Spes Unica

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...

“No one builds alone, we build together” says Fr. Basil Anthony Mary Moreau, the founder of the Congregation of Holy Cross. I came to...

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,...

Celebrate your mothers while assisting other mothers throughout the world! This is the third year that the Holy Cross Mission Center is offering a...

“Oli munto murungi.” You are kind. “Oli munto mugezi.” You are smart. “Oli munto womugaso.” You are important....

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...

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. 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...

At last a morning to sleep in until 6 a.m.! Our day today was to consist of traveling back to Lima and then visiting Canto Grande. The entourage at...

Often Machu Picchu is referred to as the “lost capital of the Incas.” In fact, scholars believe that it was not the capital of the Inca...

I awoke Tuesday morning feeling much better. The intravenous fluids, the hyperbaric chamber, and the drugs worked wonders! Looking back at the...

The alarm startled me from my deep sleep at 5 a.m. I realized that I was in Lima. I scrambled to get dressed and back to the airport across the...