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Holy Cross prides itself on its devotion to higher education. Among the colleges and universities in the United States that are guided by the principles, philosophy, and spirituality of Holy Cross today are these four, which are administered by the United States Province.
It is the means by which an individual can gain the right knowledge, control his desires, and learn to perform his duties with a sense of detachment and devotion to God so that he can overcome the impurities of egoism, attachment, and delusion and achieve liberation.
Holy Cross and Christian Education outlines the five powerful elements that uniquely define a Holy Cross education. Fr. Moreau made his vision for a Holy Cross education clear:...
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- By Basil Moreau
- Preface
- Those who teach justice to many will shine like the stars for all eternity — Daniel XII: 3
- Teachers and their Relationships with Students
- Students and Student-Teacher Relations
- Maintenance and Direction of Schools
- Formation of Students to the Christian Life and the Means to Assure Their Perseverance
- Guide for Reading and Reflection
- The Birth of a Legacy
- Rediscovering the Holy Cross Legacy
- Hopefully these connections will make Christian Education more values in the formation of a school community-accessible and encourage a broader reflection. family, the need for gentle but firm interventions,
- A Bright Thread that Binds: The Mind Will Not Be Cultivated at the Expense of the Heart.
- A Process of Education that Begins Where Students Are
- The Process of Education Brings Young People from Threshold to Threshold
- Mission: Motive and Measure
- Stephen V. Walsh, CSC
- THE HOLY CROSS TRADITION
- The Mission Values of Holy Cross Schools
- Questions for Reflection
- CONTINUING THE STORY: TOWARDS A SPIRITUALITY FOR HOLY CROSS EDUCATORS
- What Moreau said
- (These are the final lines of Moreau’s text. They speak of the hope of resur-rection in contrast to the first lines of his text found below, which speak of the crosses found in teaching.)
For use by the Educators of the Congregation of Holy Cross
May this short work on education, intended for use by those working in the schools associated with the Congrega-tion, attain the end that I proposed to myself in composing it: the formation of the hearts of young people and the development of a positive response toward religion within them. I have always understood the education of youth to be only...
Pedagogy derives from two Greek words—that for child and that for leading. It is the art of helping young people to completeness. For the Christian, this means that education is helping a young person to be more like Christ, the model for all Christians. From the word’s roots, we can interpret pedagogy to mean “leading a young person away from igno...
In order to succeed in the very dificult task of efectively educating young people, a teacher truly must possess certain qualities. A Call to Be a Teacher Since God alone provides the means for the successful accomplishment of any task, it seems evident that a person needs to be called by God to be an effective teacher. Without this call to teachi...
It would be a serious mistake to open a school imagining that all the students will be alike in character and conduct. Providence varies all of its works. If two plants of the same family, apart from similar characteristics, have obvious differences, it is no less true that in the group of students given to you there are no two who have the exact s...
This section has not been included in these excerpts. The conclusion of Part One, Teachers and Students, is a bridge and introduction to the second part. There Moreau writes, “It is necessary then to join to what has already been said some other counsels related to the running of a school. They can help a young teacher make up for the lack of exper...
Again, much of this section is not included. Found here are several passages that capture Moreau’s convictions but are free from the context of his times. Thus far we have considered only the question of teaching, and you have addressed yourself only to the minds of your students to initiate them into the first elements of human knowledge. You have...
Christian Education can be read on several levels. Written by Basil Moreau to meet the needs of Brothers who were sent out—sometimes alone, sometimes in pairs—to create primary schools in mid-nineteenth-century rural France and other parts of the world, it could be dismissed as simply a quaint piece of the history of the Congregation of Holy Cross,...
In the Preface to Christian Education, in the first sentence, in fact, Moreau writes: “May this short work on education, intended for use by those working in the schools associated with the Congregation, attain the end that I proposed to myself in composing it: the formation of the hearts of Until its translation in the mid-1980’s, Christian Educat...
In colloquial English, we sometimes refer to a story as a yarn. Yarn means both a tale spun and a continuous plied strand composed of fibers or filaments that can be weaved and knitted to form cloth. These are two apt images for considering the Holy Cross educational legacy, as the threads in today’s story or yarn find their earliest expression in ...
A Family Spirit and the reinforcement of positive values through Students frequently call their Holy Cross institutions not a school, encouragement and praise. This calls for the teacher but a family. Moreau’s original vision of his congregation was to to be the host. It calls for hospitality and have three societies united as the Holy Family: prie...
Moreau’s attitude and approach is reflected in the familial ambiance that many students and their families value in our Holy Cross schools. Students speak of faculty and administrators who are caring and concerned. As one remarked, “This school has a great big heart.” The family spirit is an expression of the central principle of Moreau’s philosoph...
As suggested earlier, sometimes the yarn is being spun right before our eyes, but perhaps we are too close to pick up the thread. For instance, when conversing with Holy Cross educators across the country, one obvious thread in the rich tapestry they all share by Holy Cross is reflected in the oft-repeated line “We begin where students are.” Divers...
Both recognizing the goodness in young people and accepting flaws in their behavior and shortcomings in their preparation, Moreau sees education as a process that begins where students are. It is also a process that leads to transformation. He asks us to recall that the apostles, chosen and formed in the school of our Lord, were unsophisticated, un...
The compelling factor in prompting Moreau to prepare “a treatise on Christian education” was his concern about reports he had received on conditions in the schools. In Circular Letter 77 he remarks that those reports indicate “general lack of unity and cooperation.” Brother Joel Giallanza says, “If there is Moreau felt that the measure of mission a...
Section titled “Birth of a Legacy” by Joel Giallanza, CSC Addendum Part II
The Holy Cross tradition of operating a school and teaching young people began in post-revolutionary France at a time in which Christian education was a crucial concern. When Father Basil Anthony M. Moreau took on the direc-tion of the Brothers of St. Joseph, a group of lay men founded by Father James Dujarié, he saw these men primarily as educator...
The Holy Cross tradition is an oral tradition. It has been adapted by individuals to different cultures in different times. It has never been static, but rather responsive to the needs of a people in which it was placed. Thus it could be effective in cultures as diverse as France, Canada, the United States, Brazil, Chile, India, Uganda, Bangladesh ...
The qualities, characteristics, or core values often associated with the Holy Cross Charism include: zeal for mission, trust in Divine Providence, community or sense of family, a spirit of unity, hospitality and compassion, the paradox of the cross, the hope of resurrection, inclusiveness, option for the poor, forgiveness and education of the whole...
Holy Cross educators often express the desire for a deeper understanding of the spirituality and charism of Holy Cross, i.e., the unique gift of congregation and Basil Moreau to the Church. As has been suggested elsewhere, it is helpful to think of charism as a lens through which Moreau read the gospel or as a prism that catches the light and refle...
From Christian Education—If at times you show preference to any young people, they should be the poor, those who have no one else to show them preference, those who have the least knowledge, those who lack skills and talent, and those who are not Catholic or Christian. If you show them greater care and concern, it must be because their needs are gr...
Since God alone provides the means for the successful accomplishment of any task, it seems evident that a person needs to be called by God to be a teacher if that person is going to be able to be effective. Without this call to teaching, how will anyone be able to put up with everything which a teacher faces daily? From the time the school year beg...
As a Catholic school, religious education plays a central and vital part here at Holy Cross. “Pupils show interest and enthusiasm in religious education lessons, both in their knowledge of the Catholic faith and in their capacity to talk about what it means to them.”
4 days ago · The Congregation of Holy Cross is an international religious congregation in the Roman Catholic Church composed of religious brothers and religious priests. Founded by Blessed Basile Moreau, the Congregation works as educators in the faith in 16 countries.
