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By MSGR. DONALD GORSKI My last article describes 1998 as one of the most stress-filled years of my life. I wrote then of the difficulty of coping with the effects of El Niño. Before the […]

By FATHER JEROME SCHWAB Three years ago this writer submitted an article called “What is Truth?” In that article I wrote that since God is one, he can possess only one truth, and that truth […]

By TIM BULLARD CONWAY — Archbishop Desmond Tutu spoke against racism Feb. 18 at Coastal Carolina University as a local group reignited a passionate opposition to the Confederate flag flying above the Statehouse in Columbia. […]

By NANCY SCHWERIN More than 200 courageous, spirited, devoted women gathered to share in a soul-searching day, filled with the word of God and lessons in spirituality. “All Sisters in God’s Grace: Women, Wisdom and […]

By DEIRDRE C. MAYS CHARLESTON — Jodie Parker never meets a stranger. Ask anyone who knows her and they will tell you “it’s a pleasure to deal with Jodie.” Her humor, warmth and willingness to […]

By JORDAN MCMORROUGH LEXINGTON — A stained-glass window depicting the holy family — Joseph and Mary holding the Christ child — was installed in December above the main entrance at Corpus Christi Church. It was […]

REV. SCOTT BUCHANAN With the coming of the new millennium and all of the preparations for it, Pope John Paul II recently announced a series of regulations for the gaining of special indulgences for the […]

Many hundreds of potential Catholics will make their way to churches around the state to make an important step in the Rite of Christian Initiation, Feb. 19-22. Catechumens for the Rite of Election and candidates […]

In a recent letter sent to pastors and pastoral administrators, Bishop David B. Thompson wrote, “During my visit to St. Louis recently for the Holy Father’s visit there was a very special blessing which I […]

By DEIRDRE C. MAYS CHARLESTON  An image of Christ watches over those who come in and out of the doors of Our Lady of Mercy Church. Over the altar, on a wall bare for […]