Sisters of Charity Foundation awarded $359,500 in total grants to 46 nonprofits that are working to make life better for people experiencing poverty. The nonprofits are working to reduce poverty from three angles: meeting people's immediate needs, breaking cycle of poverty, and working to change systems considered drivers of poverty.
"God is with us in the wilderness. And the wilderness does not last forever."
The heroism of doing one’s daily job is rarely romantic or adventurous. The grit is in the details. Mundane tasks sometimes are accomplished only through tireless work for many thankless hours.
On this Veterans Day, let us remember the impact of the GI Bill for a generation of U.S. soldiers. It gave rise to social standing for White veterans and nearly guaranteed discrimination against Black veterans who were directed to attend underfunded Black-only colleges or diverted into trade schools where they were destined to lower-paying vocations.
The Charleston Interreligious Council will discuss that variety of Black spiritual expressions in its upcoming speaker series. The topic for the 4th annual James Sawers Jr. Interfaith Speaker Series is African American Religious Diversity and Dialogue.
On Tuesday, your favored man is going to lose this presidential race. At least that’s the statistical probability for about half of those reading today’s column.
The Post and Courier would like to share your stories about how prayer has helped you weather the COVID-19 pandemic, in tandem with the Charleston Leadership Foundation’s 19th annual prayer breakfast on Nov. 19.
Charleston area pastors and Mayor John Tecklenburg recently joined with several dozen faith leaders and the mayors in Montgomery and Mobile to acknowledging the cities' role in promoting racial oppression.
WASHINGTON — Washington D.C. Archbishop Wilton Gregory is set to become the first Black U.S. prelate to assume the rank of cardinal in the Catholic Church, a historic appointment that comes months after nationwide demonstrations against racial injustice.
Don't let pain from a previous relationship limit your future.
The Post and Courier would like to share your stories about how prayer has helped you weather the COVID-19 pandemic, in tandem with the Charleston Leadership Foundation’s 19th annual prayer breakfast on Nov. 19.
Pope Francis endorsed same-sex civil unions for the first time as pope while being interviewed for the feature-length documentary "Francesco," which premiered Wednesday at the Rome Film Festival.
"When religious folks claim to be persecuted, they must first ask themselves if their suffering is a direct result of doing virtuous things."
The founders of Calvary Baptist Church, like those who established other African American houses of worship shortly after the Civil War, demonstrated unimaginable courage, resolve and boldness.
God’s will for our personal lives is a much more complicated issue than our breakfast choices. That’s why I often suggest that folks ask themselves the following questions.
On Sunday, the Mount Pleasant church will host its first official worship service in its new, $20 million worship center, highlighting the near completion of a two year project to replace the church's former ministry center consumed by a 2018 fire.
I want to encourage you to look in the unexpected places to find an unforeseen friend like Roger. Seek people of different colors, dissimilar political persuasions and unique sexual orientations. Reach out to those with tattoos and facial piercings, men with beards and women with outrageous hair color. Don’t avoid differences or demand similarities. Find each other’s heart.
Life Resources, a faith-based mental health practice with locations in Mount Pleasant and North Charleston, wants to continue its mission of planting seeds of hope.
Surrounded by death and burdened by the weight of caring for those suffering from the disease, COVID-19 is taking a spiritual toll on hospital staff. They and caretakers are increasingly seeking help from hospital chaplains for spiritual counsel.
I’m lucky that my wife, Becky, still laughs at the preposterous proposal I made to another woman 42 years ago. Today, you’re also lucky because she’s approved my retelling the story to you.
The coronavirus has financially threatened Camp St. Christopher and Conference Center, a Christian ministry that contains more than 300 acres near the beach and welcomes more than 1,500 children annually to summer programs.
Many Americans are experiencing a proverbial butt-kicking from this virus. So I think it’s fair to ask God, “Where’s the mercy? Where’s the blessing?” While I can’t answer these questions for the world, I should probably turn inward and do my best to answer them for myself.
Two old Black burial grounds near Calhoun Street contain thousands of human remains.
The Dignity Project is an effort spearheaded by the Coastal Crisis Chaplaincy that will unite a group of 20 Summerville elected officials, police officers, spiritual leaders, community activists and residents.
“Next” is a truly delightful place to find yourself, because it means that you’ve arrived where you want to be. Even better, it means that you’ve finally vacated the place you were and loathed, i.e., the waiting line.
A North Charleston couple is enjoying what life is like after decades of answering God's call to serve congregations across the country.
As we head for Labor Day, it’s important to remember many people have missed many work days this year, or worse yet, have lost jobs altogether. It also has forced me to pause and appreciate the value of a work ethic that surrounded me both as a child and into adulthood.
Home ownership, a reliable wealth-generator, is at the heart of the American Dream, but African Americans don't benefit from it at the same rates as Whites.
A good chaplain should revere books, but this reverend has fallen short this year. I’ve checked out dozens of library books but read only eight.
If you really want to sustain our medical community heroes, stop the spread of the internet conspiracy stories. Stop them by thoughtfully and respectfully engaging the subject. Stop the spread of cut-and-paste opinions and replace them with the real stories of heroes like the St. Joseph’s staff.
Activist James Campbell has a refined injustice detector. He is animated by the distressing politics of social division and dedicated to exposing and condemning it.
My stay-at-home life brings me face-to-face with my past greed, and I realize how much I don’t need.
In an age where church membership has been on the decline, one house of worship continues to grow after withstanding the test of time for hundreds of years.
Of course, the veteran preacher was giving me more than a speech lesson. He was telling me that my pulpit voice had tragically become a puppet voice. I had mastered Billy Graham’s enunciation and Paul Harvey’s dramatic pause, but where was Norris?
The death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police in late May sparked a similar wave of social unrest, but ministers and activists note the faith community has been largely absent when compared with their involvement in the struggles of the mid-1900s. The efforts are led largely by grassroots organizations and activists who are not waiting for cues from clergy.
Lacking support from the diocese and dwelling in a land steeped in oppression, a group of Black Catholics worshiped their God and kept their faith.
There’s something you should know about me. I suffer from an imaginary OCD, a mild case with respect to those who suffer the real mental health diagnosis. With my “Just Right” OCD version, I compulsively note license plates without current registration tags.
When Malone heard about the Racial Equity Institute workshops offered by the YWCA Greater Charleston, she quickly concluded that this could help prepare her staff for the hard work of educating a population of at-risk children.
Alfreda Levaine is the first woman from South Carolina to lead the national group in 30 years, the second in the organization's 85-year history.
If you don’t have a written directive, or you haven’t appointed someone who can confidently speak for you, then doctors will be obligated to do everything possible to save your life, even if “everything” means a painful delay of your death.
Though the temple doors closed amid the coronavirus outbreak, the Hindu community worshiped in other tangible, meaningful ways that aligned with the faith's core belief of helping those in need.
North Charleston, South Carolina's No. 1 city in retail sales, is also populated with homeless communities where people live in tents in the woods behind the city's booming businesses.
The same sin of racism that had seeped from slavery into my father’s generation continues to infect us today.
At the suggestion of his assistant, Lewis came to tour the museum's new photo exhibit, "Witness to History," which displayed iconic photos of the civil rights era.
My Baptist, pulpit-poundin’ father, God rest his soul, often referenced something called "preachin’ to the choir." It’s an expression about attempting to enlighten those who are already the most likely group to adhere to what’s being suggested.
Jarell Smalls, a 34-year-old gospel singer, almost died of COVID-19. He has a message for you.
These days, freedom of the press feels more like a free-for-all. Anyone with a Twitter account and smartphone can claim they’ve uncovered the “real facts,” a phrase as redundant as “burning fire.”
Amid a backdrop of nationwide unrest over racism and injustices, several African American leaders in Charleston will aim to empower youths in a Virtual Summit. Panelists in the event, slated for 6 p.m. Thursday, will share difficult stories of their past to inspire children and young adults to know they can overcome obstacles to succeed in life.
A more than $2 million donation from a Lowcountry couple will fund a new chaplaincy center at Charleston Southern University, marking one of the largest philanthropic donations in the school's history.
Two of South Carolina's leading Black and white Baptist denominations assembled Thursday in North Charleston to build bridges and pray for unity within the faith.
Why stand with those whose faith practice is so drastically different than mine? Because at the end of the day, if we refuse to stand together, then we will most decidedly fall alone.
New development has squeezed many of Charleston's historically Black houses of worship off the peninsula, but one congregation continues to thrive.
The U.S. Roman Catholic Church used a special and unprecedented exemption from federal rules to amass at least $1.4 billion in taxpayer-backed coronavirus aid, with many millions going to dioceses that have paid huge settlements or sought bankruptcy protection because of clergy sexual abuse cover-ups.