Congregation of Holy Cross

The Congregation of Holy Cross (C.S.C.) is a Roman Catholic congregation of priests and brothers founded in 1837 by the Venerable 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).

History

Historical background

Vision of Father Jacques Dujarie

Foundation of the Sisters of Providence

Foundation of the Brothers of St. Joseph

The Zeal of Father Basil Moreau

The Events of 1835

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.”

Global Growth

United States Quebec, Canada, Bengal, India

Congregation of Holy Cross approved — Marianites Separated

New missions in the 20th century

University of Portland (1901)
St. Joseph's Oratory (1920?)
Haiti (19--)
Chile

Notable members

The Venerable Fr. Basil Moreau, CSC, Founder of the Congregation
Blessed André Besette Besette, CSC was beatified by Pope John Paul II on May 23, 1982
Fr. Edward Sorin, CSC
Fr. Theodore Hesburgh, CSC
John Cardinal O'Hara, CSC
Fr. William Corby, CSC
Fr. John J. Cavanaugh, CSC
Fr. Julius Nieuwland, CSC
Bishop Paul Waldschmidt, CSC
Fr. Patrick Peyton, CSC
Fr. John Zahm, CSC
Fr. Timothy Scully, CSC

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.
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
Chile (1943)
Peru (1961)
Brazil (1958)
Ghana (195-)
Kenya (195-)
Uganda (196-
Tanzania (2003)

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

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, River Grove, Illinois (1961)
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)
Holy Family High School, Port Allen, Louisiana (1949) Marianites of Holy Cross
St. Edward High School, Lakewood, Ohio, (1949)
Archbishop Hoban High School, Akron, Ohio (1953)
Holy Cross High School, Flushing, New York (1955)
Notre Dame High School, Niles, Illinois (1955)
St. Francis High School, Mountain View, California (1955)
Holy Cross High School, San Antonio, Texas (1957)
St. Edmond's Academy, Wilmington, Delaware (1959)
Holy Cross High School, River Grove, Ill (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, Canada (1861)

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)
Collegio 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 School, Salem, India (1965)
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) ^*
Holy Cross School, Aymanam, Kerala (2003) ^*
Holy Cross School, Ghanpur, AP (2003) ^*
Holy Cross School, Dahisar, Mumbai (2002) ^*

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