As Leon Bloy the 19th century essayist once wrote, "The only real sadness, the only real failure, the only great tragedy in life, is not to become a saint."

"Today is the day of great expectations. Jesus, thought by the masses to be the long-awaited Messiah, enters Jerusalem triumphantly," preaches Fr. Hugh Cleary, C.S.C., in his Palm Sunday Homily at Stonehill College. "And we today, the heirs of those dreams: Who are we? What do we do we desire?...

Together with the rest of the Church, we in Holy Cross celebrated the wonderful news on January 14 that Pope John Paul II would be beatified by his successor, Pope Benedict XVI, on the May 1, 2011 – Divine Mercy Sunday. To help us prepare for that grace-filled occasion, we asked the Holy...