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Notre Dame, Ind. – Mr. Vincent A. Kuna, C.S.C., Dr. Charles F. McCoy, C.S.C. and Mr. Aaron J. Michka, C.S.C. will make their final profession of vows in the Congregation of Holy Cross at a celebration of the Eucharist on Saturday, August 30, 2008 at 2:00 p.m. in the Basilica…

Come and See Weekends offer high school juniors and seniors an opportunity to spend a full weekend at Old College, the undergraduate seminary program at the University of Notre Dame, so they might get to know seminarians, their daily routines, and their thoughts about formation.

Holy Cross Priests and Brothers celebrate the anniversaries of priesthood and religious life. Sixty – Fifty – Twenty-Five Years. Learn more about their lives. Download (44 pages, 3MB PDF)

“Nothing is more opposed to the maxims of the Gospel and the spirit of your vocation than fear; nothing is more capable of paralyzing the good which has been so auspiciously begun.”—­Basil Moreau

“Be not afraid.” Pope John Paul II opened his pontificate with these words of Jesus Christ, and he repeated them over and over again, in and out of season, as a reminder to the Church and to the world that God’s love overcomes all our fears, freeing us to live our callings. I know the deep truth of Christ’s invitation to abandon all fear.

Notre Dame, Ind. – The Indiana Province of the Congregation of Holy Cross will ordain two new priests on March 29, 2008, at 2 p.m. at the Basilica of the Sacred Heart, located at the University of Notre Dame.

Weekly Reflections from
The Cross, Our Only Hope

“We know that we walk by Easter’s first light, and it makes us long for its fullness.” Holy Cross Constitutions

Like the apostles on Easter morning, we cannot fully comprehend the significance of the Paschal Mystery, the passion, death, and empty tomb, until we have lived it more directly. It might be confusing for a time, but when we come to know that all of our dyings and risings occur in the Lord, we will have recognized Easter’s first light.

Excerpted from the March 23 reflection, by Anthony Grasso, CSC