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If all goes as planned, the Institute for Parish Leadership Development will begin Course Two right after Labor Day. Classes for Course One concluded in February 1999. It took some time to study and analyze […]

By JOEY REISTROFFER GAFFNEY — Folks from Sacred Heart flocked to Mass June 11 to celebrate the feast day of the church and learned quite a bit about God’s love for his people. On this […]

By KELLY CARR MOUNT PLEASANT – From April 1998 to January 1999, six Christ Our King parishioners attended the first segment of classes offered by the Institute for Parish Leadership Development. Representatives included Robert Michael […]

By PAUL A. BARRA MONCKS CORNER – June 19 was a big day in the evolution of the monastic community at Mepkin Abbey. The monks broke ground for their new Senior Wing and celebrated the […]

By DEIRDRE C. MAYS CHARLESTON — Over 30 years ago, race relations in Charleston were just starting to turn the corner of change. In the midst was a certain Father Thomas Duffy. In 1969 the […]

By JORDAN MCMORROUGH CHARLESTON – Fathers C. Thomas Miles, Michael J. Oenbrink and Robert J. Sayer have ended one journey and now begun a more challenging path. The three men were ordained last Saturday at […]

By NANCY SCHWERIN Michael J. Oenbrink was born in Annapolis, Md., one of seven children. He graduated from The Citadel, started his own financial planning company, and at 35 entered the seminary — it was […]

NORTH AUGUSTA — Peter Christopher Sherlock mixes seriousness and wisdom beyond his years with a touch of humor. The 16-year-old Strom Thurmond High School student, who will be a senior this fall and is a […]

By MSGR. J. DONALD GORSKI As best I can remember, it’s a first in my 40 years as a priest. I just returned from giving a young man five of the seven sacraments: the sacraments […]

By KATHY SCHMUGGE COLUMBIA — Dreams became reality when the shovels hit the dirt during the site preparation groundbreaking ceremony for Phase 1 of the St. Joseph’s church and school expansion on June 5. The […]