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Rev. Richard Anthony Laurick, C.S.C. | May 25, 1924 – March 3, 2024
NOTRE DAME, Ind. – Rev. Richard Anthony Laurick, C.S.C., 99, died at Holy Cross House, Notre Dame, Indiana, on Sunday, March 3, 2024. Fr. Laurick...
Rev. James R. Blantz, C.S.C. | April 25, 1932 – March 2, 2024
NOTRE DAME, Ind. – Rev. James Raymond Blantz, C.S.C., 91, died at Holy Cross House, Notre Dame, Indiana, on Saturday, March 2, 2024, after battling...
St. Joseph’s Hill Renovates Old Dormitories
St. Joseph’s Hill Senior Secondary School (SJHSS) educates 545 students in the rural area of Kyarusozi, Uganda. This past year, SJHSS celebrated the...
McCauley’s Leadership at Vatican II
"[W]hatever good is found to be sown in the hearts and minds of men, or in the rites and cultures peculiar to various peoples, not only is not lost,...
Forty Hours Devotion at Holy Cross Parish
I’m pleased to continue to share with you highlights of the Forty Hours Devotion that Holy Cross Parish celebrated last fall as part of our parish...
Rev. Patrick J. Sullivan, C.S.C. | August 24, 1929 – February 10, 2024
NOTRE DAME, Ind. – Rev. Patrick J. Sullivan, C.S.C., 94, died at Holy Cross House, Notre Dame, Indiana, on February 10, 2024, after a short illness....
Outreach to Higher Education Apostolates
Following the words of Blessed Basil Moreau, C.S.C., “We shall always place education side by side with instruction; the mind will not be cultivated...
Ministering in Prayer
Just a few days ago, the novices returned from their winter ministry experience. Each year, right around the mid-point of the novitiate, the men are...
Crosses of Hope and Extravagant Gestures of Love
The Lenten season is a journey with spiritual twists and turns. Various models of fidelity and faith help us unfold God’s mystery within us as we...
The Shepherd We Call Good: I Know Mine and Mine Know Me
The image of the Good Shepherd is proclaimed in John 10:11-18 on April 21. It is a rich reflection each year on the Fourth Sunday of Easter, an...
Taking Up the Cross
Within the past few weeks, I have celebrated three funerals here at St. John Vianney Catholic Church, beginning on our Founder, Blessed Basil...
Model for Twinning: St. Joseph (Indiana) & Mary Immaculate (Haiti)
At St. Joseph Catholic Church in South Bend, the Haiti Committee is led by committed parishioners who want to support an international Holy Cross...
Bangladesh Presentation and Lunch, Feb. 13, 2024
You're Invited! Holy Cross Mission Center Director Fr. Tom Eckert, C.S.C., and Assistant Director for Community Engagement Michael Jezewak visited...
Catholic Schools Week and the Passing Down of Faith
It was always one of my favorite weeks when I was in school. It was one of my favorite weeks when I taught fifth grade. It is still one of my...
Rev. Robert J. Brennan, C.S.C. | March 1, 1934 – February 1, 2024
Rev. Robert J. Brennan, C.S.C., 89, died at Holy Cross House, Notre Dame, Ind. on February 1, 2024 after a short illness. Fr. Brennan was born to...