“The MDiv degree that we study for at the University of Notre Dame provides us with top-notch preparation for professional ministry in the Church,” writes Mr. Adam Booth, C.S.C. “I know that my place in the world is not to be alone, but to be part of a pilgrim people that I believe I’m called to serve as a priest as we walk along together. And so it’s not just my place in the world that I want to understand, but rather our place, our journey and our destiny.” Read More

“The Congregation of Holy Cross makes initial formation a top priority and central to this period are regular ‘formation nights’ in which Old Collegians, candidates and temporarily professed religious meet together with their respective staffs to discuss a set topic,” writes Mr. David Halm, C.S.C. “The specific topic flows from the larger theme of the semester – such as the vows, particular ministries, Holy Cross history – but always treat one of the ‘five pillars’ of initial formation.” Read More

“While our choir isn't made up of music majors (or angels), we still come together every week to practice and lead the music for our liturgies,” writes Mr. Michael Eardley, a Candidate at Moreau Seminary, about the seminary choir. “As a religious community, praying in common the Liturgy of the Hours and daily Mass are integral parts of our lives. To be part of the choir, then, is an important and enjoyable way of enriching our community prayer and offering our time and talents to the Lord and one another.” Read More

“The move to Moreau Seminary was a nervous experience for me. I had never lived that far from home or been somewhere where I knew very few people. I had practically no prior connection to Notre Dame or Holy Cross, but I knew that God had guided me to this decision,” writes Mr. Tim Weed, a candidate at Moreau Seminary. “The first semester of formation has been a wonderful experience, and I firmly believe that the choices I made in the past year have led me down the right path in life.” Read More

“Being able to celebrate Thanksgiving this year with my Holy Cross brothers at Moreau Seminary has helped me see more clearly that, as men with hope to bring, our life together is meant to be a deep and enduring act of thanks to the One who calls us to that hope,” writes Mr. Chase Pepper, C.S.C., a temporarily professed seminarian at Moreau Seminary. “Hope is grounded in thanksgiving, and the holidays are a special time for us as a religious community to refresh ourselves in the spirit of our vocation.” Read More

“Regardless of who wins the ‘best soiree’ award,” writes Old Collegian Joe Krivos after the epic Les Misérables soiree, “Thursday evenings are the time that the Holy Cross Seminary Community has to come together, to forget about the rigors of our academics for a short while, and just enjoy ourselves with our brothers in Holy Cross, while giving glory to God.” Read More

"What does it mean to say that Jesus is 'consubstantial with' the Father? Why is it more precise to say that God is Creator of all things 'visible and invisible', instead of the familiar 'seen and unseen'?" In helping adult Catholics answer these and other questions like them in his ministry placement, Moreau Seminary Candidate Braydn Harsha says he himself is "being formed to be a good and effective Educator in the Faith." Read More

Today we continue our special summer series looking into how our seminarians spend their summers with Mr. Pat Reidy, C.S.C., who professed vows just over a year ago at the Novitiate.  For most of his summer, he is living at Christ the King Parish in South Bend, Ind., and talking classes at Notre Dame.  But as he shares with us today, that is not all he has done this summer. Read More

The academic year has come to a close at our seminaries. Before heading home, however, Moreau Candidate Michael Gonzalez filed this post for us on how his ministry over spring break helped him understand more deeply the call to and fruitfulness of celibate chastity in the life of the Church. For all those discerning religious life, this is a must read. Read More

We take a break from our Holy Week homilies for our regularly scheduled seminarian post for the month. Today’s comes from second-year professed seminarian Jarrod Waugh, C.S.C., and it is about one of the time-honored traditions not just in formation but in Holy Cross – the Soiree ... French style. Read More

Mr. Dennis Strach, one of our candidates at Moreau Seminary, filed this blog post for our monthly report from our major seminary. Dennis shares a beautiful reflection about how in “giving up” this year to the candidate program has helped him come to give away his gifts in service of others. Read More

Ryan Pietrocarlo, one of our Moreau candidates, has submitted this month’s post from Moreau Seminary. He and the rest of the seminarians arrived back from their Christmas breaks last week, as Ryan shares, to start the new semester off with a retreat at the Holy Cross Center in La Porte. Read More

Seminarian Matt Kuczora, C.S.C, shows us international brothership in action at the seminary’s Christmas Party that was transformed into an amazing fundraiser complete with a “Stache-o-Meter” and a revelation of something not seen in over 23 years! Read More

Life in Holy Cross is about serving God while living as brothers in community. We are not in this life alone; we share all that we have and all that we are with one another. In a real way, this affects our prayer and our ministry, but it also means we like to spend time together just having a little fun. This is a concept that some of us in the seminary have begun to call “brothership”. Read More

Today we have our second post from men in formation at Moreau Seminary. This one comes from Pat Reidy, C.S.C., who just professed his first vows back in July. He shares about one of the signature prayer services at Moreau, Lucernarium, which is a part of every Thursday community night at the seminary. Read More

In this monthly series, different seminarians from Moreau Seminary, Holy Cross’s major seminary on the campus of Notre Dame, will report on life in the seminary. Our first poster, Adam Booth, C.S.C., shares today about his ministry placement working with children and family members who have lost loved ones. Read More