have cut services across the state, schools have added students to classes and factories face empty […]

Father Hayden Vaverek, U.S. Air Force, veteran, Catholic Business Breakfast, Greer
News and Events

Chaplain urges Catholic business leaders to help their neighbors

November 19, 2009 Paul A Barra | The Catholic Miscellany

GREER—Father Hayden J. Vaverek, a 21-year U.S. Air Force veteran, spoke about the need for action in times of societal crisis during the Catholic Business Breakfast on Nov. 11 at the Thornblade Country Club. “The […]

Missionary Image of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Dan Lynch
News and Events

Guadalupe missionary image travels South Carolina

October 29, 2009 Paul A Barra | The Catholic Miscellany

ANDERSON — A missionary image of Our Lady of Guadalupe made a 10-day pilgrimage to South Carolina in mid-October, accompanied the second week by Dan Lynch. Lynch, a retired judge from St. Albans, Vt., is […]

St. Joseph's Catholic School, teenagers with cancer, solidarity
News and Events

Classmates show solidarity to teenagers with cancer

October 1, 2009 Paul A Barra | The Catholic Miscellany

GREENVILLE — When Christopher Olin and John Griffin Hawkins were diagnosed with cancer over the summer, their parents were devastated. They worried about the pain and suffering the teens would have to endure and their […]

Stephanie Wood Weinert, Family Life Center International
News and Events

Upstate teens Rock for Life at annual concert

September 24, 2009 Paul A Barra | The Catholic Miscellany

GREENVILLE — Upstate teenagers  participated in a unique blend of rock music and spirituality known as Rock for Life. They came together at St. Joseph’s Catholic School to sing and dance to the sounds of […]

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News and Events

Prison ministry workshops show volunteers how to help inmates

August 6, 2009 Paul A Barra | The Catholic Miscellany

GREENVILLE — Ministering to Catholics among the 30,000 prisoners in South Carolina is a daunting task, even though Jesus called the people who do so blessed. To help, Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Charles­ton […]

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News and Events

Virginia Cotter readies for joy in religious life

August 6, 2009 Paul A Barra | The Catholic Miscellany

GREENVILLE — After two years of contemplating a religious vocation, Virginia Cotter thought she was finally ready to visit some orders for a closer look. When she arrived at the Sisters of Life convent in […]

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News and Events

Pearlie Harris lives and serves in hope for her church

August 6, 2009 Paul A Barra | The Catholic Miscellany

GREENVILLE — Pearlie Harris is the daughter of a country preacher who was educated in a one-room schoolhouse for black children in Saluda, N.C. She grew up to become the chairman of the board of […]

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News and Events

St. Mary Magdalene employment support group knows what works

July 16, 2009 Paul A Barra | The Catholic Miscellany

SIMPSONVILLE — With the state’s unemployment rate at 12.1 percent and with literally hundreds of parishioners out of work in many churches, some business professionals in the Upstate decided to do something about it. A […]

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