The Holy Cross Mission Center is happy to announce the $2,000 Bricklayers Matching Grant to support official Twinning partnerships! With this grant, Twinning fundraising efforts will go further in benefitting Holy Cross’s international ministries and the communities they support.

For all funds received by the HCMC for registered Twinning partnerships by the end of the fiscal year (June 30, 2025), the HCMC will match up to $2,000 USD to support your Twinning partner’s ministry priorities.

To join the HCMC’s Twinning Program or to confirm your Holy Cross organization’s participation in it, email us at hcmc@holycrossusa.org.

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Why “Bricklayers”?

Bishop Vincent J. McCauley, C.S.C. (1906-1982), was passionate about building up the local Church, which required industriousness and creativity in addition to missionary zeal. He knew firsthand the value of hard work from his years of service as a Holy Cross missionary in Bangladesh in the 1930s and 40s.

Before establishing Holy Cross’s Mission to East Africa in 1958, then-Fr. McCauley, C.S.C., spent years forming missionaries in the Foreign Mission Seminary in Washington, D.C., and raising funds for the Congregation’s missions. In these efforts, he often shared his Mission Appeal slogan, which emphasized the practical work necessary to improve the world and serve those in need:

“WANTED TO BUILD A BETTER WORLD:

FEWER ARCHITECTS,

MORE BRICKLAYERS!”

Thus, the Holy Cross Mission Center is proud to honor Bishop McCauley’s missionary legacy through the $2,000 Bricklayers Matching Grant.

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Published: August 30, 2024