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The College of the Holy Cross was founded by Benedict Joseph Fenwick, second Bishop of Boston, as the first Catholic college in New England. [11] [12] Its establishment followed Fenwick's efforts to create a Catholic college in Boston which had been thwarted by the city's Protestant civic leaders. [13]
Fitton Field is a football stadium in Worcester, Massachusetts, primarily used for College of the Holy Cross sporting events. The stadium opened in 1908 as the official home for the Holy Cross Crusaders football team. Before that, most games were played on the adjoining baseball field.
Dunbarton College of Holy Cross operated from 1935 to 1973. The college was founded by M. Rose Elizabeth, a member of the Sisters of the Holy Cross; she was also the college's first president. [1] In 1974, Howard University purchased the campus to house the Howard University School of Law, which still occupies the campus on Van Ness Street ...
Hart Center at the Luth Athletic Complex is the main athletic center at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts. It was built in 1975 and is home to the Holy Cross Crusaders athletic teams. It is named for the Rev. Francis J. Hart, S.J., the guiding force behind intramurals at Holy Cross for more than 40 years, as well as John ...
Holy Cross students are also eligible to try out for Club Sports teams at the University of Notre Dame. Additionally, students, faculty, and staff members at Holy Cross or Saint Mary's College may participate in Notre Dame's Bookstore Basketball Tournament, the largest 5-on-5 tournament in the country held every spring. In 2012, a team from ...
Catholic higher education includes universities, colleges, and other institutions of higher education privately run by the Catholic Church, typically by religious institutes. Those tied to the Holy See are specifically called pontifical universities. By definition, Catholic canon law states that "A Catholic school is understood to be one which ...
Website. www.academyoftheholycross.org. The Academy of the Holy Cross is a Catholic college preparatory school sponsored by the Sisters of the Holy Cross and founded in 1868. [3] The academy is located on a 28-acre (110,000 m 2) campus [citation needed] in North Bethesda, Maryland (Kensington postal address), [4][5] north of Washington, D.C.