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By PAUL A. BARRA MONCKS CORNER — I went to Mepkin Abbey on April 3 expecting fireworks — exactly the opposite reaction most people anticipate when visiting the peaceful environs of the monastery. But I […]

By NANCY CZABALA ISLE OF PALMS — Father John Sheehan, SMA, traveled a long road in his 50 years in the priesthood before he came to settle in Isle of Palms. While working in his […]

By TIM BULLARD MYRTLE BEACH — For Art Roehrl, a parishioner at St. Andrew’s Church and retired Federal Bureau of Investigation agent living in Horry County, a three-decade career with the agency has provided some […]

By MARY HOOD HART For the past several mornings, after he is dressed and ready to run out the door when the car pool arrives, Jimmy stands at our window and watches birds. Last weekend […]

Q&A with Institute Director Father Joseph Wahl The following is an interview between The New Catholic Miscellany and Father Joseph Wahl, CO, director of the diocesan Institute for Parish Leadership Development. NCM — The first […]

By TIM BULLARD GARDEN CITY — Controversial issues can span mundane budgetary battles to who’s bringing the fried chicken for the picnic, but on Saturday, April 4, St. Michael’s Church convened a timely AIDS ministry […]

By JORDAN MCMORROUGHAdditional Pictures of Chrism Mass CHARLESTON — The Sacred Chrism Mass was celebrated by Bishop David B. Thompson last Tuesday, April 7, at the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist. Priests in service […]

By JORDAN MCMORROUGH CHARLESTON — Saying they had “received the faith of Jesus in the Catholic Church,” Bishop David B. Thompson celebrated a Mass of the Neophytes at the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist […]

By FATHER JOSEPH A. WAHL, C.O. I have often heard Bishop Thompson express the hope that the Institute for Parish Leadership Development would be “up and running” before his retirement. That hope becomes a reality […]

By PAUL A. BARRA DANIEL ISLAND — If diocesan officials anticipated resistance from any one group to the new Bishop England High School, they thought it might come from older alumni. After all, they have […]