“On April 29, 1964, our parish priest came and got my mom and me, and we went to the hospital. I saw my dad’s body after he was electrocuted in an...
Ash Wednesday: We Pray to the Lord
On Ash Wednesday, the church reaches out to mark our individual foreheads with a cross of ashes. We claim the cross on our bodies, but we spend the...
Bringing Hope To Downtown Portland
Frank Castle of Marvel Comics was known as “The Punisher,” a Catholic Vietnam veteran who after his family was murdered in the crossfire of a mob...
Beacon Of Hope For 40 Years
It is two weeks before Christmas and Sally, an unwed mother of a baby girl is living out of her car feeling hopeless. The temperatures are cold in...
“You Will Be Taken By Your Calling”
We wished to abandon all to follow Christ. We learned in time that we still had it within ourselves to hold back. We wish to be wholehearted, yet we...
Holy Cross Heritage Month Launches January 2025
Awareness months are an opportunity to connect people with an organization, acknowledge the impactful work of an institution, and celebrate a...
Saint André Bessette: Doorkeeper. Saint. Intercessor.
Brother André Bessette died on January 6, 1937. Pope Benedict XVI declared him a saint for the Universal Church at a ceremony in Rome on October 17,...
The SCARS Project
“You don't get over it you get on with it, and the reason we say you don't get over it is because it is a scar. It's a scar in one's memory and...
Relinquishing Prejudices
“I could see beyond their tattoos, beyond their physical appearance, and saw them as men, as human beings, much like anyone would want. It was then...