Sister Pamela Smith, SSCM, is the Secretary for Education and Faith Formation at the Diocese of Charleston.
We’re all familiar with the title phrase from Ecclesiastes 3. It’s part of a frequently used first reading at Masses of Christian Burial and is quoted in eulogies. If one listens to golden oldies, it […]
Every summer except this one, my religious community has gathered sisters from around the country and held workshops at our motherhouse. These include theological updating, reports on outreach, ministerial ventures, and reflection on what we call […]
Tis the season. Amid the fray that we call American political life and during the ongoing sadness of manifestations of racial injustice and the ravages of COVID-19, it seems that we need a little Christmas. That […]
Three priests and 11 deacons: that’s how many clergymen were at a recent funeral. With all the coronavirus restrictions, the congregation was, apart from the many watching the livestreamed Mass, relatively small. So the number […]
On July 11, 2020, dignitaries, parishioners, new seminarians, a number of diocesan employees, and eight religious sisters occupied pews at the Basilica of St. Peter in Columbia. The occasion, as noted in the July 16 Catholic […]
Some years ago my brother Steve was sent on overseas jaunts to create text for promotional brochures for his then-employer, a travel agency. Several of them allowed for side trips into less inhabited areas, along with […]
To say that recent months have been stressful and strange would surprise no one. For those of us in ministerial roles, the unthinkable has happened: We’ve been called to provide service with minimal physical presence […]
In this column I will be telling, in brief, the tale of two men — and more. One of the masterpieces painted by Henry Ossawa Tanner is my all-time favorite depiction of the Blessed Virgin Mary. […]
When Sister Philomena tried to wrap the minds of second-graders around the concept of the Blessed Trinity, she used an egg. There’s the white, the yolk, and the shell, she explained, but it’s all one […]
Sometimes imagining how the hundreds of groups which call themselves Christian might ever come together is as challenging as spilling out 1,000 pieces of a jigsaw puzzle and asking a family which has never done […]
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