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Theft of historic wood disheartens St. James the Greater Mission community

July 9, 2013 Staff Reports | The Catholic Miscellany

When thieves stole a trailer loaded with wood from a Catholic church recently, they took more than scraps from an old building — they took a piece of history. The old heart pine floorboards date […]

Our Lady of Mercy Sister Brendan Lacey dies at age 105

July 5, 2013 Staff Reports | The Catholic Miscellany

CHARLESTON—Sister Brendan Lacey, a Sister of Charity of Our Lady of Mercy, died July 3 at May Forest, the congregation’s motherhouse. She was 105 and in her 89th year of religious life. The Mass of […]

Construction starts for new St. Mary Help of Christians Church

June 28, 2013 Christina Lee Knauss | The Catholic Miscellany

AIKEN—St. Mary Help of Christians broke ground on a long-awaited new church on June 16. The groundbreaking comes after about seven years of Mass in the family life center because crowds long ago outgrew the […]

The Miscellany wins eight Catholic press awards

June 27, 2013 Caroline

The Diocese of Charleston’s bi-weekly newspaper received eight honors, with three in first place, at the 2013 Catholic Media Conference award ceremony held June 21 in Denver, Colo. In the category for best feature writing […]

Stephanie Tuxford and Kip McIntyre pose in front of their bookstore

Couple follows call to open bookstore and evangelize

June 27, 2013 Christina Lee Knauss | The Catholic Miscellany

GREER—Kip McIntyre and fiancée Stephanie Tuxford feel they were responding to a specific call from God when they opened St. Benedict’s Catholic Bookstore in fall 2012. McIntyre, who worked in economic development in North […]

Students build homes and relationships in Guatemala

June 27, 2013 Amy Wise Taylor | The Catholic Miscellany

The building was nothing fancy, a cinder block structure with a roof of corrugated metal. But for the Guatemalan family for whom the simple house was built, it was a haven blessed by God. Led […]

People demonstrate outside the Supreme Court building in Washington in this photo from late March, when the court heard oral arguments in two same-sex marriage cases. The court ruled as unconstitutional the federal Defense of Marriage Act, or DOMA, in a 5-4 decision issued June 26. In a separate case, the court sent back to lower courts a challenge to California's Proposition 8, the voter-approved initiative barring same-sex marriage.

U.S. bishops view Supreme Court’s rulings as ‘tragic day for marriage’

June 26, 2013 Caroline

By Carol Zimmermann | Catholic News Service WASHINGTON–U.S. Catholic bishops said the U.S. Supreme Court’s June 26 rulings on same-sex marriage were a “tragic day for marriage and our nation.”The court, in separate 5-4 rulings […]

Bishop Guglielmone disappointed by Supreme Court decision

June 26, 2013 Staff Reports | The Catholic Miscellany

CHARLESTON—Bishop Robert E. Guglielmone said he was “very disappointed” in the Supreme Court’s rule that the Federal Defense of Marriage Act, or DOMA, defining marriage as between one man and one woman, is unconstitutional under […]

Sisters of Charity Federation meets

June 26, 2013 Staff Reports | The Catholic Miscellany

CHARLESTON—The Sisters of Charity of Our Lady of Mercy from the Diocese of Charleston attended a federation meeting in Leavenworth, Kan., on June 12-16. The theme was “Courageous Charity-Deepening Collaboration”. The Sisters of Charity Federation […]

Diocese kicks off Fortnight for Freedom

June 26, 2013 Christina Lee Knauss | The Catholic Miscellany

COLUMBIA—Hundreds bowed their heads to pray with Bishop Robert E. Guglielmone on the steps of the Statehouse on June 22 to kick off the Diocese of Charleston’s observance of the second annual Fortnight for Freedom. […]