Congregation of Holy Cross

 

The Congregation of Holy Cross or Congregatio a Sancta Cruce (C.S.C.) is a Roman Catholic congregation of priests and brothers founded in 1837 by Blessed Father Basil Anthony-Marie Moreau, CSC, in Le Mans, France.

Father Moreau also founded the Marianites of Holy Cross, now divided into three independent congregations of sisters. The Congregations of women who trace their origins to Father Moreau are the Marianites of Holy Cross (Le Mans, France), the Sisters of the Holy Cross, (Notre Dame, Indiana), and the Sisters of Holy Cross, (Montreal, Canada).

History

Historical background

Vision of Father Jacques Dujarie

Foundation of the Sisters of Providence

Foundation of the Brothers of St. Joseph

The Zeal of Father Basil Moreau

Holy Cross founded as a religious association

Basile Antoine-Marie Moreau, born at Laigne-en-Belan, near Le Mans, France, on February 11, 1799, founded the Congregation of Holy Cross. Basile Moreau saw a visible image of the Holy Family in this Congregation of Holy Cross which he had conceived as an Association of religious men and women working together on equal footing for the building of the reign of God. He intended that this Congregation, composed at its origins of three distinct Societies, namely, Sisters, Priests, and Brothers, be an apostolic institute. As Father Moreau stated in one of his letters, he envisioned that: “Holy Cross will grow like a mighty tree and constantly shoot forth new limbs and new branches which will be nourished by the same sap and endowed with the same life.”

Global Growth

France, United States, Canada, Mexico, Bengladesh, India, Chile, Peru, Brazil, Ghana, Liberia, Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Haiti

Congregation of Holy Cross approved — Marianites Separated

New missions in the 20th century

• University of Portland (1901)
• Saint Joseph's Oratory (1924)
• Haiti (19--)
• Chile

Notable members

• Blessed Father Basil Moreau, CSC, Founder of the Congregation
• Blessed André Bessette, CSC
• Fr. Edward Sorin, CSC, founder of the University of Notre Dame
• Fr. Theodore Hesburgh, CSC, former president of the University of Notre Dame
• John Cardinal O'Hara, CSC
• Fr. William Corby, CSC
• Fr. John J. Cavanaugh, CSC
• Fr. Julius Nieuwland, CSC
• Bishop Paul Waldschmidt, CSC
• Fr. Patrick Peyton, CSC
• Fr. John Zahm, CSC
• Fr. Timothy Scully, CSC
• Bishop Daniel R. Jenky, CSC
• Fr. Edward "Monk" Malloy, CSC, immediate past-president of the University of Notre Dame
• Fr. John I. Jenkins, CSC, current president of the University of Notre Dame
• Rev. David T. Tyson, CSC, Provincial Superior, Indiana Province, and former president of the University of Portland

Superiors General

• Fr. Basil Moreau, CSC (1837–1866)
• Fr. Pierre Dufal, CSC (1866–1868)
• Fr. Edward Sorin, CSC (1868–1893)
• Fr. Gilbert Francais, CSC (1893-1906?)
• Fr. James Wesley Donahue, CSC
• Fr. James Burns, CSC (1938?-1950?)
• Fr. Christopher O'Toole, CSC (1961?-1973?)
• Fr. Tom Borosse, CSC (1973–1985)
• Fr. Claude Grou, CSC (1985–1997)
• Fr. Hugh Cleary, CSC (1997–2009)

Location

Holy Cross Priests and Brothers can be found across the globe, including these countries (date of first appearance in parentheses):

• France (1820)
• United States (1841)
• Canada (1847)
• Italy (1850)
• Bangladesh (1853)
• India (1853)
• Haiti (1944)
• Chile (1943)
• Peru (1961)
• Brazil (1958)
• Ghana (195-)
• Kenya (195-)
• Uganda (196-
• Tanzania (2003)

Holy Cross institutions

Higher education

• University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana (1842)
• Saint Mary's College, Notre Dame, Indiana (1844) (Sisters of the Holy Cross)
• St. Edward's University, Austin, Texas (1878)
• University of Portland, Portland, Oregon (1901)
• Our Lady of Holy Cross College, New Orleans, Louisiana (1916) (Marianites of Holy Cross)
• King's College, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania (1946)
• Stonehill College, Easton, Massachusetts (1948)
• Holy Cross College, Notre Dame, Indiana (1966)

Secondary schools

England

The Holy Cross Catholic Girls School ( New Malden, London, England )

France

• Saint-Michel de Picpus (Paris), Paris. France
• Notre Dame d'Orveau Ecole (Nyoiseau), Nyoiseau, France

United States

• Academy of the Holy Cross, Kensington, Maryland (1868) Sisters of the Holy Cross
• Holy Cross High School, New Orleans, Louisiana (1879)
• Holy Trinity High School, Chicago, Illinois (1910)
• Notre Dame High School, West Haven, Connecticut (1946)
• Gilmour Academy, Gates Mills, Ohio (1946)
• Notre Dame High School, Sherman Oaks, California (1947)
• St. Edward High School, Lakewood, Ohio, (1949)
• Holy Family High School, Port Allen, Louisiana (1949) Marianites of Holy Cross
• Archbishop Hoban High School, Akron, Ohio (1953)
• St. Francis High School, Mountain View, California (1955)
• Notre Dame High School, Niles, Illinois (1955)
• Holy Cross High School, Flushing, New York (1955)
• Holy Cross High School, San Antonio, Texas (1957)
• St. Edmond's Academy, Wilmington, Delaware (1959)
• Cathedral High School, Indianapolis, Indiana, (1960)
• Holy Cross High School, River Grove, Illinois (1961)
• Bishop McNamara High School, Forestville, Maryland, (1964)
• Moreau Catholic High School, Hayward, California (1965)
• Holy Cross High School, Waterbury, Connecticut (1968)

Canada

• Collège Notre-Dame du Sacré-Coeur (Montreal), Montreal, Canada (1861)

Bangladesh

• Saint Placid's High School, Chittagong, Bangladesh (1853)
• St. Gregory's High School, Dhaka, Bangladesh (1881)
• Holy Cross High School, Bandura, Bangladesh (1920)
• Saint Nicholas High School, Nagori, Bangladesh (1920)
• Biroidakuni High School, Mymensingh, Bangladesh (1941)
• Brother Andre High School, Noakhali, Bangladesh(1940)
• Mariam Ashram High School, Chittagong, Bangladesh (1946)
• Notre Dame College, Dhaka, Bangladesh (1949)
• Holy Cross College (Dhaka), Dhaka, Bangladesh (1950) Sisters of the Holy Cross
• Holy Cross Girls' High School, Dhaka, Bangladesh (1950) Sisters of the Holy Cross
• Udayan High School, Barisal, Bangladesh (1952)
• St. Joseph Higher Secondary School, Dhaka, Bangladesh (1954)
• St. Joseph School of Industrial Trades, Dhaka, Bangladesh (1954)

Chile

• St. George's College, Santiago, Chile (1943)
• Collegio de Andacollo, Santiago, Chile (1990?)

Brazil

• Colegio Santa Maria, São Paulo, Brazil (1947) Sisters of the Holy Cross
• Colegio Dom Amando, Santarém, Brazil (1966)
• Colegio Notre Dame, Campinas, Brazil (1968)
• Colegio Santa Cruz, São Paulo, Brazil

Haiti

• Notre Dame College (Cap Haitian), Cap Haitian, Haiti (1904)
• École Père Pérard (Haiti), Plaisance, Haiti
• École Père Joseph Lepévédic (Haiti), Limbé, Haiti

India

• Holy Cross Matriculation Higher Secondary Schoolsalemholycross , Salem, India (1965)
• Holy Cross School (Agartala) | Holy Cross School]], Agartala, India (1970)
• Jeevan Jyothi Technical Institute (Honavar, India), Honavar, India
• Holy Cross School (Mizoram, India), Mizoram, India
• Holy Cross School, Trichy, TN (2002) [1]
• Holy Cross School, Aymanam, Kerala (2003) [2]
• Holy Cross School, Ghanpur, AP (2003) [3]
• Holy Cross School, Dahisar, Mumbai (2002) [4]

Ghana

• St Augustine's College (Ghana), Cape Coast, Ghana
• St John's Secondary School (Ghana), Sekondi Takoradi, Ghana

East Africa

• Holy Cross Lake View Senior Secondary School (Jinja), Jinja, Uganda (1993)

External links

• Official Web Site
• Catholic Encyclopedia Article on the Congregation
• Province of South India
• Old College: Holy Cross Undergraduate Seminary of Notre Dame

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