Webinars
During the Year of Mission, the Congregation’s Commission for Mission and Commission for Consecrated Life and Heritage are teaming up to offer a webinar series exploring the Congregation’s mission and charism as well as the year’s theme of Hope Beyond Borders. This page will be updated throughout the year with the topics and presenters, as well as the links to join the webinar.
Upcoming webinars
13 November at 3:00 p.m. Rome Time
Fr. Fred Jenga, C.S.C., Fr. Willy Raymond, C.S.C., and Fr. Pinto Paul, C.S.C.
This webinar is being hosted in collaboration with Holy Cross Family Ministries, which carries on the legacy and mission of Venerable Patrick Peyton, educating families in prayer, especially the Family Rosary. Fr. Fred Jenga, C.S.C., President of HCFM, will speak on "The Family as the Seedbed of Faith and Mission: Lessons from the Global South". Fr. Willy Raymond, C.S.C., President Emeritus of HCFM, will present on "Fr. Peyton's Vision Reimagined: Evangelizing the Modern Family through Prayer and Media". Fr. Pinto Paul, C.S.C., International Director of HCFM, will address "Family Ministry as a Core Element of Holy Cross Mission: A Global Call".
8 January 2026 - The Missionary Nature of Holy Cross Schools - Br. PJ Santhosh, C.S.C., Fr. Prosper Atukwatse, C.S.C., and Dr. Richard Bautch
12 March 2026 - Building up the Church in a Mission Area - Bishop Lumen Monteiro, C.S.C.
9 April 2026 - Experience of the Holy Family Mission in PNG - Fr. Thomas John, C.S.C., and the PNG Missionaries
Past webinars
Fr. Thomas Smith, C.S.C., and Br. Binoy Stephen Gomes, C.S.C.
Thursday, 11 September 2025
This webinar explored the examples of the two patrons of the Year of Mission: Servants of God Br. Flavian Laplante, C.S.C., and Bishop Vincent McCauley, C.S.C. Both exemplified lives given in service of the mission of bringing hope beyond borders. Br. Laplante, originally from Canada, gave most of his religious life in service of the poor in Bangladesh, while Bishop McCauley, born in the United States, was one of the Congregation’s pioneering missionaries to Uganda, where he became a bishop and helped build up the local Church.
Sr. Nathalie Becquart, X.M.C.J.
Thursday, 10 July 2025
Sr. Nathalie Becquart, X.M.C.J., is a member of the Congregation of Xavières. After serving 10 years as the Director of the National Service for the Evangelization of Young People and for Vocations within the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of France, she was appointed by Pope Francis in 2019 as a consultor to the Synod of Bishops. The late Holy Father then appointed her in 2021 to serve as undersecretary to the Synod of Bishops. She is the first woman to hold such a position and the first woman to have voting rights in the Synod.
“Continuing the Mission, Hastening the Kingdom – Basile Moreau’s Perspective on Mission”
Br. Joel Giallanza, C.S.C.
Thursday, 8 May 2025
This webinar focused on the mission of Holy Cross as articulated in the Congregation's early Constitutions. Br. Joel spoke on the importance of zeal in continuing the mission, the nature of mission as Blessed Basile Moreau understood and expressed it. He also emphasied the priority of prayer for our mission.