Congregation of Holy Cross

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The Congregation of Holy Cross, Congregatio a Sancta Cruce (C.S.C.), is a Roman Catholic congregation of priests and brothers founded in 1837 by the Venerable 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).

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[edit] History

[edit] Historical background

[edit] Vision of Father Jacques Dujarie

[edit] Foundation of the Sisters of Providence

[edit] Foundation of the Brothers of St. Joseph

[edit] The Zeal of Father Basil Moreau

[edit] 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.”

[edit] Global Growth

United States Quebec, Canada, Bengal, India

[edit] Congregation of Holy Cross approved — Marianites Separated

[edit] New missions in the 20th century

[edit] Notable members

[edit] 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)

[edit] Location

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

[edit] Holy Cross institutions

[edit] Higher education

Waldschmidt Hall, formerly West Hall, at the University of Portland.
Waldschmidt Hall, formerly West Hall, at the University of Portland.

[edit] Secondary schools

[edit] England

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

[edit] France

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

[edit] United States

[edit] Canada

[edit] Bangladesh

[edit] Chile

[edit] Brazil

[edit] Haiti

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

[edit] 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]

[edit] Ghana

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

[edit] East Africa

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

[edit] External links


 
Catholic Congregations (incomplete list -- please edit)
Congregation of Holy Cross ♰ Legion of Christ ♰ Marianites of Holy Cross ♰ Sisters of the Holy Cross ♰ Sisters of Holy Cross ♰ Servi Jesu et Mariae
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