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Finding the “Missionary Charism”
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...
Ten Holy Cross Men Profess Final Vows
With joy and thanksgiving, the Congregation of Holy Cross celebrated the final profession of vows of ten men in formation on Saturday, August 26,...
Seminarians’ Holy Land Pilgrimage
Seven fourth-year temporarily professed seminarians recently traveled to Israel for a 12-day Holy Land pilgrimage. The group, pictured above in...
Office of Vocations Hosts 18 for Summer Seminary Immersion Program
The Office of Vocations is hosting the annual Summer Seminary Immersion Program (SSIP) from June 17 to July 1. Eighteen young men from around the...
Rome Discernment Pilgrimage
Vocation Director Rev. John DeRiso, C.S.C., and Rev. David Smith, C.S.C., recently accompanied ten men all discerning a vocation with Holy Cross on...
High School Juniors’ Come & See Weekend
High School Juniors' Come & See Weekend March 23-25, 2023 "Old College" Undergraduate Seminary, University of Notre Dame, Indiana Interested in...
Holy Cross Vocations Team Attends SEEK Conference
The SEEK Conference, this year held in St. Louis, Missouri – offers college-aged Catholics an opportunity to encounter the Gospel anew and be...
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...
National Vocations Awareness Week
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...
Four Holy Cross Profess Final Vows
With joy and thanksgiving, the Congregation of Holy Cross celebrated the final profession of vows of four men in formation on Saturday, August 27,...
Seminarian Travelogue: East Africa
My name is Nicholas Guiney, C.S.C., and I am a 4th-year temporarily professed seminarian at the Congregation of Holy Cross.This summer, my...
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...
Eight Holy Cross Men Profess First Vows
With joy and thanksgiving, the Congregation of Holy Cross,United States Province of Priests and Brothers,announces thefirstprofession of vowsof...
Summer Seminary Immersion Program 2022
This summer, the Office of Vocations hosted its eighth annual Summer Seminary Immersion Program (SSIP). The program received over 20 applications...
Seminarian Travelogue: Puebla, Mexico
Four temporarily professed seminarians were sent to Puebla, Mexico this summer for a 9-week intensive Spanish language course. During their time,...
Three Men Ordained Priests of Holy Cross in 2022
Deo gratias! On April 23, 2022, the Congregation of Holy Cross joyfully celebrated the priestly ordination of Fr. Drew Clary, C.S.C., Fr. Cameron...
Congregation of Holy Cross Ordains Three Priests
With abundant joy and thanksgiving, the United States Province of the Congregation of Holy Cross announces the ordination of three men to the...
First Holy Cross Backpacking Pilgrimage
Twelve undergraduate men, accompanied by four Holy Cross seminarians, a Holy Cross collegian, and a Holy Cross priest, recently participated in the...