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On August 17, 1991, Holy Cross ordained its first Ugandan priest, Fr. Fulgens Katende. Five Holy Cross Brother's and one priest died in the genocide of 1994. In Bugembe and Wanyange, two villages of the Jinja Diocese, a primary school and secondary were opened: Holy Cross Primary and Holy Cross Lakeview Secondary respectively.
Thomas J. O'Hara (born March 16, 1949) served as Provincial Superior of the U.S. Province of Priests and Brothers of the Congregation of Holy Cross from his election to the position on June 15, 2012 (The Feast of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, the Patron of Holy Cross Priests) until the election of Father Bill Lies on June 14, 2018.
The primary feast of the Crosiers, the Exaltation of the Cross, reflects a spirituality focused on the triumphal cross of Christ. [7] Crosiers believe the resurrection of Jesus guarantees that in suffering and pain, there is hope and healing. Because of this, Crosiers emphasize the glorious, or triumphant, cross.
Like three of his brothers, [4] Patrick Healy continued his education at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts. He graduated in 1850, at the age of 16, and was awarded a Bachelor of Arts by Georgetown University, since Holy Cross had not yet been chartered and conferred degrees under Georgetown's charter. [7]
Basil Moreau, C.S.C. (February 11, 1799 – January 20, 1873) was the French priest who founded the Congregation of Holy Cross from which two additional congregations were founded, namely the Marianites of Holy Cross and the Sisters of the Holy Cross. Moreau was beatified on September 15, 2007 in Le Mans, France.
Father Saint-Germain, parish priest at Saint-Laurent Church asked Bishop Ignace Bourget to obtain some members of the Marianites of Holy Cross for his parish. On his return from Rome in 1847, Bourget introduced the Fathers of the Congregation of Holy Cross, the Clerics of St. Viator, and the Mariantes to the diocese, Sisters of the Holy Cross. [1]
Congregation of Holy Cross (C.S.C.), the priests and brothers of Holy Cross. The sisters of the original congregation were broken off and made independent by Rome in 1856. Subsequently, the Holy Cross sisters became three independent communities of sisters, namely: The Marianites of Holy Cross (M.S.C.) (Le Mans, France)
James Augustine Healy (1830–1900) graduated valedictorian of the Holy Cross's first graduating class in 1849. He became a priest in the Diocese of Boston. He was later consecrated as Bishop of Portland, Maine on June 2, 1875. At a period of rapid growth in Catholic immigration, Healy oversaw the establishment of 60 new churches, 68 missions ...