Congregation of Holy Cross Totally Explained

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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'd 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.”

Global Growth

France, United States, Canada, Mexico, Bengladesh, India, Chile, Peru, Brazil, Ghana, Liberia, Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Haiti

Congregation of Holy Cross approved — Marianites Separated

New missions in the 20th century

University of Portland (1901)
Saint Joseph's Oratory (1924)
King's College (1945)
Haiti (19--)
Chile

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 R. 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):

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?)

Holy Cross institutions

Higher education

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

Saint-Michel de Picpus (Paris), Paris. France

Notre Dame d'Orveau Ecole (Nyoiseau), Nyoiseau, 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

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)

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

St. George's College, Santiago, Chile (1943)

Colegio de Andacollo, Santiago, Chile (1990?)

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

Haiti

Notre Dame College (Cap Haitian), Cap Haitian, Haiti (1904)

École Père Pérard (Haiti), Plaisance, Haiti

École Père Joseph Lepévédic (Haiti), Limbé, 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) | 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) (External Link

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Holy Cross School, Aymanam, Kerala (2003) (External Link

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Holy Cross School, Ghanpur, AP (2003) (External Link

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St Louis School, Dahisar, Mumbai (2002) (External Link

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Ghana

St Augustine's College (Ghana), Cape Coast, Ghana

St John's Secondary School (Ghana), Sekondi Takoradi, Ghana

East Africa

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

Liberia

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

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