Carolina Catholic ProfessionalsProfessional and business individuals sharing the Good News of the Gospel through word and works. |
Welcome
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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It is time for each of us to support Catholic Radio in South Carolina If you are a believer in Christ you know that the world is in desperate need of the His Holy Word. Today, there is no greater media source for Christian evangelization than Catholic Radio, which presents the Gospel and offers apologetics 24/7 over the airwaves. Carolina Catholic Professionals is helping to build the capacity of Catholic Radio in South Carolina. The Lowcountry is blessed to have three Catholic Radio stations, 730 AM, 106.7 FM, and a new station WBEI 102.9 FM licensed to Bishop England High School. While the two FM stations are low-power, 730 AM is the 5,000-watt broadcasting anchor for Catholic Radio in the Lowcountry. | The Saint John Cemetery Memorial Project Thanks Names of people buried in St. John Cemetery, Taken from the Death Registry of St. Peter Church We ask you to join us in support of this effort. Please contact Frank Dirks email: carolinacatholics@gmail.com phone: 843-670-1350
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be to God, the grace of the Holy Spirit, and support from many wonderful souls, the initial phase of landscaping work has begun at Saint John Cemetery. The next phase will include the installation of an irrigation system and additional plant materials. The final phase will consist of completing the walkway, building the memorial foundation stand, and installing the central cross, the carving of which is currently underway. Should we have sufficient remaining funds available, we will install benches. God willing, we hope to be finished in time for All Souls Day. Thank you for your interest, support, and prayers. 
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During this season of Lent please help us, help a Christian sister living among us. Matthew 25:45 Amen, I say to you, what you did not do for one of these least ones, you did not do for me. Please, today, for Lent, help us help Ms. Rosa. For Lent, please prayerfully consider offering your prayers and assistance for Ms. Rosa, a sister in Christ living among us. The floor in Ms. Rosa’s kitchen is buckling and becoming increasingly unstable for her to walk even with a cane. Ms. Rosa was born in 1926 in rural Berkeley County, South Carolina. As an African-American growing up during Jim Crow in the rural south, Ms. Rosa sought the relative better opportunities available in the greater Charleston community. For many years she worked as a housekeeper although she was poorly, sometimes unfairly compensated without recourse. Over time she was able to obtain a job at the Naval exchange on the U.S. Navy base in North Charleston. She retired after thirty-seven years of service. Ms. Rosa lives in the Union Heights Neighborhood of North Charleston and is an active member of New Bethel Reformed Episcopal Church where she has worshipped for sixty-seven years. Ms. Rosa is the matriarch for her community. Her small home has become a community center. She sells candy, chips, and soft drinks to the neighborhood children since there are no stores for such things within a safe walk for the children. At ninety-six, she regularly checks in on and cares for her ‘elderly’ neighbors. When Ms. Rosa was eighty-seven years old she enjoyed one of the highlights of her life. She accompanied neighborhood children to Ghana, Africa for eighteen days and took her first plane ride. During their stay they learned about the local community and culture. Carolina Catholic Professionals is organizing a project to rebuild the floor and upgrade the small kitchen in Ms. Rosa’s home. The same team of skilled volunteer craftsmen from across the country that over a weekend rebuilt the porch for an elderly resident of Charleston will serve Ms. Rosa over the weekend of May 4-9. We are begging for your help. The cost of materials and appliances will amount to roughly $8,000. We welcome appropriate in-kind donations. After the work is completed, we will donate any and all excess funds to the charity of Ms. Rosa's choice. Will you help us help Ms. Rosa? You may give online through this link: Please help us repair and rebuild Ms. Rosa's kitchen. Or you may send a check to: Carolina Catholic Professionals, 410 Mill Street, Suite 101, Mt. Pleasant, SC 29464 indicating “The Ms. Rosa project” in the memo. Thank you for your prayerful consideration. May God bless you and your family. |
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:
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/mediatrix-catholic/id6443848279
Android (Google Play Store):
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jacapps.mediatrix&hl=en_US&gl=US
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
Voices from the Community Tommy Hartnet, former U.S. Representative, South Carolina, 1st District Voices from the Community Shelayne Witte, Lay Dominican and Prison ministry volunteer
Voices from the Community Ashley Pennington, Public Defender, South Carolina Ninth Circuit (ret).
Voices from the Community Michael Horkey - Grand Knight, Saint Finbar Council, Knights of Columbus.
Annual Fellowship Dinner 2022
Dr Ryan Hanning is a professor, itinerant teacher, speaker, and homesteader. Most importantly, He is a husband & father with a passion for teaching and diving into life’s deepest questions. Voices from the Community Karmin Meade - Director of Catholic Cemeteries, Diocese of Charleston @ Nov 2022 First Friday Networking
| Voices from the Community A Lowcountry’s Religious Roots Getting Renewed Attention A vacant lot at the corner of Coming and Shepard Streets was nearly forgotten until Frank Dirks became curious. It has been determined that roughly 150 or more enslaved people are buried at St. John Cemetery. FOX 24 News Anchor Bill Burr conducted an exclusive interview with members of Carolina Catholic Professionals regarding this hidden history.
If you’d like to learn more about the memorial project and how to donate, go to https://carolinacatholicprofessionals.com
Voices from the Community Melissa Levesque - Vice President of Development and Stewardship, Coastal Community Foundation
Voices from the Community Sister Gioan Linh Nguyen, Daughters of Saint Paul
Voices from the Community Bill Burr, Main anchor for FOX 24 Charleston and a vital member of the ABC News 4 newsroom
Voices from the Community Anne Hobday, Emergency/respite care foster parent for South Carolina Department of Social Services @ First Friday Networking | 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 Recently, Doris Hazel, a retired teacher and life-long Charlestonian shared her story of faith and family as an African-American Catholic growing up in the Jim-Crow South. Ms. Hazel has been a leader in the effort to bring attention and a proper memorial to the Saint John Cemetery.
Voices from the Community Clayton Burrous will share what he has learned form his extensive travel, work, and worship experiences in China: "Where China and the Catholic Faith Meet"
Voices from the Community John Carroll, Consultant, Strategist, and Executive Coach |
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Peter Bleyer, MD, South Carolina Catholic Medical Association Clayton Burrous, SunBelt Gifts and China Travels Bill Burr, Main anchor for FOX 24 Charleston and a vital member of the ABC News 4 newsroom David Burt, Vice President/Architect, LS3P Stephen Carson, Owner, Level Footing Home Inspections John Carroll, Consultant, Strategist, Executive Coach Lisa Cottingham, Director, Roper Saint Francis Mission Noreen Cutshall, Site Director, Lowcountry Pregnancy Center Barbara Denton, Founder, Camp Rise Above Dan Doyle, Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, the Beach Company 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 | Erin and Cody Groeber, Founders of Corpus Christi Academy Robert Hagood Chief Operating Officer, Southern Diversified Distributors, Inc. Michael Horkey - Grand Knight, Saint Finbar Council, Knights of Columbus.
Colonel Myron Charles Harrington, Jr., United States Marine Corps, Retired Dr Ryan Hanning is a professor, itinerant teacher, speaker, and homesteader. Paul Hienauer, Founder, Glasspro Tommy Hartnet, former U.S. Representative, South Carolina, 1st District Anne Hobday, Emergency/respite care foster parent for South Carolina Department of Social Services @ First Friday Networking Danny Kassis, VP, Dominion (SCE&G) Suzanne Krebsbach, Catholic Historian Emma Kate Lively, Catholic Campus Missionary Melissa Levesque, Vice President of Development & Stewardship, Coastal Community Foundation Joan Mack,Retired Charleston Television and Radio Broadcaster, Community Leader Arthur McFarland, Judge, Municipal Court, Retired Fred McKay, Principal, Charleston Catholic School Tom McQueeney, Owner, Tom McQueeney-State Farm Karmin Meade, Director of Catholic Cemeteries, Diocese of Charleston @ Nov 2022 First Friday Networking 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 Paul Rosenblum, Pastoral Minister, Port Ministry Ben Sands, Founder, Sands Leadership, Catholic business consultant David Seay, Founder, Seay Development 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 Deacon Joseph Stocker, Holy Spirit Church Joseph Stringer, Author Michael Tracy, Charleston Diocese Seminarian James Tolley, MD, Assistant Professor, Medical University of South Carolina George Weigel, Author, Biographer of Saint John Paul II Shelayne Witte, Lay Dominican and Prison ministry volunteer Steve Wood, Founder, Family Life Center International, Catholic Radio Host |
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UPCOMING EVENTS
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20-Apr-2023 5:00 PM901 Orange Grove Rd, Charleston Diocese Meeting Hall
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05-May-2023 11:45 AM901 Orange Grove Rd, Charleston Diocese Meeting Hall
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02-Jun-2023 11:45 AM901 Orange Grove Rd, Charleston Diocese Meeting Hall
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