Before I entered the Congregation of Holy Cross, I spent a year as a lay missionary teaching in a high school in Nairobi, Kenya. I found great joy...
Evangelized by the Poor: A Day in Teliapara
Bangladesh. Invoking the name inspires a wide variety of internal responses. Some are captivated by images of the wild jungles of India and the...
Marinating in the Priesthood
Every 15th day of the month reminds me just how much God’s power and grace can be poured out in one single moment. Of course, God’s power and grace...
Introduction to the Holy Cross Novitiate (2023)
Just a few weeks ago five young men arrived at the Holy Cross Novitiate, located just outside of Colorado Springs in the shadow of Pike’s Peak. For...
Welcome to King’s!
“Welcome to King’s!” I have been saying that a lot the past couple of weeks as we have started a new academic year and welcomed all of our new...
Discernment Backpacking Pilgrimage 2022
Fifteen undergraduate men, five Holy Cross seminarians, and one Holy Cross priest spent a week discerning God’s call while adventuring in the...
World Mission Sunday: Ghana
Pope Francis reminds us in his message this year that the Church is missionary by nature.His selection of Acts 1:8, “You shall be my...
Seminarian Travelogue: Canto Grande, Lima, Peru
I spent two months of the summer living and working with our Holy Cross community in Canto Grande, Peru. It's a remarkable place – an...
Seminarian Travelogue: Lourdes, France
Mike Ryan is a fourth-year professed seminarian. This year, he will be an assistant rector in Dunne Hall at the University of Notre Dame. I had the...