Articles by Paul A Barra | The Catholic Miscellany

SANTEE — The growing Catholic community of this lake district ended a long pursuit when it broke ground during a celebratory event on July 28. “We’ve been without a church building for 20 years,” said […]

SPARTANBURG — Eight of the 30 Catholic schools in South Carolina have new leaders for the 2005-2006 academic year. Some incoming principals have replaced retiring administrators, some are interim themselves and others have moved up […]

LAKE CITY — It may have been a simple robbery, or it may have been a hate crime, but when burglars broke into St. Philip the Apostle Church on July 5 they took consecrated hosts […]

LANCASTER — They didn’t come from Africa for Jesuit Father John T. O’Holohan’s 50th anniversary of ordination, but friends and supporters came from all the parishes he has served in America. And they especially came […]

SIMPSONVILLE — In 1994, parishioners at St. Mary Magdalene Church decided to begin perpetual adoration of the Eucharist, so they called on Missionaries of the Most Blessed Sacrament priest Joseph De Luca. When the parish […]

SIMPSONVILLE — When Carrie Vaughn of St. Mary Magdalene Parish was struggling to understand her faith, apologist John Martignoni came to her rescue on Catholic radio station WCKI, 1300-am. “I started listening to him on […]

GREENVILLE — Bishop Robert J. Baker and hundreds of Catholic men and women descended on the Embassy Suites hotel April 29 for the 84th annual Knights of Columbus convention for South Carolina. Serving the church […]

GREENVILLE — After 30 years as a contemplative religious in South Carolina’s Poor Clare Monastery, Sister Mary Connor’s life is about to change. At the April 2005 general meeting of the order, the Chicago native […]

COLUMBIA — Three of South Carolina’s Catholic high schools dominated spring soccer competitions this year. The girls of Bishop England High School in Charleston won the AA championship in the S.C. High School League on […]

SPARTANBURG — At the second annual Fashions in Vogue fashion show April 17, Catholic girls demonstrated that modesty is stylish. Dozens of high school and middle school girls modeled attire that ranged from beachwear to […]