The first Holy Cross missionaries arrived to Santiago on March 1, 1943. The Holy Cross Family in Chile has been celebrating the anniversary with events all year.
For the first time in its history in Tamil Nadu, the Congregation celebrated the Professions of Final Vows and Deaconate Ordinations in the Indian state.
Br. John Badu Affum, C.S.C., the newly elected Superior of the District of West Africa, received the vows of the six novices, all of whom are brothers.
The 2018 Laureate will be announced the week of November 11-15, 2018, at the University of Portland, which is this year's collegiate partner with the Opus Prize Foundation.
Eleven seminarian novices and one brother novice professed First Vows in East Africa on July 16, 2018. Nine new novices entered the Novitiate five days later.
With two brothers and three seminarians professing Final Vows together, the May 19 celebration reflected the "invisible brotherhood" of the Congregation.
The celebrations the week of May 7, 2018, marked the 20th Anniversary of the INFAM and the Inauguration of Fr. David Farrell, C.S.C., Pavilion at Fe y Alegría 25 School.