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The Congregation of Holy Cross recently marked the 150th Anniversary of the entry of its founder, Blessed Basile Moreau, into eternal life.

To commemorate this important anniversary, the 2022 General Chapter declared “a celebration to honor our founder, Blessed Basile Moreau, beginning on January 20, 2023, and ending on June 7, 2024, the Feast of the Sacred Heart” (Decree 20).

Blessed Basile Moreau, the founder of the Congregation of Holy Cross, was ordained a priest for the Diocese of LeMans, France. Moreau grew up amidst the turmoil of the French Revolution, and as a young priest, he felt compelled to revitalize a Church devastated by years of civil war. In 1837, while overseeing a group of auxiliary priests and a separate group of brothers, he decided to merge them together. The new association took its name from the town where it was based, Sainte-Croix or Holy Cross.

As part of the legacy of Blessed Basil Moreau, the Congregation of Holy Cross, U.S. Province, sponsors institutions of higher learning, parishes, primary schools, high schools, Holy Cross Family Ministries, and other institutions in service to the Church and the world.

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