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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).
Holy Cross founded as a religious association
Basile Antoine-Marie Moreau, born at Laigne-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.”
Congregation of Holy Cross approved — Marianites Separated
New missions in the 20th century
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, former president of the University of Notre Dame
- John Cardinal O'Hara, CSC
- Fr. William Corby, CSC
- Fr. John J. Cavanaugh, CSC
- Fr. Frank Gartland, CSC
- Fr. Julius Nieuwland, CSC
- 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, immediate past-president of the University of Notre Dame
- 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
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)
Location
Holy Cross Priests and Brothers can be found across the globe, including these countries (date of first appearance in parentheses):
Holy Cross institutions
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)
Secondary schools
England
The Holy Cross Catholic Girls School ( New Malden, London, England )
France
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)
- King's College (1945)
- 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)
- Cathedral High School, Indianapolis, Indiana, (1960)
- Holy Cross High School, River Grove, Illinois (1961)
- Bishop McNamara High School, Forestville, Maryland, (1964)
- Moreau Catholic High School, Hayward, California (1965)
- Holy Cross High School, Waterbury, Connecticut (1968)
Canada
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)
Chile
Brazil
Haiti
India
- Holy Cross Matriculation Higher Secondary School salemholycross , 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]
Ghana
East Africa
Liberia
- St. Patrick's High School, Monrovia, Liberia (1950's)
External links
Books and Publications
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