About Catholic Roads | Faith, Fun & Local Lore in South Carolina

Where Faith Meets the Palmetto Highway

Welcome, friend! You’ve landed on Catholic Roads, where Catholic culture meets Carolina hospitality.
We’re a small band of volunteer folk artists, storytellers, and day-trippers who love simple, everyday living. Our mission is to explore the highways and byways of South Carolina, discovering the sacred in the ordinary and the extraordinary in our neighbors.

We call it everyday holiness — because grace shows up in the most unexpected places, especially when you’re out for a ride with an open heart and a full tank of faith.

THE TEAM

We’re not a big operation — just a small group of creative folks with big imaginations and bigger hearts. We love to create digital art, cartoons, and stories that celebrate life in the Palmetto State.

We believe in keeping it simple — good humor, good coffee (or in Opa’s case TEA), and good conversation. Our team members are travelers at heart, always taking the back roads to find life’s hidden treasures. Every trip, every stop, every handshake becomes part of the story.

THE VISION

We learn about the Kingdom of God in church, but we come to know God Himself by meeting our neighbors and loving them.

Scripture calls us to the roads:

“A highway shall be there, and it shall be called the Holy Way.” — Isaiah 35:8
“Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in.” — Luke 14:23

The highways and byways aren’t just asphalt and mile markers. They’re spiritual paths leading us toward Heaven — opportunities to love, to listen, and to serve.

THE PALMETTO STATE

If you live in South Carolina, you’ve been handed a treasure — a land of beauty, faith, and deep hospitality.

The entire state is part of one Catholic Diocese — the Diocese of Charleston — which means the whole Palmetto State is a single, living parish in God’s eyes. Whether you’re from the Lowcountry, the Midlands, or the Upstate, this is your spiritual home.

Here, faith doesn’t stop at the church doors. It spills out onto the streets, the porches, and the barbecue pits — everywhere people gather to share life.

GET TO KNOW YOUR HOME BEFORE YOU GO HOME

We like to say: “Get to know your home before you’re called to go Home.”

Explore South Carolina. Visit its towns and parishes. Meet the people who make each place shine. Step beyond the church walls and into the heart of the community.

You’ll find stories of faith, struggle, and joy — and you’ll have a chance to share your own. Many of our Protestant brothers and sisters know very little about the richness of this ancient, Catholic faith that’s been right beside them all along. You might just be that friendly bridge of love and understanding for them.

MINISTRY LEADERS

Meet E.B. and Opa — the heartbeat of Catholic Roads.

They’ve been together for over 50 years, still laughing, still learning, and still hitting the highways and byways. From the Palmetto Barn, they draw caricatures, share porch stories, research treasures, and remind everyone that joy and faith go hand in hand.

Opa tells tales — lots of them. Some true, others just “almost true” — from the swamps and small towns of the Palmetto State.
E.B. is the treasure hunter — finding old pieces of Carolina history, polishing them up, and sharing them with neighbors near and far.

Together, they remind us that the love story between faith and South Carolina is alive and well — and it’s worth celebrating.

CAROLINA LOVE STORY

We’re not preaching with bullhorns or handing out tracts. We’re just walking (and sometimes wobbling) in Eucharistic love — living out our Catholic faith wherever God leads.

It’s cool to be Catholic. But to be Catholic in Carolina — that’s a whole new kind of SPECIAL. It’s an invitation to travel the back roads of the Diocese of Charleston, praying for the folks we meet, and sharing stories that entertain and inspire others to do the same.

You don’t have to be a saint to do it — but you might just become if you do.

CALL TO ACTION

That’s our story — and we’re sticking to it.

Join us online as we share cartoon illustrations, interesting caricatures, and “almost true” stories from the Palmetto State. Subscribe, follow, laugh, and pray along the way.

Because the road to Heaven runs through South Carolina — and God’s waiting at every turn.