“You can’t go home again,” as the saying goes. This past year, I got to test this claim out for myself. After fourteen years as a professor at the...
Shepherds among the Sheep
In the past few years two Holy Cross priests have been named bishops in the United States and ordinaries of their dioceses: Bishop Bill Wack,...
Exploring Holy Cross at the Novitiate
So much of the novitiate is oriented towards discernment. The men at the novitiate are discerning how God is inviting them to make a gift of their...
Stories of Holy Cross: Fr. Valentine Czyzewski, C.S.C.
E Pluribus Unum — "One out of many" — is an epithet the United States sometimes uses to describe itself as a nation made up of many different ethnic...
Introduction to the Holy Cross Novitiate (2023)
Just a few weeks ago five young men arrived at the Holy Cross Novitiate, located just outside of Colorado Springs in the shadow of Pike’s Peak. For...
Ten Holy Cross Men Profess Final Vows
With joy and thanksgiving, the Congregation of Holy Cross celebrated the final profession of vows of ten men in formation on Saturday, August 26,...
Seminarians’ Holy Land Pilgrimage
Seven fourth-year temporarily professed seminarians recently traveled to Israel for a 12-day Holy Land pilgrimage. The group, pictured above in...
Office of Vocations Hosts 18 for Summer Seminary Immersion Program
The Office of Vocations is hosting the annual Summer Seminary Immersion Program (SSIP) from June 17 to July 1. Eighteen young men from around the...
Rome Discernment Pilgrimage
Vocation Director Rev. John DeRiso, C.S.C., and Rev. David Smith, C.S.C., recently accompanied ten men all discerning a vocation with Holy Cross on...