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Finding the “Missionary Charism”

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...

Marinating in the Priesthood

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...

Welcome to King’s!

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

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

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...

Rome Discernment Pilgrimage

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

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...

High School Juniors’ Come & See Weekend

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...

High School Juniors’ Come & See Weekend

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

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

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...

High School Juniors’ Come & See Weekend

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

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...

High School Juniors’ Come & See Weekend

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,...

First Holy Cross Backpacking Pilgrimage

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...