“Whenever I look at my Brother André prayer card on my desk, I remember that I, too, can be a saint,” writes Michael Mercurio, a junior at Notre Dame in reflecting on the recent pilgrimage to St. Joseph’s Oratory in Montreal. “I don’t need to be amazing. I don’t need to be great. I just need to be me, and to accept God’s call to serve Him.” Read More

Back from World Youth Day in Madrid, Fr. Drew Gawrych, C.S.C., filed the following reflection on con-celebrating the closing Mass at Cautro Vientos with the Holy Father.  Read More

Today, we share with you part two of Old Collegian Dan Cruickshank’s reflections on the pilgrimage to St. Joseph’s Oratory over spring break put together by the Office of Vocations and Campus Ministry at Notre Dame and Holy Cross College. Having reflected on the pilgrimage overall, Dan today shares what was his most powerful experience. Read More

Over spring break, the Office of Vocations teamed up with Campus Ministry at Notre Dame and Holy Cross College to lead 51 students on a pilgrimage to St. Joseph’s Oratory in Montreal, Canada. It was part of the on-going celebrations of the canonization of St. André Bessette. Eleven of the students who went were Holy Cross seminarians, including Old Collegian Dan Cruickshank, who has submitted two insightful blog posts for us on his experience of the pilgrimage.  Read More