Congregation of Holy Cross

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The Congregation of Holy Cross or Congregatio a Sancta Cruce (C.S.C.) is a Roman Catholic congregation of priests and brothers founded in 1837 by Blessed Father Basil Anthony-Marie Moreau, CSC, in Le Mans, France.

Father Moreau also founded the Marianites of Holy Cross, now divided into three independent congregations of sisters. The Congregations of women who trace their origins to Father Moreau are the Marianites of Holy Cross (Le Mans, France), the Sisters of the Holy Cross, (Notre Dame, Indiana), and the Sisters of Holy Cross, (Montreal, Canada).

[edit] Holy Cross founded as a religious association

Basile Antoine-Marie Moreau, born at Laigné-en-Belan, near Le Mans, France, on February 11, 1799, founded the Congregation of Holy Cross. Basile Moreau saw a visible image of the Holy Family in this Congregation of Holy Cross which he had conceived as an Association of religious men and women working together on equal footing for the building of the reign of God. He intended that this Congregation, composed at its origins of three distinct Societies, namely, Sisters, Priests, and Brothers, be an apostolic institute. As Father Moreau stated in one of his letters, he envisioned that: “Holy Cross will grow like a mighty tree and constantly shoot forth new limbs and new branches which will be nourished by the same sap and endowed with the same life.”

[edit] Congregation of Holy Cross approved — Marianites Separated

[edit] New missions in the 20th century

University of Portland (1901)
Saint Joseph's Oratory (1924)
King's College (1946)
Haiti (19--)
Chile

[edit] Notable members

Blessed Father Basil Moreau, CSC, Founder of the Congregation
Blessed André Bessette, CSC
Fr. Edward Sorin, CSC, founder of the University of Notre Dame and St. Edward's University
Fr. Theodore Hesburgh, CSC, president of the University of Notre Dame 1952-1987
John Cardinal O'Hara, CSC
Fr. William Corby, CSC
Fr. John J. Cavanaugh, CSC
Fr. Julius Nieuwland, CSC
Gerald Fitzgerald, founder of The Congregation of the Servants of the Paraclete
Bishop Paul Waldschmidt, CSC
Fr. Patrick Peyton, CSC
Fr. John Zahm, CSC
Bishop Daniel Robert Jenky, CSC, Bishop of Peoria, IL
Fr. Edward "Monk" Malloy, CSC, president of the University of Notre Dame 1987-2005
Fr. John I. Jenkins, CSC, current president of the University of Notre Dame
Rev. David T. Tyson, CSC, Provincial Superior, Indiana Province, and former president of the University of Portland
Bishop Lumen Monteiro, CSC, Bishop of Agartala
Bishop Stephen Rotluanga, CSC, Bishop of Aizawl

[edit] Superiors General

Fr. Basil Moreau, CSC (1837–1866)
Fr. Pierre Dufal, CSC (1866–1868)
Fr. Edward Sorin, CSC (1868–1893)
Fr. Gilbert Francais, CSC (1893-1906?)
Fr. James Wesley Donahue, CSC
Fr. James Burns, CSC (1938?-1950?)
Fr. Christopher O'Toole, CSC (1961?-1973?)
Fr. Tom Borosse, CSC (1973–1985)
Fr. Claude Grou, CSC (1985–1997)
Fr. Hugh Cleary, CSC (1997–2009)

[edit] Location

Holy Cross Priests and Brothers can be found across the globe, including these countries (date of first appearance in parentheses):

France (1820)
United States (1841)
Canada (1847)
Italy (1850)
Bangladesh (1853)
India (1853)
Haiti (1944)
Chile (1943)
Peru (1961)
Brazil (1958)
Ghana (195-)
Kenya (195-)
Uganda (196-
Tanzania (2003)
Liberia (1950's?)

[edit] Holy Cross institutions

[edit] Higher education

Waldschmidt Hall, formerly West Hall, at the University of Portland.

University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana (1842)
Saint Mary's College, Notre Dame, Indiana (1844) (Sisters of the Holy Cross)
St. Edward's University, Austin, Texas (1878)
University of Portland, Portland, Oregon (1901)
Our Lady of Holy Cross College, New Orleans, Louisiana (1916) (Marianites of Holy Cross)
King's College, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania (1946)
Stonehill College, Easton, Massachusetts (1948)
Holy Cross College, Notre Dame, Indiana (1966)

[edit] Secondary schools

[edit] England

The Holy Cross Catholic Girls School ( New Malden, London, England )

[edit] France

Saint-Michel de Picpus (Paris), Paris. France
Notre Dame d'Orveau Ecole (Nyoiseau), Nyoiseau, France

[edit] United States

Academy of the Holy Cross, Kensington, Maryland (1868) Sisters of the Holy Cross
Holy Cross High School, New Orleans, Louisiana (1879)
Holy Trinity High School, Chicago, Illinois (1910)
Notre Dame High School, West Haven, Connecticut (1946)
Gilmour Academy, Gates Mills, Ohio (1946)
Notre Dame High School, Sherman Oaks, California (1947)
St. Edward High School, Lakewood, Ohio, (1949)
Holy Family High School, Port Allen, Louisiana (1949) Marianites of Holy Cross
Archbishop Hoban High School, Akron, Ohio (1953)
St. Francis High School, Mountain View, California (1955)
Notre Dame High School, Niles, Illinois (1955)
Holy Cross High School, Flushing, New York (1955)
Holy Cross High School, San Antonio, Texas (1957)
St. Edmond's Academy, Wilmington, Delaware (1959)
Bishop McNamara High School, Forestville, Maryland, (1964)
Moreau Catholic High School, Hayward, California (1965)
Holy Cross High School, Waterbury, Connecticut (1968)
Stonehill College, North Easton,MA
Notre Dame College, Manchester, NH - closed

[edit] Canada

Collège Notre-Dame du Sacré-Coeur (Montreal), Montreal, Quebec, Canada (1861)
Notre Dame College School (Welland), Welland, Ontario, Canada
Holy Cross Catholic Secondary School (St. Catharines, Ontario)

[edit] Bangladesh

Saint Placid's High School, Chittagong, Bangladesh (1853)
St. Gregory's High School, Dhaka, Bangladesh (1881)
Holy Cross High School, Bandura, Bangladesh (1920)
Saint Nicholas High School, Nagori, Bangladesh (1920)
Biroidakuni High School, Mymensingh, Bangladesh (1941)
Brother Andre High School, Noakhali, Bangladesh(1940)
Mariam Ashram High School, Chittagong, Bangladesh (1946)
Notre Dame College, Dhaka, Bangladesh (1949)
Holy Cross College (Dhaka), Dhaka, Bangladesh (1950) Sisters of the Holy Cross
Holy Cross Girls' High School, Dhaka, Bangladesh (1950) Sisters of the Holy Cross
Udayan High School, Barisal, Bangladesh (1952)
St. Joseph Higher Secondary School, Dhaka, Bangladesh (1954)
St. Joseph School of Industrial Trades, Dhaka, Bangladesh (1954)

[edit] Chile

St. George's College, Santiago, Chile (1943)
Colegio de Andacollo, Santiago, Chile (1990?)

[edit] Brazil

Colegio Santa Maria, São Paulo, Brazil (1947) Sisters of the Holy Cross
Colegio Dom Amando, Santarém, Brazil (1966)
Colegio Notre Dame, Campinas, Brazil (1968)
Colegio Santa Cruz, São Paulo, Brazil

[edit] Haiti

Notre Dame College (Cap Haitian), Cap Haitian, Haiti (1904)
École Père Pérard (Haiti), Plaisance, Haiti
École Père Joseph Lepévédic (Haiti), Limbé, Haiti

[edit] India

Holy Cross Matriculation Higher Secondary School www.salemholycross.org , Salem, India (1965)
Notre Dame of Holy Cross School [CBSE ], Gundukallur, Salem, Tamil Nadu, India. [2008]
Holy Cross High School, whitefield, Bangalore, India
Holy Cross School, Agartala, India (1970)
Jeevan Jyothi Technical Institute (Honavar, India), Honavar, India
Holy Cross School (Mizoram, India), Mizoram, India
Holy Cross School, Trichy, TN (2002) [1]
Holy Cross School, Aymanam, Kerala (2003) [2]
Holy Cross School, Ghanpur, AP (2003) [3]
St Louis School, Dahisar, Mumbai (2002) [4]

[edit] Ghana

St Augustine's College (Ghana), Cape Coast, Ghana
St John's Secondary School (Ghana), Sekondi Takoradi, Ghana

[edit] East Africa

Holy Cross Lake View Senior Secondary School (Jinja), Jinja, Uganda (1993)

[edit] Liberia

St. Patrick's High School, Monrovia, Liberia (1950's)

[edit] External references

[edit] Links

[edit] Books and Publications

Gift of the Cross Lenten Reflections in the Holy Cross Tradition
The Cross, Our Only Hope; Catholic Bestseller available from Ave Maria Press
Basil Moreau; biography available from Ave Maria Press
Vincent McCauley, C.S.C.:Bishop of the Poor, Apostle of East Africa; biography available from Ave Maria Press