Dear Friends in Christ, Please be mindful of these dates: From 12 to 14 November 2018 the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops will hold their annual General Assembly in Baltimore, the first diocese in our country. At the top of the agenda this week are the many questions related to the scandals revealed during…

Dear Friends in Christ, At the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month in the year of Our Lord 1918, World War I ended, and next Sunday is the centenary of that epochal day. Each year in the United States we honor the valor of those who fought in the Great War…

Dear Friends in Christ, In 2020 the Diocese of Charleston will be 200 years old, and in 2022 St Mary’s Church will be 170 years old. Both of these milestones will be celebrated in a variety of ways, including a combined capital campaign. The diocesan Bicentennial Campaign, which will run over five years, seeks to…

Dear Friends in Christ, During the Summer of Shame, Catholics around the world learned that for many decades too many bishops and priests had failed to live as faithful Christians and had abused those entrusted to their care. The despicable crimes of these wolves in shepherd’s clothing were also a violation of the solemn promises…

Dear Friends in Christ, Beginning in late November, we will be live streaming our 11 am Sunday Mass on the church’s Facebook page and placing a recording of the same on our YouTube channel. For several years we have received requests to provide this sort of service, and technological development has now made it possible…