Sometimes people ask what it is we do up here at the Holy Cross novitiate all day. It’s a fair question. The postulancy for the Congregation of Holy...
A Window of Angels
For generations, young men being formed to become Holy Cross priests and brothers have done so under the watchful gaze of five angels. Spanning the...
Hospitality: Creating a Space for Encounter
It’s hard to believe, but the first quarter of the academic year here at Cathedral High School in Indianapolis is already drawing to a close. This...
Cultivating Wonder
As part of my doctoral program this semester, I have the pleasure of serving as a Teaching Assistant for an introductory theology course for honors...
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...
Finding the “Missionary Charism”
Before I entered the Congregation of Holy Cross, I spent a year as a lay missionary teaching in a high school in Nairobi, Kenya. I found great joy...
Evangelized by the Poor: A Day in Teliapara
Bangladesh. Invoking the name inspires a wide variety of internal responses. Some are captivated by images of the wild jungles of India and the...
Marinating in the Priesthood
Every 15th day of the month reminds me just how much God’s power and grace can be poured out in one single moment. Of course, God’s power and grace...
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...