“There are three particular traits of St. Joseph that have served me well as I have moved from assignment to assignment, and that continue to serve me in a way that a patron and model should be understood,” writes Br. Donald Stabrowski, C.S.C., on this Feast of St. Joseph. “First, he was a teacher. Second, he was a humble person. And third, he was an enabler in the best sense of that word.” Read More

Today the Congregation of Holy Cross celebrates one of its patronal feast days, the Feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus.  The Sacred Heart is the special feast day of all the priests and seminarians of Holy Cross.  To help us celebrate this day, we are posting a reflection written by Fr. Bob Epping, C.S.C., who is the Pastor of Sacred Heart Parish in Colorado Springs, Colo. Read More

Today Holy Cross, along with the Universal Church, suspends our Lenten observances to celebrate the great Feast of St. Joseph. For Holy Cross, this is a particularly special day as St. Joseph is the patron of the Brothers of Holy Cross. And so today, one of our Holy Cross brothers, Brother Paul Bednarczyk, C.S.C., shares a reflection on St. Joseph, drawing upon one of this silent saint’s greatest apostles, St. André Bessette. Read More

A happy feast day to one and all, as all of us in the Holy Cross family celebrate the feast day of our founder, Blessed Basil Moreau. As celebrations take place throughout the world, we dive into the festivities on our blog with a reflection on Blessed Moreau as a man of prayer, written by Fr. Kevin Grove, C.S.C. At the end of the reflection is a prayer for the canonization of Moreau. May the example and intercession of Blessed Moreau make all of us, like him, men and women of deep prayer, men and women who are God’s saints. Read More

From all of us here in the Office of Vocations, a blessed and grace-filled Christmas to you!  Know that you are in our prayers on this holy day and in this holy season.  As part of your Christmas celebrations, we share with you the homily Fr. Jim Gallagher, C.S.C, the Director of the Office of Vocations, preached this evening at the Basilica of the Sacred Heart at the University of Notre Dame.

In a Thanksgiving Day treat, we are posting from The Cross, Our Only Hope the reflection written by Fr. Pat Neary, C.S.C., for this beautiful day. Enjoy, and have a blessed Thanksgiving! Read More

Today, the Feast of Our Lady of Sorrows, is the patronal feast day of the Congregation of Holy Cross. Although Blessed Basil Moreau dedicated the sisters of Holy Cross to the care of Our Lady of Sorrows, he also put his entire religious family under her loving patronage. To help us all join in this wonderful celebration, the biggest of the Holy Cross year, we share the beautiful reflection Bishop Daniel R. Jenky, the Bishop of Peoria, wrote on Our Lady of Sorrows for the daily meditation book, The Cross, Our Only Hope. May the Our Lady of Sorrows continue to intercede for Holy Cross so that we may be close to Jesus the last. Read More