Dear Friends in Christ, To all the Dads among us, Happy Father’s Day. And as we give thanks for the gift of fatherhood, I am grateful for the grace of being the spiritual father of our parish family. Next Sunday is the 14th anniversary of my service as the 16th pastor of St. Mary’s, and…

Dear Friends in Christ, We need your help to spread the Gospel and teach others to know, love and serve the Lord Jesus in his holy Catholic Church. Each year we offer a course that for some time has been called the “Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults” or RCIA. That ungainly name is the…

Dear Friends in Christ, As He was ascending to the glory of the Father, Jesus said, “Behold, I am with you always, until the end of the age” (Mt 28:20). And He also taught us: “Amen, amen, I say to you: unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink His blood,…

  On Friday 29 May 2015 at St. Mary’s, Bishop Guglielmone ordained Father Roger Morgan and Father Richard Wilson to the priesthood for the Diocese of Charleston. Father Morgan will celebrate his first Solemn Mass at 11 am on Sunday 31 May 2015 at St. Mary’s, and in early June he will begin his first…

Dear Friends in Christ, The Jewish feast of Passover commemorates the deliverance of the children of Israel from slavery in Egypt, and from that day of liberation, Moses led the people to the holy mountain where he had seen the living God in the bush which burned without being consumed. There on Mount Horeb Moses…