Special feasts for the Congregation of Holy Cross to be celebrated throughout the 2009-10 academic year | News | Notre Dame News | University of Notre Dame Skip To Content Skip To Navigation Skip To Search University of Notre Dame Notre Dame News Experts ND in the News Subscribe About Us Home Contact Search Menu Home › News › Special feasts for the Congregation of Holy Cross to be celebrated throughout the 2009-10 academic year Special feasts for the Congregation of Holy Cross to be celebrated throughout the 2009-10 academic year Published: September 10, 2009 Author: Michael O. Garvey Mass for the Feast of Our Lady of Sorrows, patroness of Holy Cross priests, brothers and sisters, will be celebrated at 5:15 p.m. Tuesday (Sept. 15) in the University of Notre Dame’s Basilica of the Sacred Heart. Rev. David Tyson, C.S.C., provincial superior of the Indiana Province of the Congregation of Holy Cross, will be the presiding celebrant and homilist for the Mass, at which Holy Cross seminarians will be the altar servers. Sacred music will be provided by the Notre Dame Liturgical Choir. Four other celebrations of particular significance to the Congregation of Holy Cross will be observed with special Masses during the 2009-10 academic year. Each of the Masses, to which the public is invited, will be celebrated at 5:15 p.m. in the Basilica. Mass for Founder’s Day, or the Feast of St. Edward the Confessor, the patron saint of Notre Dame’s founder, Rev. Edward F. Sorin, C.S.C., will be celebrated Oct. 13. Mass for the Feast of Blessed Father Basil Anthony Moreau, C.S.C., the founder of the Congregation of Holy Cross, will be celebrated Jan. 20. This will be the fourth celebration of Blessed Basil’s feast day since his beatification in 2007. Mass for the Feast of St. Joseph will be celebrated March 19. St. Joseph is the patron saint of the Brothers of Holy Cross. Mass at which two deacons of the Congregation of Holy Cross, Kevin G. Grove, C.S.C., and Gerard J. Olinger Jr., C.S.C., will be ordained to the priesthood, will be celebrated April 10. The Congregation of Holy Cross was in its infancy in 1842 when Blessed Basil Moreau sent Father Sorin and seven Holy Cross brothers to the Indiana frontier, where they founded the University of Notre Dame. Today, the congregation includes some 2,000 priests, brothers and seminarians working in 15 countries on five continents throughout the world. Throughout its history, members of the congregation have ministered to the University’s students and staff and served prominently in its administration and faculty. Posted In: Faith Home Experts ND in the News Subscribe About Us Related October 03, 2022 dCEC to Award 2023 ND Evangelium Vitae Medal to Robert P. George September 22, 2022 In memoriam: Rev. Richard Warner, C.S.C., longtime leader for Notre Dame, Congregation of Holy Cross September 15, 2022 In new book on global Catholicism, Provost John McGreevy explores modern history, current challenges of the Church September 15, 2022 Death penalty abolitionist Sister Helen Prejean to speak at Notre Dame September 14, 2022 Apostolic nuncio to Great Britain to deliver the 2022 Keeley Vatican Lecture For the Media Contact Office of Public Affairs and Communications Notre Dame News 500 Grace Hall Notre Dame, IN 46556 USA Facebook Twitter Instagram YouTube Pinterest © 2022 University of Notre Dame Search Mobile App News Events Visit Accessibility Facebook Twitter Instagram YouTube LinkedIn