Vocations Blog

Quo Vadis?

Where are you going?

A Good Father in a Foreign Land

A Good Father in a Foreign Land

Photo provided by the Vocations Office. I prepared during the last 100 days before my ordination in 2020 by consecrating myself to God through the...

Lessons from the Children

Lessons from the Children

Photo provided by Rev. Noah M. Junge, C.S.C. This past year I have had the joy of being at Holy Cross Parish in South Bend. There’s something pretty...

Growth Begins When You Get Uncomfortable

Growth Begins When You Get Uncomfortable

Photo provided by Brother James R. Henke, C.S.C. Sometimes it can take many years before we see the fruit of our labors as ministers in God’s...

Welcome to our Joy!

Welcome to our Joy!

Photo provided by Rev. Brogan C. Ryan, C.S.C. “Our experience in Holy Cross is demanding. It is joyful as well. And so it should give us a life to...

I Handed On To You What I Myself Received

I Handed On To You What I Myself Received

“Anyone who loves God in the depths of his heart has already been loved by God. In fact, the measure of a man’s love for God depends upon how deeply...

Time Marches Forward

Time Marches Forward

Photo provided by the Vocations Office. Every August, new students pour in with a mixture of thrill and anxiety characteristic of newcomers leaving...

We Are Porters of the Heart 

We Are Porters of the Heart 

Photo provided by Rev. Andrew D. Fritz, C.S.C. Saint Brother André Bessette, the first saint of the Congregation of Holy Cross and the patron saint...

Gratitude in the Form of 1000 Balloons

Gratitude in the Form of 1000 Balloons

Photo provided by Brother James Henke, C.S.C. During my time in formation to be a Holy Cross brother, one of the priests I frequently went to for...

All Are in the Mission

All Are in the Mission

Photo provided by Rev. Brogan Ryan, C.S.C. Retreats are an important part of our religious life. Our Constitutions call us to make time to draw...

Pass Through the Gate

Pass Through the Gate

Photo provided by the Vocations Office. One of my favorite stories is about Fr. Pete McCormick, C.S.C., who is currently the Director of Campus...

Waiting…

Waiting…

I hate waiting in lines. I’m the kind of person who will settle for a salad bar in the dining hall when the...

Leave Everything and Follow Him

Leave Everything and Follow Him

The story of the rich man, which we read as the Gospel at Mass for the 28th Sunday in Ordinary Time, is one of the foundational Scriptural texts for...

Witness to Hope

Witness to Hope

​Before he became a groundbreaking philosopher and theologian, before he became a key figure in the fall of communism, and before he was chosen as...