The Congregation of Holy Cross at Notre Dame: Educating the mind and heart with zeal and hope.
Notre Dame’s resident community of ordained priests and brothers of Holy Cross links the University to the past and to the future, as well as to other Holy Cross members around the world - and indeed to the Roman Catholic Church locally and globally. The community offers insights into the connections it fosters and their impact on one’s experience of Notre Dame.
For only the third time in the past 70 years, the University of Notre Dame inaugurated a new president Friday (Sept. 13) during the formal investiture of Rev. Robert A. Dowd, C.S.C., as the University’s 18th president. The Convocation and Inauguration Ceremony, held in Purcell Pavilion, was the culmination of a series of celebratory events that spanned three days.
A Catholic university, according to my predecessor and brother in Holy Cross, Father Ted Hesburgh, “should be a bridge across all chasms that separate modern people from each other.”
Now, when I reflect on those words, I see a problem and an opportunity.
The problem is clear: Those chasms…
The formal process for sainthood has begun for Holy Cross Brother Columba O’Neill, C.S.C., a humble cobbler who worked at the University of Notre Dame and served as a confrere of the University’s founder, Rev. Edward Sorin, C.S.C.
On April 23, 2022, the Most Reverend Kevin C. Rhoades, Bishop of the Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend, conferred the Sacrament of Holy Orders on Rev. Cameron Cortens, C.S.C., Rev. Drew Clary, C.S.C., and Rev. Gabriel Griggs, C.S.C.
Rev. Austin Collins, C.S.C., a longtime professor of sculpture at the University of Notre Dame and formerly religious superior of Holy Cross priests and brothers at the University, has been appointed vice president for mission engagement and Church affairs, effective June 7, Notre Dame President Rev. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C., announced today.