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{{Short description|Catholic religious congregation of missionary priests and brothers}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2022}}
{{Infobox organization
| name                = Congregation of Holy Cross
| native name         = {{langx|la|Congregatio a Sancta Cruce}} 
| image               = Congregation of Holy Cross.svg
| image_size          = 150px
| abbreviation        = CSC
| formation           = {{start date and age|1837|3|1|df=yes|p=yes|br=yes}}
| founder             = Blessed Fr.[[Basil Moreau| Basile-Antoine Marie Moreau]], C.S.C. 
| founding_location   = [[Le Mans]], France
| type                = Clerical [[religious congregation]] of [[pontifical right]] for men
| headquarters        = Via Framura 85, [[Rome]], [[Italy]]
| membership          = 1,399 members (includes 729 priests) as of 2020
| leader_title        = Motto
| leader_name         = {{langx|la|Ave Crux Spes Unica}}<br />English''':''' ''Hail the Cross, Our Only Hope''
| leader_title2       = [[Superior General]]
| leader_name2        = Br. Paul Bednarczyk, CSC
| parent_organization = [[Catholic Church]]
| website             = {{url|holycrosscongregation.org}}
}}

The '''Congregation of Holy Cross''' ({{langx|la|Congregatio a Sancta Cruce}}), abbreviated '''CSC''',<ref>{{Cite web|title= Congregation of Holy Cross (C.S.C.)|url=http://www.gcatholic.org/orders/020.htm|access-date=2022-01-14|website= GCatholic}} </ref> is a [[Catholic Church|Catholic]] clerical [[religious congregation]] of pontifical right for men founded in 1837 by [[Basil Moreau]], in [[Le Mans]], France.

Moreau also founded the Marianites of Holy Cross for women, now divided into three independent congregations of sisters: the [[Marianites of Holy Cross]] ([[Le Mans, France]]), the [[Sisters of the Holy Cross]] ([[Notre Dame, Indiana]]), and the [[Sisters of Holy Cross]] ([[Montreal]], Quebec, Canada).

==History==
{{Main|Basil Moreau}}
===Two Societies===
Basile Antoine-Marie Moreau was born at [[Laigné-en-Belin]], near [[Le Mans]], France, on February 11, 1799, in the final months of the [[French Revolution]]. When Moreau decided to enter the [[Priesthood (Catholic Church)|priesthood]], he was forced to undergo his [[seminary]] training in secret for fear that the French government would arrest him. He completed his studies and was ordained for the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Le Mans|Diocese of Le Mans]] in 1821. The French government continued to work for the removal of the Church from the educational system, which left many Catholics without a place to be educated or catechized.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Connelly|first=James T.|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1223098369|title=The History of the Congregation of Holy Cross|date=2020|publisher=University of Notre Dame Press|isbn=978-0-268-10888-5|location=Notre Dame, IN|oclc=1223098369}}</ref> In 1835,  Moreau had formed a group, which he called "Auxiliary Priests", to serve the educational and evangelization needs of the Diocese of Le Mans.{{Cn|date=April 2025}}

On July 15, 1820, a priest of the Diocese of Le Mans, [[Jacques-Francois Dujarié]], brought together a group of zealous men to serve the educational needs of the people in the French countryside.<ref name="chc">[http://www.holycrosscongregation.org/about-us/history/ "History", Congregation of Holy Cross]</ref> Fr. Dujarié named this group the Brothers of [[Saint Joseph|St. Joseph]]. By 1835 this group was well established in the diocese, but Dujarié was getting older and they were in need of a new leader. Dujarié and Moreau had met previously and discussed their views on the future of the Church in France and so Dujarié knew that Moreau was just the man he was looking for. With the consent of the bishop, Moreau was given control of the Brothers of St. Joseph on August 31, 1835. He was now the head of two organizations, the Auxiliary Priests and the Brothers of St. Joseph.{{Cn|date=April 2025}}

===The Association of Holy Cross===
In 1837, Moreau made the decision to combine his two communities into one society so that the priests and brothers could share resources and ministries in common.<ref name="chc" /> On March 1, 1837, the priests and brothers gathered in the church of [[Notre Dame de Sainte Croix, Le Mans|Notre-Dame de Sainte-Croix, Le Mans]], in the Sainte-Croix district of [[Le Mans]] to sign the Fundamental Act of Union which legally joined them into one association. This new group took on the name of where they met and became the Association of Holy Cross. Initially Holy Cross was a diocesan group and so they primarily served in whatever capacity the bishop asked of them. In 1840 this changed when Moreau received a request to send a delegation from his society to [[Algeria]] with the purpose of establishing schools and a seminary. It was at this point that Moreau shifted the focus of Holy Cross and after the first missionaries left in April 1840 the association took on the identity of a [[religious institute]]. On August 15, 1840, Moreau and four others became the first professed religious in the Association of Holy Cross. As part of his plan to form this religious institute, Moreau also brought together the first group of women who would become the Marianites of Holy Cross.{{Cn|date=April 2025}}

In 1841, he sent a group to the [[United States]], establishing the first Holy Cross institution in North America at [[University of Notre Dame|Notre Dame]] in [[Indiana]]. The institute expanded further by establishing missions in [[Canada]] in 1847 and in [[Bangladesh|East Bengal]] in 1852.<ref name="chc" />

This association of priests, brothers, and sisters, would continue in roughly the same form until May 13, 1857, when [[Pope Pius IX]] approved the first constitutions of the priests and brothers. From that point on the Association officially became the Congregation of Holy Cross. Doubting the propriety of a mixed congregation of men and women, Rome separated the women into an independent community at that time. Moreau, in his role as their founder, continued to work for Rome's approval of the sisters' constitution. In 1865, Rome approved the constitutions of the [[Marianites of Holy Cross]], granting them the status of an Apostolic congregation.{{Cn|date=April 2025}}

==Holy Cross and The Holy Family==
[[Image:Saint joseph oratory montreal 2010t.JPG|thumb|150px|right|[[Saint Joseph's Oratory|St. Joseph's Oratory]] in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.]]

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. Calling on the spiritual aid of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, Moreau gave to each of the three groups a patron: he consecrated the priests to the [[Sacred Heart|Sacred Heart of Jesus]]; he consecrated the brothers to the pure heart of St. Joseph; and he consecrated the sisters to the [[Immaculate Heart of Mary]]. He also established Mary, under her title of [[Our Lady of Sorrows]], as special patroness for all of Holy Cross, whose members in their several congregations continue to cherish these devotions.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.holycrossusa.org/article/our-lady-of-sorrows/ |title=Our Lady of Sorrows |publisher=C.S.C., US |access-date=2018-12-27}}]</ref> As 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."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Communications |first=Holy Cross |date=2021-07-19 |title="Like a mighty tree" Holy Cross Continues to Grow in East Africa |url=https://www.holycrossusa.org/article/like-a-mighty-tree-holy-cross-continues-to-grow-in-east-africa/ |access-date=2024-10-28 |website=Congregation of Holy Cross |language=en-US}}</ref>

==Superiors General==
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#[[Basil Moreau|Fr. Basil Moreau]], CSC (1837–1866)
#Most Rev. [[Pierre Dufal]], CSC (1866–1868)
# [[Edward Sorin|Fr. Edward Sorin]], CSC (1868–1893)
#Fr. Gilbert Francais, CSC (1893–1926?)
#Fr. James Wesley Donahue, CSC (1926–1938)
#Fr. Albert Cousineau, CSC (1938–1950)
#Fr. Christopher O'Toole, CSC (1950–1962)
#Fr. Germain-Marie Lalande, CSC (1962–1974)
#Fr. Tom Barrosse, CSC (1974–1986)
#Fr. Claude Grou, CSC (1986–1998)
#Fr. Hugh Cleary, CSC (1998–2010)
#Fr. Richard Warner, CSC (2010–2016)
#Fr. Robert Epping, CSC (2016–2022)
#Br. Paul Bednarczyk, CSC (2022–present)

==Provinces, Districts, and Vicariates==
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*United States Province of Priests and Brothers (USA)
**District of Chile-Peru
*Midwest Province of Brothers (USA)
*Canadian Province of Priests and Brothers (Canada)
*Moreau Province (USA)
**District of Brazil
*Province of East Africa
*Province of West Africa
*Sacred Heart of Jesus Province (Bangladesh)
*St. Joseph Province (Bangladesh)
*Our Lady of Perpetual Help Province (Haiti)
*Province of North East India
*South India Province
*Province of Tamil Nadu (India)
*St. Andre Province (India)
*Mother Province (France)

==Notable members==
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===Saints & Blesseds===
*Saint [[André Bessette]], CSC, "Miracle Man of Montreal" & the institute's first recognized [[Saint]]
*Blessed [[Basil Moreau]], CSC, Founder of the Congregation

===Members of the Hierarchy===
*Bishop Arthur "Bud" Colgan, CSC, Auxiliary Bishop of Chosica (Peru), Titular Bishop of Ampora
*[[Patrick D'Rozario|Cardinal Patrick D'Rozario]], CSC, former Archbishop of [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Dhaka|Dhaka]], Bangladesh
*Bishop [[George Joseph Finnigan]], CSC, Third Bishop of the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Helena|Diocese of Helena]] in the state of [[Montana]].
*[[Servant of God]] Archbishop [[Theotonius Amal Ganguly]], CSC, second Archbishop of Dhaka
*Bishop [[Daniel R. Jenky]], CSC, Bishop of [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Peoria|Peoria]], IL
*Bishop Jorge Izaguirre Rafael, CSC, Prelate of [[Roman Catholic Territorial Prelature of Chuquibamba|Chuquibamba]], Peru
*Servant of God Bishop [[Vincent J. McCauley]], CSC, First Bishop of [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Fort Portal|Fort Portal]], Uganda
*Archbishop Marcos G. McGrath, CSC, former [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Panamá|Archbishop of Panamá]] (1969–1994)
*Bishop [[Lumen Monteiro]], CSC, First Bishop of [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Agartala|Agartala]]
*[[John Francis O'Hara|John Francis Cardinal O'Hara]], CSC, President of Notre Dame (1934–1939) and Archbishop of [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia|Philadelphia]] (1951–1960)
*Bishop [[Yves-Marie Péan]], CSC., Bishop of [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Les Gonaïves|Les Gonaïves]], [[Haiti]].
*Bishop [[Stephen Rotluanga]], CSC, Bishop of [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Aizawl|Aizawl]]
*Archbishop [[Charles Asa Schleck]], CSC, Titular Archbishop of Africa
*Bishop [[William Albert Wack]], CSC, Bishop of [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Pensacola–Tallahassee|Diocese of Pensacola–Tallahassee]]
*Bishop [[Paul E. Waldschmidt]], CSC, President of the [[University of Portland]] (1962–1978) and Auxiliary Bishop of [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Portland|Portland]] (1978–1994)
*Bishop [[Patrick Neary]], CSC, Bishop of [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Saint Cloud]]
*Archbishop [[James Hector MacDonald]], CSC, Auxiliary Bishop of [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Hamilton, Ontario|Hamilton]], Ontario (1978-1982), Bishop of [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Charlottetown|Charlottetown]], Prince Edward Island (1982-1991), Archbishop of [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of St. John's, Newfoundland|St. John's]], Newfoundland (1991-2000) 

===Others===
*Fr. [[Gerald Fitzgerald (priest)|Gerald Fitzgerald]], s.P., founder of [[The Congregation of the Servants of the Paraclete]]
*Fr. [[Theodore Hesburgh|Theodore "Ted" Hesburgh]], CSC, President of [[University of Notre Dame|Notre Dame]] (1952–1987) and Chair of the [[United States Commission on Civil Rights|United States Civil Rights Commission]] (1969–1972)
*Servant of God Br. [[Flavian LaPlante]], CSC, Missionary
*Fr. [[Julius Nieuwland]], CSC, Professor and Inventor
*Venerable Fr. [[Patrick Peyton]], CSC, "The Rosary Priest"
*Fr. [[John Augustine Zahm|John Zahm]], CSC, Scientist and Explorer
*Fr. [[Richard William Timm]], CSC, Missionary, Educator, Zoologist, and Development Worker.

==Location==
Holy Cross Priests and Brothers can be found across the globe, including these countries (date of first appearance in parentheses):
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* [[France]] (1820)
* [[United States]] (1841)
* [[Chile]] (1943)
* [[Haiti]] (1944)
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* [[Canada]] (1847)
* [[Italy]] (1850)
* [[Bangladesh]] (1853)
* [[India]] (1853)
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* [[Ghana]] (1957)
* [[Brazil]] (1958)
* [[Uganda]] (1958)
* [[Peru]] (1961)
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* [[Kenya]] (195–)
* [[Liberia]] (1950s?)
* [[Tanzania]] (2003)
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==Foreign Missions==

===The Mission of Holy Cross in Bangladesh===
The first group of Holy Cross missionaries to reach India left England January 17, 1853. It was composed of three brothers, three sisters, one [[Catholic priest|priest]] and one seminarian. (Two priests dropped out due to severe illness when the first attempt to sail in November 1852 failed due to storms.) The group arrived in [[Kolkata|Calcutta]] in May 1853. Fr. Verite took the sisters to [[Dhaka]], while the brothers and seminarian went to [[Noakhali]]. Fr. Verite soon joined them as pastor of Noakhali, which included [[Agartala]] and [[Sylhet]] in its territory. [[Chittagong]] became the headquarters of Holy Cross in December 1853.

The [[East Bengal]] mission was called at the time, "unquestionably the most destitute in East Asia and perhaps in any other part of the world." Because it was such a difficult and dangerous place to live and work, no other religious congregation showed any interest in it. Though the mission was named East Bengal, the Church jurisdiction and the political territory or civil jurisdiction called East Bengal were quite different from each other. The Province of East Bengal was first created in 1905. The Church territory was officially called the [[Vicariate]] of East Bengal, set up in 1845 by the [[Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples|Sacred Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith]] at the [[Holy See|Vatican]]. Its first superior was Bishop Thomas Olliffe, an Irish [[Society of Jesus|Jesuit]]. The Vicariate of East Bengal embraced the present-day [[Archdiocese of Dhaka]], [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Mymensingh|Diocese of Mymensingh]], and [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Chittagong|Diocese of Chittagong]], as well as a large part of [[Assam]], the Arakan district (former name of the [[Rakhine State]] of western [[Burma]], and the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Agartala|Diocese of Agartala]] in eastern India. It was a huge area, but when Holy Cross arrived in 1853, there were only three [[Catholic priest|priest]]s working there - a Portuguese [[Augustinians|Augustinian]] and two young Irish [[diocesan priest]]s, both of whom were dead of disease by 1854. There were about 13,000 Catholics in the area. In Dhaka, there was no church or chapel at all under the jurisdiction of Rome.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.cscbd.org/content.php?PageType=CSC&id=52 |title=>>>>Welcome to Holy Cross in Bangladesh :: CSC in Bangladesh |access-date=2012-02-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110521100337/http://www.cscbd.org/content.php?PageType=CSC&id=52 |archive-date=2011-05-21 |url-status=dead }}</ref>{{Better source|date=April 2025}}

===The Mission of Holy Cross in Chile===
The District of Chile is the longest-running mission still overseen by the United States Province. Three Holy Cross religious arrived in Santiago, Chile, on March 1, 1943, at the invitation of Cardinal [[José María Caro Rodríguez|José María Caro]], [[Archbishop of Santiago (Chile)]], to administer [[Saint George's College, Santiago|Saint George's College]]. Fathers William Havey, Alfred Send, and Joseph Dougherty believed they were going to do university work. Little did they know that "college" in this context meant a school of first through 12th graders.

Today, Saint George's College serves 2,650 students. Its history is rich and is closely tied with the history of Chile, including the 1970s when the school was taken over by the [[1973 Chilean coup d'état|military government]] and Holy Cross was ousted. The Congregation returned to the school in 1986.  Strong faith formation and service have been a hallmark of Saint George's. Over the decades, the college has formed many influential leaders in Chilean society. Also Holy Cross' first Chilean vocation, Fr. Jorge Canepa, was a 1946 graduate of the school.

Additionally, the District administers [[Colegio de Nuestra Senora de Andacollo (Santiago)|Colegio Nuestra Señora de Andacollo]], located in the older sector of Central Santiago. The Congregation took responsibility for the school in the 1970s, after its expulsion from Saint George's. The student body, numbering 1,100, is made up primarily of children from working-class families. With improvements to the physical plant and the strong Holy Cross commitment, the school has been able to reach new heights academically.

From the beginning, the mission of Holy Cross in Chile also included parish ministry and social service. Within three years of arriving, the Congregation had begun both its ministry at San Roque, a parish in the sector of Penalolen in Santiago, as well as its outreach to abandoned children in Santiago and later in Talagante.  Today, the District administers two parishes in addition to San Roque: [[Parroquia Nuestra Señora de Andacollo, Santiago|Nuestra Señora de Andacollo]], in the same area as the school; and Nuestra Señora de la Merced, in Calle Larga, in the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of San Felipe, Chile|Diocese of San Felipe]]. The parishes are known for their youth ministry and social justice work. Then through Fundamor and Fundación Moreau, the District continues its work with abandoned children. Currently there are approximately 50 children in residence, ages 4 to 18. There is also a new prevention program ministering to 100 children that has been recognized as the first of its kind in Chile.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.holycrossusa.org/ministries/intl-ministries/chile/ |title=District of Chile // Congregation of Holy Cross, United States Province of Priests and Brothers |access-date=2011-10-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110820032543/http://www.holycrossusa.org/ministries/intl-ministries/chile/ |archive-date=2011-08-20 |url-status=dead }}</ref>{{Better source|date=April 2025}}

===The Mission of Holy Cross in Mexico===
Initially the members of the Congregation of Holy Cross were sent to Mexico from Texas.
In 1972, Fr. Frederick Schmidt, CSC, was sent to Mexico for a "sabbatical" by Fr. Christopher O'Toole, CSC, the Provincial of the Southern Province at the time. In 1973 Fr. Fred assumed the pastoral responsibility for a large parish in Ahuacatlan, [[San Luis Potosí]], Nuestro Padre Jesús. He served as pastor for 25 years. In 1998 when Fr. Francisco Garcia, a priest from the Diocese of Ciudad Valles, was appointed pastor, Fr. Fred became the pastor emeritus. When Fr. Schmidt died in 2003, he was buried at the parish in the crypt of the convent church that he helped build. With his death, Holy Cross withdrew from this parish, although one of its members has become a Holy Cross priest. The relationship with the parish and pastor continues to be one of friendship and Holy Cross offers occasional assistance.

In 1987, the Southern Province assumed the responsibility for the pastoral care of Santo Tomas Moro parish in the Archdiocese of Monterrey, Nuevo León. The parish grew dramatically and eventually gave birth to a new parish, Nuestra Madre Santisima de La Luz. Holy Cross opted to shift from Santo Tomas Moro to this new parish with greater needs. Holy Cross continues to serve this community.

In 1993 the Southern Province founded a program of vocation promotion and initial formation for young Mexican men who believe they are called to religious life and priesthood in Holy Cross. The Southern Province established a program for postulants and a program for professed seminarians. The novitiate for the formation program is in Peru.

In 1999, [[Family Rosary Crusade|Holy Cross Family Ministries]] founded Family Rosary in México. Their offices and meeting rooms are located in an Archdiocesan pastoral center in San Francisco Javier parish, close to La Luz parish in the [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Monterrey|Archdiocese of Monterrey]]. Their offices serve as a "hub" for the growing Holy Cross apostolate of fostering family prayer, especially the rosary, as well as devotion to Mary throughout Mexico.

In 2000, the local Holy Cross community in Monterrey established an immersion program at La Luz parish. This program provides an intercultural experience of life and ministry with and for the poor. It is offered principally to students from Holy Cross universities, high schools, and parishes in the United States. One group of Chilean laywomen also participated. The program has been temporarily suspended due to the wave of violence in Mexico.

In 2010, Fr. Marín Hernández, CSC, and Fr. Paulino Antonio, CSC, the first two Mexicans to be ordained as Holy Cross priests, were assigned to Parroquia San José in Tamán, San Luis Potosí. The Bishop of the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Ciudad Valles|Diocese of Ciudad Valles]] offered this parish to Holy Cross in part because of the indigenous community's need for pastoral care and evangelization. Frs. Hernández and Antonio speak [[Nahuatl]], the language of the people, and Fr. Antonio comes from this indigenous group.

In 2011 the Holy Cross community in Mexico became a part of the newly formed U.S. Province of Priests and Brothers.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://vocation.nd.edu/blog/29087-nuestra-madre-santsima-de-la-luz-in-guadalupe-nuevo-len-mxico/ |title=Nuestra Madre Santísima de la Luz in Guadalupe, Nuevo León, México // Blog // Holy Cross Vocations United States Province |access-date=2012-02-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121023003023/http://vocation.nd.edu/blog/29087-nuestra-madre-santsima-de-la-luz-in-guadalupe-nuevo-len-mxico/ |archive-date=2012-10-23 |url-status=dead }}</ref>{{Better source|date=April 2025}}

===The Mission of Holy Cross in Peru===
The mission of Holy Cross in Peru began with an exhortation of [[Pope John XXIII]] to religious orders to send missionaries to Latin America, and Holy Cross arrived in the north of Peru in [[Cartavio, Peru|Cartavio]] in September 1963. The presence soon included [[Chimbote]] in the early 1960s and expanded for a time to [[Puno]] and [[Tacna]], on the border of Bolivia and Chile, and finally came to develop an organized presence and pastoral strategy in the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Chosica|Diocese of Chosica]].  The parish, El Señor de la Esperanza, is about the size of a small diocese in the U.S. Approximately 250,000 Catholics live in a parish that has 19 chapels. In 1982, within the boundaries of Lord of Hope Parish in Canto Grande, the Congregation established "Yancana Huasy" (literally "House of Work" in the language of the Incas). Yancana Huasy attends to the needs of children who live with physical and mental challenges, including Downs' Syndrome, and their families.{{Cn|date=April 2025}}

===The Mission of Holy Cross in Uganda===
In November 1958, four Holy Cross priests arrived in [[Entebbe, Uganda]] to begin their ministry. The dioceses of Toro<!--diocese at the time---> and Bunyoro were too large for the bishop to handle. He granted Holy Cross permission to minister to the people of Fort Portal and Butiti. Soon thereafter Holy Cross began administrating St. Leo's College, a high school in Kyegobe, Fort Portal diocese. Near Christmas of 1960, Holy Cross began its first parish at Bukwali. Around the end of February 1961, Cardinal [[Gregorio Pietro Agagianian|Agaginian]], the Armenian Patriarch at the time, told Fr. Christopher O'Toole, CSC, the superior general of Holy Cross, that missionary [[Vincent J. McCauley]] was to be made Bishop of [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Fort Portal|Fort Portal]]. In 1967, a house, and later novitiate (in 1984), was built on the shores of Lake Saaka in Fort Portal. During the military dictatorship of [[Idi Amin]], the Congregation decided at one point to leave the Diocese of Fort Portal. This proposal was later abandoned. Bishop McCauley died on November 1, 1982.

By 1962, the institute had begun accepting Ugandan religious aspirants to the community. Along with other religious institutes, they began a seminary in Kenya called Tangaza in 1986. By 1989, Holy Cross and a consortium of religious congregations and societies established the Queen of Apostles Philosophy Centre in the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Jinja]] ("PCJ") due largely to the political crises between Kenya and Uganda. It was then difficult{{Clarify|date=July 2010}} for Ugandans to study at Tangaza.{{Citation needed|date=July 2010}} PCJ was to be a seminary for philosophical and religious studies for these (mostly Ugandan) postulants.

On August 17, 1991, Holy Cross ordained its first Ugandan priest, Fr. Fulgens Katende. Five Holy Cross Brother's and one priest died in [[Rwandan genocide|the genocide of 1994]]. In [[Bugembe]] and Wanyange, two villages of the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Jinja|Jinja Diocese]], a primary school and secondary were opened: Holy Cross Primary and Holy Cross Lakeview Secondary respectively. In 1998, Lakeview made world news when United States President [[Bill Clinton]] landed in a helicopter on the school's compound for discussions with [[Yoweri Museveni|Ugandan President Museveni]]. A third parish opened in 1994 at Kyrausozi.

In the new millennium the first [East] African district superior of Holy Cross was named in 2003. This was a step towards congregational and district maturity as the past nine superiors had been Americans.{{Cn|date=April 2025}}

==Holy Cross educational institutions==
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===Higher education===
[[Image:WaldschmidtHall.png|thumb|263px|right|Waldschmidt Hall, formerly West Hall, at the University of Portland.]]
* [[University of Notre Dame]], Notre Dame, Indiana (1842)
* [[Saint Mary's College (Indiana)|Saint Mary's College]], Notre Dame, Indiana (1844) (Sisters of the Holy Cross)
* [[St. Edward's University]], Austin, Texas (1878)
* [[University of St. Joseph's College|St. Joseph College]], St. Joseph, New Brunswick Canada (1864)
* [[University of Portland]], Portland, Oregon (1901)
* [[University of Holy Cross]], New Orleans, Louisiana (1916) (Marianites of Holy Cross)
* [[King's College, Pennsylvania|King's College]], Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania (1946)
* [[Stonehill College]], Easton, Massachusetts (1948)
* [[Notre Dame College (Dhaka)|Notre Dame College]], Dhaka, Bangladesh (1949)
* [[Holy Cross College (Indiana)|Holy Cross College]], Notre Dame, Indiana (1966) (Brothers of Holy Cross)
* [[Holy Cross College, Agartala]], India (2009)
* [[Notre Dame University Bangladesh]], Dhaka, Bangladesh (2013)

===Secondary schools===
{{See also|Category:Holy Cross secondary schools}}

====Bangladesh====
* [[Saint Placid's High School]], [[Chittagong]], [[Bangladesh]] (1853)
* [[Saint Gregory's High School (Dhaka)|St. Gregory's High School & College]], [[Dhaka]], [[Bangladesh]] (school 1881, college 2016)
* [[Holy Cross High School (Bandura)|Holy Cross High School]], [[Dhaka]], [[Bangladesh]] (1912)
* [[Saint Nicholas High School]], Nagori, Bangladesh (1920)
* Biroidakuni High School, Mymensingh, Bangladesh (1941)
* Brother Andre High School, [[Noakhali District|Noakhali]], [[Bangladesh]] ({{circa|1940}})<ref>Archdiocese web pages are inconsistent about establishment date, stating 1939, 1940, and 1941 in different places:<br />{{cite web |title=Educational Institutes |url=https://ctgdiocese.com/our-institutes/educational-institutes/ |website=Archdiocese of Chattogram |access-date=2 February 2024}}<br />{{cite web |title=Noakhali |url=https://ctgdiocese.com/parishes/noakhali/ |website=Archdiocese of Chattogram |access-date=2 February 2024}}</ref>
* [[Mariam Ashram High School]], Chittagong, Bangladesh (1946)
* [[Notre Dame College, Dhaka|Notre Dame College]], Dhaka, Bangladesh (1949)
*[[Notre Dame College Mymensingh|Notre Dame College]], Mymensingh, Bangladesh (2014)
* [[Holy Cross College (Dhaka)]], Dhaka, Bangladesh (1950) (Sisters of the Holy Cross)
* [[Holy Cross Girls' High School (Dhaka)|Holy Cross Girls' High School]], [[Dhaka]], [[Bangladesh]] (1950) (Sisters of the Holy Cross)
* [[Udayan High School, Bangladesh|Udayan High School]], Barisal, Bangladesh (1952)
* [[Saint Joseph Higher Secondary School (Dhaka)|Saint Joseph Higher Secondary School]], [[Dhaka]], [[Bangladesh]] (1954)
* [[Saint Joseph School of Industrial Trades (Dhaka)|St. Joseph School of Industrial Trades]], [[Dhaka]], [[Bangladesh]] (1954)

====Brazil====
* [[Colégio Santa Maria (São Paulo)| Colégio Santa Maria]], São Paulo, Brazil (1947) (Sisters of Holy Cross)
* [[Colégio Dom Amando (Santarém, Brazil)| Colégio  Dom Amando]], Santarém, Brazil (1966)
* [[Colégio Notre Dame (Campinas)| Colégio  Notre Dame]], Campinas, Brazil (1961)
* [[Colégio Santa Cruz (school)| Colégio  Santa Cruz]], São Paulo, Brazil (1952)

====Canada====
* [[Collège Notre-Dame du Sacré-Coeur (Montreal)]], Montreal, Quebec, Canada (1869)
* [[Notre Dame College School (Welland)]], Welland, Ontario, Canada
* [[Holy Cross Secondary School (St. Catharines)|Holy Cross Catholic Secondary School (St. Catharines, Ontario)]]
* [[Saint Joseph's Oratory]], Montreal, Quebec, Canada

====Chile====
* [[St. George's College (Santiago)|St. George's College]], Santiago, Chile (1943)
* [[Colegio de Nuestra Senora de Andacollo, (Santiago)]], Santiago, Chile (1976)

====France====
* Saint-Michel de Picpus, Paris. France
* Saint-Michel de Saint-Mandé, Saint-Mandé. France
* Notre Dame de Garaison, Monléon-Magnoac. France
* Notre Dame d'Orveau, Nyoiseau. France
* Institution Notre-Dame de Sainte-Croix, [[Neuilly-sur-Seine]] (independent since 1903)

====Ghana====
* [[St. Augustine's College (Ghana)]], Cape Coast, Ghana
* St John's Secondary School, Sekondi Takoradi, Ghana

====Haiti====
* [[Collège Notre-Dame (Haiti)|Collège Notre-Dame]], Cap Haitian, Haiti (1904)
* École Père Pérard, Plaisance, Haiti
* École Père Joseph Lepévédic, Limbé, Haiti

====India====
* [https://www.salemholycross.com Holy Cross Matriculation Higher Secondary School ], Salem, Tamil Nadu, India (1963)
* [http://www.notredamehcs.org Notre Dame of Holy Cross School [CBSE &#93;], Gundukallur, Salem, Tamil Nadu, India. [2008]
* [https://www.holycrossinternationalschool.com Holy Cross International School &#91;CBSE&#93;], Salem, Tamil Nadu, India (2021)
* Holy Cross School, Whitefield, Bangalore, India
* Holy Cross School, Agartala, Tripura India (1970)(CISCE)
* Holy Cross School, Tuikarmaw, Tripura (TBSE)
* Holy Cross School, Katalcherra, Tripura (TBSE)
* Holy Cross School, Panisagar, Tripura (TBSE)
* Holy Cross School, Kumarghat, Tripura (TBSE)
* Notredame Holy Cross School, Moharpara, Tripura (TBSE)
* St. Andre English Medium School, Bodhjungnagar, Tripura (CBSE)
* Good Shepherd School, Jongksha, Meghalaya (MBOSE)
* Holy Cross School, Umkiang, Meghalaya (MBOSE)
* Holy Cross School, Mawkynrew, Meghalaya (MBOSE)
* Jeevan Jyothi Technical Institute, Honavar, India
* Holy Cross School, Mizoram, India
* Holy Cross School, Trichy, TN (2002)
* Holy Cross School, Aymanam, Kerala (2003)
* Holy Cross School, Ghanpur, AP (2003)
* St Louis School, Dahisar, Mumbai (2002)
* Abhayadhama, Human Development Centre, Whitefield, Bangalore, Karnataka State (1976)
* Holy Cross School, Ballia, U.P, India

====Liberia====
*[[St. Patrick's High School (Liberia)]]

====Uganda====
* Holy Cross Lake View Senior Secondary School (Wanyange), Jinja District (1993)

====United States====
* [[Holy Cross High School, New Orleans]], Louisiana (1849)
* [[Academy of the Holy Cross]], Kensington, Maryland (1868) (Sisters of the Holy Cross)
* [[Holy Trinity High School (Chicago)|Holy Trinity High School]], Chicago, Illinois (1910)
* [[Cathedral High School (Indianapolis)]], Indianapolis, Ind. (1918–1972; 2011 reaffiliated)
* Reitz Memorial High School, Evansville, Indiana (1925)
* [[Notre Dame High School (West Haven, Connecticut)]] (1946)
* [[Gilmour Academy]], Gates Mills, Ohio (1946)
* [[Notre Dame High School (Sherman Oaks, California)|Notre Dame High School]], Sherman Oaks, California (1947)
* [[St. Edward High School (Lakewood, Ohio)|St. Edward High School]], Lakewood, Ohio, (1949)
* [[Holy Family High School (Port Allen)|Holy Family High School]], Port Allen, Louisiana (1949) (Marianites of Holy Cross)
* [[Archbishop Hoban High School]], Akron, Ohio (1953)
* [[Saint Francis High School (Mountain View)|St. Francis High School]], Mountain View, California (1955)
* Notre Dame High School, Fairfield, Connecticut (1955)
* [[Notre Dame High School for Boys|Notre Dame College Preparatory]], Niles, Illinois (1955)
* [[Holy Cross High School (Flushing)|Holy Cross High School]], Flushing, New York (1955)
* [[Holy Cross of San Antonio]], San Antonio, Texas (1957)
* [[St. Edmond's Academy]], Wilmington, Delaware (1959)
* [[Bishop McNamara High School]], Forestville, Maryland, (1964)
* [[Moreau Catholic High School]], Hayward, California (1965)
* [[Holy Cross High School (Waterbury, Connecticut)|Holy Cross High School]], Waterbury, Connecticut (1968)
* San Juan Diego Catholic High School, Austin, Texas (2019)

===Primary schools===

====Uganda====
* Holy Cross Primary School (Bugembe), Jinja District
* Saint Andrew's Primary School (Wanyange), Jinja District
* Saint Jude's Primary School, Jinja District

====United States====
* [[St. Edward High School (Ohio)|St. Edward High School]], Lakewood, Ohio (1949)
* St. Ignatius Martyr, Austin, Texas (1940)
* Gilmour Academy, Gates Mills, Ohio (1946)
* [[Holy Cross School (New Orleans)|Holy Cross School]], New Orleans, Louisiana (1849)
* St. John Vianney School, Goodyear, Arizona (1992)
* St. Joseph Grade School, South Bend, Indiana (1854)
* Holy Cross School, South Bend, Indiana (1929)
* St. Adalbert Catholic School, South Bend, Indiana
* Christ the King Catholic School, South Bend, Indiana (1953)
* Holy Redeemer Catholic School, Portland, Oregon (1908)

===Parishes===

====Bangladesh====
* Holy Cross Church, Luxmibazar, Dhaka
* Church of St. Augustine of Hippo, Mathbari
* St. Joseph Church, Srimangal
* [[Holy Rosary Cathedral, Chittagong|Our Lady of Holy Rosary Cathedral, Chittagong]]
* Fatima Rani Church, Bandarban
* Shanti Raj Girja Catholic Church, Thanchi
* Church of the Sacred Heart, Gournadi
* Sacred Heart of Jesus Church, Khalibpur
* Corpus Christi Church, Jalchatra
* St. Paul's Church, Pirgacha
* St. George's Church, Mariamnagar

====Brazil====
* Paroquia São José do Jaguaré, São Paulo, SP
* Paroquia São Felipe Apostolo, Maua, SP

====Canada====
* St. Kevin's Church, Welland, ON
* Holy Name Parish, Toronto, ON
* Our Lady of Perpetual Help Parish, Sherwood Park, AB
* St. Ann Parish, Toronto, ON
* Unité pastorale de Saint-Laurent, Saint-Laurent, QC
* Unité pastorale du Saint-Esprit, Cap-Pelé, NB
* Saint-Gregoire-le-Grand, Mont Saint-Gregoire, QC
* Notre-Dame-des-Champs, Saint-Polycarp, QC
* Saint-Martin de Val-Bélair, Québec, QC

====Chile====
* Parroquia San Roque, Santiago (1949)
* [[Parroquia Nuestra Señora de Andacollo, Santiago]] (1977)
* Parroquia Nuestra Señora de la Merced, Calle Larga (1989)

====France====
* Paroisse [[Notre Dame de Sainte Croix, Le Mans|Notre-Dame de Sainte-Croix, Le Mans]]

====Haiti====
* Sainte Rose de Lima, Pilate
* Saint Charles Borromée, Le Borgne
* Saint Albert Le Grande, Ravine Trompette, Pilate
* Sainte Marie Madeleine, Duchity
* Notre Dame de l'Esperance/ND du Mont Carmel, Magagnosse/Labadie
* Notre Dame de Guadalupe, Waney, Port-au-Prince
* Saint Jules, Petit Bourg du Borgne
* Paroisse Sainte Elizabeth, Caracol

====India====
* St. Joseph Church, Agartala, Tripura
* St. Andre Mission, Bodhjunagar, Tripura
* Good Shepherd Church, Kathalcherra, Tripura
* St. Paul's Catholic Church, Kumarghat, Tripura
* Immaculate Conception Church, Moharpara, Tripura
* St. Mary's Church, Tuikarmaw, Tripura
* Holy Cross Parish, Bagbasa, Tripura
* Good Shepherd Parish, Jongksha, Meghalaya
* Holy Cross Parish, Mawkynrew, Meghalaya
* Holy Cross Parish, Umkiang, Meghalaya
* Holy Cross Church, Champhai, Mizoram
* St. John Parish, Khawzawl, Mizoram
* Holy Cross Parish, Koloriang, Arunachal Pradesh
* St. Sebastian Church, Loliem, Goa
*[[St Vincent De Paul Church, Katapady]], Karnataka
* Nirmal Matha Church, Abadi Ghanpur, Andhra Pradesh
* Christ the King Parish, Pune, Maharashtra
* St. Joseph Church, Chengalam, Kottayam, Kerala
* St. Louis Parish Centre, Dahisar, Mumbai, Maharashtra
* Sts. Peter and Paul Church, Dindigal, Tamil Nadu
* St. Sebastian Church, Idukki, Kerala

====Kenya====
* Holy Cross Parish Community, Dandora, Nairobi

====Mexico====
* Parroquia Nuestra Madre de la Luz, Monterrey, Nuevo León (1996)
* Parroquia San José, Tamán, San Luis Potosí (2011)

====Peru====
* Parroquia El Señor de la Esperanza, Canto Grande, Lima

====Tanzania====
* St. Brendan Parish, Kitete

====Uganda====
* Holy Cross Parish Community, Bugembe, Jinja
* St. Jude Thaddeus Parish Community, Kyarusozi, Fort Portal

====United States====
* Christ the King Parish, South Bend, Indiana (1933)
* Holy Cross Parish (1929) and St. Stanislaus Parish (1899), South Bend, Indiana
* Holy Cross Parish, South Easton, Massachusetts (1967)
* Holy Redeemer Parish, Portland, Oregon (2002)
* Sacred Heart Parish, Colorado Springs, Colorado (1984) (Including Mission Parishes of Holy Rosary and Our Lady of Perpetual Help)
* Sacred Heart Parish, Notre Dame, Indiana (1842)
* Sacred Heart Saint Francis de Sales Parish, Bennington, Vermont (1854 & 1880)
* [[St. Adalbert Parish, South Bend]] (2003) and [[St. Casimir Parish, South Bend]], Indiana (1897)
* St. Ignatius Martyr Parish, Austin, Texas (1938)
* St. John Vianney Parish, Goodyear, Arizona (1981)
* St. Joseph Parish, South Bend, Indiana (1853)
* St. André Bessette Parish, Portland, Oregon (2001)
* St. John the Evangelist Parish, Viera, Florida (2001)

===Other===
* [[Ave Maria Press]]
* Holy Cross Family Ministries
** [[Family Theater Productions]]
** [[Family Rosary Crusade]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
*[http://www.holycrosscongregation.org Official international website]
*[http://www.holycrossbrothers.org/ The Brothers of Holy Cross] official website
*[http://www.holycrossusa.org/ United States Province of Priests and Brothers] (USA) official website
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20120831143609/http://www.congregaciondesantacruz.cl/ District of Chile]
*[http://www.santacruzperu.net District of Peru] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170227233710/http://www.santacruzperu.net/ |date=27 February 2017 }}
*[http://www.brothersofholycross.com/ Midwest Province of Brothers]
*[http://www.ste-croix.qc.ca/ Province Canadienne de la Congrégation de Sainte-Croix]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20100905052044/http://www.holycross-sw.org/index.html South-West Province of Brothers]
**[https://web.archive.org/web/20141218133220/http://congregacaodesantacruz.org.br/ District of Brazil]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20110725211922/http://cscfrs-si.org/ Province of South India]
*[http://www.cscfrance.org/ Vicariate of France]
*[http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07403a.htm Catholic Encyclopedia article on the Congregation]

===Books and publications===
*[http://secure.avemariapress.com/itemdetail.cfm?nItemid=941 ''Gift of the Cross''] Lenten Reflections in the Holy Cross Tradition
*[http://www.avemariapress.com/itemdetail.cfm?nItemid=877 ''The Cross, Our Only Hope''; Catholic Bestseller available from Ave Maria Press]
*[http://www.avemariapress.com/itemdetail.cfm?nItemid=849 ''Basil Moreau''; biography available from Ave Maria Press]
*[http://avemariapress.com/itemdetail.cfm?nItemid=931 ''Vincent McCauley, C.S.C.:Bishop of the Poor, Apostle of East Africa''; biography available from Ave Maria Press]

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