Dear Friends in Christ, The new Year of Grace will begin next week with the First Sunday of Advent, and on each of the four Sundays of Advent we will gather at 5 pm to sing the psalms and canticles of Vespers or Evening Prayer. Please join us at 5 pm on each of the…

Dear Friends in Christ, The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops met in Baltimore this week, and it was a disaster. On Monday morning, before the business meeting had even officially begun, the bishops learned that on Sunday night they had been asked by Rome not to vote this week on long planned proposals aimed…

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…