Having received written permission from the government, Notre Dame University Bangladesh held its first day of classes on December 7, making it the first Catholic university in the country.
Fr. Theodore Hesburgh, C.S.C., helps us enter into the celebration of Christmas by reflecting on how family is where we receive and nurture the gift of faith, both in our individual families, and in the Holy Cross family.
Fr. Arul Raj, C.S.C., the Director of Holy Cross Family Ministries in India, describes his participation in the Extraordinary Synod on the Family as a "positive experience."
Fr. Mark L. Poorman, C.S.C., was officially inaugurated President at the University of Portland on September 26 in a ceremony on the Chiles Center on campus.
On September 20-21, Holy Cross will inaugurate the International Shrine of Basile Moreau at the Congregation's Conventual Church, Notre-Dame de Sainte-Croix, in Le Mans, France.
Six seminarians professed Final Vows on Saturday, September 13, in the United States. The following day they were ordained deacons by Bishop Kevin C. Rhoades.
Br. Stephen Binoy Gomes, C.S.C., reflects on Our Lady of Sorrows, the patroness of the Congregation, on her feast day. He shares how she drew strength from listening to and obeying the Word.
The six men ordained priests for Holy Cross on August 2 in Kampala, Uganda, represent the largest ordination class ever for the Congregation's growing District of East Africa.
After celebrating the First Professions of nine novices on July 16, the Congregation in East Africa formally received nine new novices into the Novitiate on July 21.
On the Feast of the Sacred Heart, the patronal feast of the Holy Cross priests, Fr. Alfredo Olvera Ledezma, C.S.C., helps us conform our hearts to the Heart of Jesus.
Fourteen novices, representing all four Holy Cross jurisdictions in India, professed First Vows on May 31. Two weeks prior, 21 new novices had entered the Novitiate.