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Professional and business individuals sharing the Good News of the Gospel through word and works. |
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Carolina Catholic Professionals is a membership organization associated with Lucis Via Charities, Inc., a Charleston-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.
We serve to share the Good News of the Gospel through word and works by defending the Magisterium of the Catholic Church, providing a spiritual refuge for Catholic Laity and Christian believers, encouraging a rigorous intellectual and Godly examination of ideas, and providing Christ-informed service and charity to the community.
Our motto is Humanitas Christi: Christ’s People. We are joined in communion through our shared Catholic Christian faith and our calling to bear witness to the Gospel in the way we live our lives. We are Christ’s people encountering the world.
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The Saint Joseph Project |
The Saint Joseph Project Please help us bring Saint Joseph to the Cathedral of Saint John the Baptist. With the permission of our Bishop, Jacques Fabre-Jeune, Carolina Catholic Professionals are raising funds for the installation of a statue of Saint Joseph in our Diocesan Cathedral, Saint John the Baptist. Our goal is to raise $20,000 for the project and for installation to occur in time for the Solemnity of Saint Joseph in March 2027. This time in which we live is crying out for Saint Joseph; the perfect model of humble strength, spousal devotion, loving fatherhood, faithful service, chaste obedience, prudent work, in short, Catholic manhood. In this age when our families and our Holy Mother Church are under relentless assault, Our Lady shows us our Protector and Intercessor, Saint Joseph. In her memoirs, Venerable Sister Lucia of Fatima wrote that immediately following the Miracle of the Sun she saw, "Saint Joseph with the Child Jesus and Our Lady robed in white with a blue mantle, beside the sun. Saint Joseph and the Child Jesus appeared to bless the world, for they traced the Sign of the Cross with their hands." This is the time for Saint Joseph. Saint Teresa of Avila wrote that, “knowing by experience Saint Joseph’s astonishing influence with God, I would wish to persuade everyone to honor him with particular devotion.” Catholic men in particular need Saint Joseph. Pope Leo XIII wrote, “In Saint Joseph, heads of the household are blessed with the unsurpassed model of fatherly watchfulness and care.” Pope Benedict XVI called on, “fathers, (to be) like Saint Joseph, (and) respect and love your spouse; and by your love and wise presence, lead your children to God.” Catholic men must stand as pillars to defend and support Holy Mother Church. Catholic men must strive to be beacons of virtue. Saint Joseph shows us the way. As Saint Therese of Lisieux wrote, “Each day I recited the prayer, ‘O Saint Joseph, father and protector of virgins.’ It seemed to me that I was well protected and completely sheltered from every danger.” The Saint Joseph we need today is universal, the Head of the Holy Family, ordained by God the Father to be the earthly protector of His only Son Jesus. Saint Joseph leads us to God. Pope Saint John Paul II wrote, “It is precisely the intrepid faith of Saint Joseph that the Church needs today in order to courageously dedicate herself to the urgent task of the new evangelization.” All Catholics will benefit from a deeper relationship with Saint Joseph. His statuary presence in our Cathedral will remind Catholics of the virtues he embodies and help concentrate their prayers through him and his earthly spouse Blessed Mother Mary to his foster son, Jesus. As Saint Teresa of Avila wrote, “Those who are devoted to prayer should, in a special manner, cherish devotion to Saint Joseph.” |
All funds collected for the Saint Joseph Project in excess of the installation will be used to purchase copies of Consecration to Saint Joseph; The Wonder of Our Spiritual Father by Father Donald H. Calloway, MIC. The books will be made available to parish men’s groups that wish, with their pastor’s permission, to facilitate the Consecration to Saint Joseph. Thank you and may God bless you and your families.
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To survive in today's secularized world, Catholics must be courageous in professing their faith. They must be courageous in living their faith. Today's world, surely our American world, needs courageous Catholics. - Fr. John A. Hardon
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Christ calls us to Evangelize! |
| Carolina Catholic Professionals in collaboration with the office of Evangelization and Christian Formation at the Cathedral of Saint John the Baptist has launched our first Saint Paul Street Evangelization in Charleston. We are blessed to be joined in this crusade by the Lay Dominicans and the Discalced (Lay) Carmelites of the Lowcountry. |
Join us! All Christians are called to evangelize. |
See your: LOWCOUNTRY CATHOLIC COMMUNITY CALENDAR
Thanks be to God, for the last year we have sought to proclaim the Gospel in the way we live our lives 2023 Annual Fall Dinner slide Show Place your pointer in Slideshow to manually scroll | Steve Dawson, Founder and President of Saint Paul Street Evangelization bears witness to the Universal Call to Evangelization. This is a message that every faithful Catholic and follower of Christ should hear. |
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New Catholic App for phones, pads, and tablets
The MediaTrix App is your gateway to engaging Catholic thought. Featuring an easy-to-use platform with twelve separate portals, the App presents podcasts, blog posts and a 24/7 broadcast with Catholic perspectives on Faith & Family, Biblical Prophecy, Literature, Culture, Church Liturgy, Theology of the Body & God’s gift of human sexuality, Stewardship & Giving, Diocesan news & interviews, Apologetics, Church History, The Interior Life & Prayers, and much MORE. The MediaTrix App is available as a free download at your phone’s app store. Search for “MediaTrix” and look for the logo featuring a blue rose on a pristine white background. Or use these links in your web browser: Apple (iPhone, iPad) Android (Google Play Store) |
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Voices from the Community Tommy Smith, Faith Journey, Cursillo and the Importance of Eucharistic Adoration
Voices from the Community Anne and Carl Clark, their conversion experience
Voices from the Community Joe Shahid, Best - Building Enclosure Structure Testing
Voices from the Community Russ Whited, Life and faith Journey
| Voices from the Community Bobby Manos, Faith Journey
Voices from the Community Cody Groeber, Catholic Faith
Voices from the Community Dr Michael Martocchio, Via Fidelis
| For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ.There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus. Galatians 3:27-28 If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other. Saint Teresa of Calcutta We humbly ask you to join us We are a network of Catholics and Christians across the greater Charleston community. We support our Church We support each other We bear witness to the Gospel in the way we live our lives. We stand together in quiet defiance to a culture that increasingly aspires to live without God. We are comfortably, confidently Catholic
Voices from the Community Frank Dirks Presenting Saint Paul Street Evangelization
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Brian Barnwell, Director of Evangelization and Christian Formation, Cathedral of Saint John the Baptist Bob Bascom, The Sacred Heart Billboard Initiative Chris Bermingham & Rosemarie Dykeman, Coordinating team, Retrouvaille --A Life Line for Married Couples Peter Bleyer, MD, South Carolina Catholic Medical Association Dr Melvin Brown, Emergency Medicine, retired United States Naval Officer, Medical University of South Carolina board member Pat Burns, Order of Malta Charleston Bill Burr, Anchor for FOX24 Charleston and a vital member of ABC News 4 newsroom Clayton Burrous, SunBelt Gifts and China Travels David Burt, Vice President/Architect, LS3P John Byrnes, President, Christ Our King School; President, Legatus, Charleston Chapter John Carroll, business consultant and cancer survivor Stephen Carson, Owner, Level Footing Home Inspections John Carroll, Consultant, Strategist, Executive Coach Anne and Carl Clark, their conversion experience Lisa Cottingham, Director, Roper Saint Francis Mission Noreen Cutshall, Site Director, Lowcountry Pregnancy Center Steve Dawson, Founder & President Barbara Denton, Founder, Camp Rise Above Heather Diamond, Director of Birthright of Charleston Bill Desciak, The Rosary | CDan Doyle, Senior Vice President and COO, the Beach Company Lydia Doyle, Executive Director Catholic Charities of South Carolina Michael Duffy, U.S. District Court Judge of the District for South Carolina, Retired Pamela Sue Evette, Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina Rear Admiral James Flatley, U.S. Navy, Retired Patrick Finneran, Principal, Bishop England High School Conor Gallagher, Author and Publisher of Saint Benedict Press and TAN Books Cody Groeber, Catholic Faith Erin and Cody Groeber, Founders of Corpus Christi Academy Robert Hagood COO, Southern Diversified Distributors, Inc Michael Horkey - Grand Knight, Saint Finbar Council, Knights of Columbus Kevin Hymans - Exodus 90 Colonel Myron Charles Harrington, Jr United States Marine Corps, Retired Dr Ryan Hanning is a professor, itinerant teacher, speaker, and homesteader. Tommy Hartnet, former U.S. Representative, SC, 1st District Jimmy Herbig, Faith Journey Paul Hienauer, Founder, Glasspro Anne Hobday, Emergency/respite care foster parent for South Carolina Department of Social Services Jamiel Kadri, President Fulcrum Staffing, Co-Founder, Lucis Via Charities Jermaine Husser, Executive Director, Our Lady of Mercy Outreach | Danny Kassis, VP, Dominion Energy (SCE&G) Kevin Kerly, Director of Public Safety, MUSC Corinne King, Principal of Blessed Sacrament School Suzanne Krebsbach, Catholic Historian Emma Kate Lively, Catholic Campus MissionaryMelissa Levesque, Vice President of Development & Stewardship, Coastal Community Foundation Joan Mack,Retired Charleston Television and Radio Broadcaster, Community Leader Bobby Manos, Faith Journey Dave Marcacci, Sr. Vice President, Sales, B Generous Dr Martocchio, Via Fidelis Arthur McFarland, Judge, Municipal Court, Retired Fred McKay, Principal, Charleston Catholic School Dr Thomas McNamara, O.P. (Lay Dominican), family physician, healthcare bioethicist Mark McMahon, A Friend, A Fisherman and a Call to Spiritual Leadership Tom McQueeney, Owner, Tom McQueeney-State Farm Karmin Meade, Director of Catholic Cemeteries, Diocese of Charleston Sister Gioan Linh Nguyen, Daughters of Saint Paul Joseph Pearce, Author, Biographer of G. K. Chesterton and Alexander Solzhenitsyn Ashley Pennington, Public Defender, South Carolina Ninth Circuit (ret). Ericka Plater, Executive Director of Our Lady of Mercy Outreach Deacon Dan Powers, Catholic Charities | Gloria Purvis, EWTN Radio Personality Deacon Jerry Remkiewicz, Retired Deacon Paul Rosenblum, Pastoral Minister, Port Ministry Ben Sands, Founder, Sands Leadership, Catholic business consultant David Seay, Founder, Seay Development Kathy Schmugge, Director Family Life Diocese of Charleston Joe Shahid, BEST- Building Enclosure Structure Testing Peter Shahid, City of Charleston Council member Jim Sheehy, Judge, District Court of the State of Michigan, Retired Tim Sinclair, Director of Business Development, Webster Rogers LLP Sister Pamela Smith, Charleston Diocese Historian Tommy Smith, Faith Journey, Cursillo and the Importance of Eucharistic Adoration Deacon Joseph Stocker, Holy Spirit Church Joseph Stringer, Author Michael Tracy, Charleston Diocese Seminarian James Tolley, MD, Assistant Professor, MUSC George Weigel, Author, Biographer of Saint John Paul II Russ Whited, Life and faith Journey Shelayne Witte, Lay Dominican and Prison ministry volunteer Steve Wood, Founder, Family Life Center International, Catholic Radio Host |
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