With great joy and thanksgiving, the United States Province of the Congregation of Holy Cross announces the ordination of four members, which took place on Saturday, April 10, 2021, at 2:00 p.m. (EDT) at the Basilica of the Sacred Heart, on the campus of the University of Notre Dame.

The Most Reverend Arthur J. Colgan, C.S.C., D.D., Auxiliary Bishop and Vicar General of the Diocese of Chosica (Peru), conferred the Sacrament of Holy Orders on Rev. Felipe Campos Reséndez, C.S.C., Rev. Robert Lisowski, C.S.C., Rev. Geoffrey Mooney, C.S.C., and Rev. David Smith, C.S.C. as priests in the Congregation of Holy Cross.

Rev. Felipe Campos Reséndez, C.S.C., graduated with a B.A. from the University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Ind., in 2013, and earned his M.Div. from the University in 2019. He entered Holy Cross in August 2013 as a Postulant, and made his First Profession of Vows on August 1, 2015.

Rev. Robert Lisowski, C.S.C., graduated with a B.A. in philosophy with minors in psychology and Classical Languages (Summa Cum laude) from St. John's University, Queens, N.Y., in 2014. He earned his M.Div. from the University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Ind., in May 2020. He entered the Congregation of Holy Cross in August 2014 as a Postulant, and made his First Profession of Vows on July 30, 2016.

Rev. Geoffrey Mooney, C.S.C., graduated with a B.S. in mathematics and a B.A. in theology from the University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Ind., in 2009. In 2011, he received his M.Ed. from the same, and attained his M.Div. from the University of Notre Dame in 2020.  He entered the Congregation of Holy Cross in August 2014 as a Postulant, and made his First Profession of Vows on July 30, 2016.

Rev. David Smith, C.S.C., graduated with a B.A. in political science from the University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Ind. in 2014, and earned his M.Div. from the University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Ind. in 2020. He entered the Congregation of Holy Cross in August 2014 as a Postulant, and professed First Vows on July 30, 2016.

Originally published on the Congregation of Holy Cross website