Articles by Paul A Barra | The Catholic Miscellany

COLUMBIA — For 30 consecutive years, ever since the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision of the U.S. Supreme Court legalized abortion across the nation, South Carolinians have protested the ruling with song and prayer. This […]

COLUMBIA — For the 13th straight Christmas, it will be “Destination St. Peter’s” for homeless people in the capital city of South Carolina. The St. Vincent de Paul Society will host its annual dinner and […]

GREENVILLE — Hundreds of Vietnamese Catholics gathered at Our Lady of the Rosary Church on Nov. 16 to celebrate one of their two major ethnic feast days, the Feast of the Vietnamese Martyrs. Father Joseph […]

COLUMBIA — November is Black Catholic Month and the Diocese of Charleston is celebrating the national event with a traveling pictorial display that is proving to be an effective way of establishing the place of […]

NORTH CHARLESTON – They are the Congregation of Christian Brothers, but we know them as the Irish Christian Brothers, educators of countless thousands of American Catholic youth. Seven years ago, they came to St. John […]

MOUNT PLEASANT – Habitat for Humanity is a ministry that works because of people like Greg Thomas. Thomas is the construction supervisor for the East Cooper chapter of Habitat, and people of all ages volunteer […]

GLOVERVILLE – The peripatetic bishop of South Carolina traveled down to the rural reaches of Aiken County on Sept. 28 to celebrate the feast day of St. Vincent de Paul with the Vincentians who live […]

CHESTER — St. Joseph Church is not only celebrating its 150th anniversary as a parish this year, but parishioners are doing so in the same place that six generations before them used for worshipping God. […]

SIMPSONVILLE — “My goal is to stay up for 24 hours straight, and I’m almost there.” Those words, spoken by 12-year-old Kelsey Larson, are enough to strike fear in the heart of any parent of […]

GREENVILLE — It’s enough to make a grown person cry. Contemplating the life of Heather K. LaDue through the prism of our own helter-skelter existences can do that. LaDue is not only accomplished, driven and […]