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Holy Cross Year of Mission: Hope Beyond Borders
Superior General Br. Paul Bednarczyk, C.S.C., launches a Year of Mission and prepares an eight-member team for the Holy Family Mission in Bougainville, Papua New Guinea.
The Profession Class of 2024: A Snapshot of New Religious in the U.S.
A USCCB–CARA report documents 194 men and women who professed perpetual vows in 2024, with strong family and Catholic education backgrounds among respondents.
Family Still Shapes Priestly Vocations, 2024 Ordination Survey Finds
USCCB and CARA report that parents and stable family life remain strongly linked to men entering seminary, with an average ordination age of 34.
Holy Cross Council Unanimously Approves Papua New Guinea Mission
Meeting in Lima, Peru, the Council of the Congregation approved a new mission in the Diocese of Bougainville—the first foreign mission in nearly 40 years.