We Are Family - Nós Somos uma Família - Nous Sommes une Famille

We asked how we might follow, and we found many footprints on the road. A great band of men had passed this way, men who had made and lived by their vows, men who had walked side by side in their following of the Lord. They beckoned us to fall in step with them. We wanted to be part of the family they formed in order to share in their life and work. This family is the Congregation of Holy Cross, founded by Basil Anthony Moreau.

~ Holy Cross Constitution, "God's Call"

The family of Holy Cross extends beyond the bonds of its vowed members.  An important part of our family are the students in the many schools we conduct throughout the world.  There is no better example of this than at St. Edward's University in Austin, Texas.  St. Edward's is the second oldest university founded by the Congregation of Holy Cross in the United States.  It shares the same founder as the University of Notre Dame, Fr. Edward Sorin, CSC.

Unique to St. Ed's is the large concentration -- almost 70 strong! -- of students from Holy Cross secondary schools around the world.  Pictured here are but a few of the students who gather a couple of times throughout the year to share prayer and a meal with the Holy Cross brothers and priests, much as any family might do in their own home -- because these students are at home here!  They represent Holy Cross from France, Brazil, and many cities in the United States including West Haven, CT, Akron, OH, Sherman Oaks, CA, Flushing, NY, and San Antonio, TX.  

For more information on St. Edward's University, visit  www.stedwards.edu/ministry/ministry.htm
or visit them on Facebook, www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=264116&id=120182718014#!/pages/St-Edwards-University-Campus-Ministry/120182718014