It was the third time we had ventured out of our cozy compound in Srimangal and we were still getting our feet underneath us. With a couple of days...
Jani na: What’s in a Name?
The air condition was like a glass of ice cold water to my parched throat, but sleeping in itself would not be an easy task. Between bouts of...
We Build Together
“No one builds alone, we build together” says Fr. Basil Anthony Mary Moreau, the founder of the Congregation of Holy Cross. I came to...
Stretching My Sense of Family
Have you ever felt at home when you were really eight thousand miles away from home? This was my experience of the Holy Cross family in Jinja,...
Mother’s Day 2021
Celebrate your mothers while assisting other mothers throughout the world! This is the third year that the Holy Cross Mission Center is offering a...
You are Smart. You are Kind. You are Important.
“Oli munto murungi.” You are kind. “Oli munto mugezi.” You are smart. “Oli munto womugaso.” You are important....
Finding the Holy Cross Family: An Understanding of Love and Universality
When I chose to participate in the ISSLP in Kyarusozi, Uganda, I had no idea what kind of community I would be spending time with. The site was a...
The True Pearls of Africa: Witnessing Hope, Peace, and Joy in a Beautiful Country
This past summer, along with six other people, I had the opportunity to travel to Uganda as part of a global engagement program through the Center...
Forever
Forever. A word that I typically only think of in one of three specific contexts. First, sappy love songs in which the singer is obviously far too...