Articles by Paul A Barra | The Catholic Miscellany

GREENVILLE — Joe Hewes drove 50 miles to St. Mary Church on the evening of Oct. 14 to hear a panel discussion on life issues. Hewes is retired and goes to Mass four days a […]

GREENVILLE — Lloyd and Nancy Greenhaw spoke to 50,000 people at one time in Rwanda a few months ago, yet they expended as much energy holding a mission for less than 100 a night at […]

GAFFNEY — It’s the kind of parish where even the ushers are in shirtsleeves for Sunday Mass. People are familiar with each other, talk to each other’s kids and act generally as if they are […]

AIKEN — The story of Griselda Negrete, a Silver Bluff High School honors student who discovered last spring that she was an illegal alien, might have a happy ending. The teen found that she and […]

GREENVILLE — The Poor Clare sisters, who live in simple seclusion in their mon-astery on North Pleasantburg Drive, spend most of their day in silence. But these contemplative nuns, known as Second Order Franciscans, are […]

GREENVILLE — Father Dac Tran, a Franciscan friar, vicar for Vietnamese Ministry in the Diocese of Charleston and administrator of Our Lady of the Rosary Church, is an ardent advocate for a welcoming church. He […]

GREENVILLE — When 18-year-old Margie Hosch entered a Franciscan convent in Dubuque, Iowa, in June 1954, her younger sister was surprised because she was so popular as a youth. But she was the second of […]

GREENVILLE — The diocesan vicar for Vietnamese ministry attended the Asian and Pacific Institute for Mission and Ministry conference in Ft. Lauderdale on May 21-23. Franciscan Father Dac Tran expected to gain a new appreciation […]

GREENVILLE — Nobody would ever call Yvonne Herd Arrowood a copycat, even though her artistic output is mostly stuff that has been done before. She is known as a painter of variants. A variant is […]

GREENVILLE — Richard P. Gildersleeve was a successful scientist, college professor and business executive when he had what he calls a Franciscan moment that changed his life completely. He is now committed to a ministry […]