2022 Connections Magazine

Connections

DISCIPLE

courageous, faithful, hopeful & passionate

SPRING/SUMMER/FALL 2022

FEATURES

8-11

Angelo Ray Martínez, M.F.A., Assistant Professor of Visual Arts, the Program Director of Visual Arts & Music, and Director of the St. Joseph Gallery spearheaded a unique community exhibit bringing students, faculty, and the community together to share visual expressions of faith.

22-25

Brother Columba O’Neill, C.S.C., was known as the “divine healer” and the Miracle Man of Notre Dame, traveling to cities around the country to visit and to pray for the sick. Read about this journey to sainthood by Brother Philip Smith, C.S.C.

Connections, Holy Cross College’s official magazine, is published twice yearly.

EDITOR

Lisa Kochanowski

GRAPHIC DESIGNER

Debra Handel, Handel Design

PHOTOGRAPHERS / PHOTO COURTESIES

Evan Cobb

Peter Ringenberg

CONTRIBUTING WRITERS

Brother Philip Smith, C.S.C.

Steven Viz ‘21

Tyler Braidic

JudeAnne Hastings

Lisa Kochanowski

POSTMASTER:

PLEASE SEND ADDRESS CHANGES TO:

COLLEGE RELATIONS Holy Cross College

P.O. Box 308 | Notre Dame, IN | 46556

Copyright 2022

Holy Cross College, Notre Dame, IN 46556

Reproduction in whole or part is prohibited without written permission.

The opinions expressed are those of the authors or their subjects and are not necessarily shared by the College or editor.

SEND YOUR UPDATES TO:

COLLEGE RELATIONS

Holy Cross College | PO Box 308 | Notre Dame, IN 46556

Email: collegerelations@hcc-nd.edu

Webform: Collegerelations.hcc-nd.edu/class-notes

18

Alumnus Stephen Viz ’21 shares his perspective on how bringing liberal arts into business school was a critical thinkers paradise.

26&27

Hard work and help from a community that cared made dreams come true for alumnus Bryan Daniel ’06. Learn more about his journey.

Dear Holy Cross Family and Friends,

When the Brothers of St. Joseph, now the Brothers of Holy Cross, began their education ministry in post-Revolution France in 1820, the simple instructions that they were given as they venture alone or in small groupsof 2-3 was to do all the good they could do, teach students all that they should know, and be disciples with hope to bring. Responding to the needs of the times, the Brothers of St. Joseph worked and ministered with an apostolic missionary zeal to make God known, loved, and served to a world that was broken apart by political divisions, inequities in education, especially for the poor and marginalized, death, disease, distrust, and secularization.

The very foundation of the Congregation of Holy Cross, who in 2020 celebrated the 200th anniversary of the founding of the Brothers of St. Joseph, is the same foundation that inspires my daily witness. I am deeply honored, profoundly grateful, and extraordinarily humbled by the opportunity to serve as the president of the College, especially as the first who is not a Holy Cross Brother or Priest. As my wife Peggy and I move to South Bend, we do so with eagerness and a commitment to follow in the footsteps of those early Holy Cross Brothers—to do all the good we can do, teach our students all that they should know to flourish in life and in their careers, and to be disciples of hope as we walk daily with the zeal to make God known, loved, and served. Rest assured, I pledge to the Congregation of Holy Cross and to all who call Holy Cross home, my commitment to ensuring that our Catholic, Holy Cross mission endures and thrives. As I often say, I may not have C.S.C. after my name, but I do have C.S.C. in my DNA.

My personal journey with Holy Cross began during my high school years at Bishop McNamara High School in Forestville, Maryland, located just outside of Washington, DC. The foundation of service and ministry was built for me during those formative years. I received an outstanding education and was encouraged, inspired, and taught not just how to make a living, but how to live my life as a scholar, citizen, leader, and disciple; possessing the competence to see and the courage to act for a more just world.

Coming to Holy Cross College is like coming home for me. It returns me to the roots of service and ministry that were inspired in me during my adolescence and that I have continued to serve as a Holy Cross leader and educator for the past 25 years. To follow in the footsteps of those who have come before me in leading this great College, from Brother John Driscoll, C.S.C. to Fr. David Tyson, C.S.C, is also a tremendous responsibility; one that I don’t take lightly. The foundation of Holy Cross College is strong, and the future couldn’t be brighter. I’m excited to be able to usher in this new era for this proud College.

Since 1966, Holy Cross College has sought to educate and form students who, as leaders in business, professional, and civic life, would live by the highest intellectual and ethical standards. In service of this ideal, it is my intention to nurture an environment in which integrated learning is a shared responsibility, pursued in the classroom and laboratory, studio and athletic field, through intern experiences, in service and ministry, spiritual formation, and in residential life. Shared responsibility

TABLE OF CONTENTS

2 Letter from new president Dr. Marco Clark

3 Table of Contents

4 President Emeritus

Father David T. Tyson, C.S.C., farewell

5 First year students by the numbers

6-7 Holy Cross College celebrated the 55th commencement in 2022

12-15 Around Campus

16&17 15th Anniversary of NAIA Athletic Reunion celebration

19-21 Athletics Updates from Tyler Braidic

18-19 Distance learning

28&29 Welcome new Holy Cross College board members

30-33 Alumni Updates

34&35 Development Updates

for the life and governance of the College should lead all of us to use our gifts and talents as forces for good in the world, to work together, to be nourished by mutual esteem, trust, respect, and friendliness, to serve others, and to seek justice within and beyond the Holy Cross community. We will do so through the relentless pursuit of excellence in all areas of College life by educating the hearts and minds of our students to be empowered leaders who transform the world.

I look forward to walking this journey with you in the years ahead and am excited about what the future holds for our students and for the future of Holy Cross College. I hope to meet all of you very soon. Let’s continue to keep each other in prayer as we build serious scholars, courageous citizens, virtuous leaders, and passionate disciples with the competence to see and the courage to act.

Ave Crux, Spes Unica!

Dr. Marco J. Clark

President Emeritus Father David T. Tyson, C.S.C., farewell

In June 2022, we said farewell to a visionary leader, committed to higher education in the Holy Cross tradition. Thank you, President Emeritus Rev. David T. Tyson, C.S.C., for your dedication to Holy Cross College!

On July 31, 2017, the Member Corporation of the Brothers of Holy Cross unanimously voted to appoint Father David Tyson, C.S.C., president of the college for a term of five years. Father Tyson brings a life-long association with the Congregation of Holy Cross and a commitment to higher education in the Holy Cross tradition. He has served as a trustee of the college since 2014 and was named interim president of the college by the Board of Trustees in April 2017. Father Tyson has spent his professional career striving to fulfill the vision of a university as articulated by St. John Henry Newman within the complexity of higher education today and the challenges it must engage.

Born and raised in Gary, IN, Father Tyson is a 1970 graduate of the University of Notre Dame with a bachelor’s degree in sociology. He received a Master of Theology degree from Notre Dame in 1974 and a doctorate in higher education administration from Indiana University, Bloomington in 1980. Father Tyson took his final vows in 1974 and was ordained at Sacred Heart Basilica at Notre Dame in 1975.

Father Tyson served at the University of Notre Dame in a variety of positions on the staff and faculty during the 1970s and 80s. He joined the faculty after completing graduate studies, where he served as an assistant and associate professor in the Department of Management. During that decade he also served as executive assistant to the university president, Father Theodore Hesburgh, C.S.C., and as vice president for Student Affairs.

In 1990, Father Tyson was elected president of the University of Portland. During his 13 years there, Father Tyson oversaw a major campus expansion, a tripling of its endowment, and improvement of the University’s regional and national standing.

In 2003, he was elected the provincial superior of what was then called the Indiana Province of Holy Cross, the largest Holy Cross province in the world. During his nine-year tenure, Father Tyson choreographed the reincorporation of the Southern Province into the Indiana Province. In 2009, he began a process which led to the merger of the Eastern Province into the Indiana Province. That process was completed in 2011 with the title of the province being changed to the United States Province with over 500 members serving on three continents. He led the US Province until the end of his term in 2012.

In 2014, the Mendoza College of Business at the University of Notre Dame named Father Tyson the St. André Bessette Director of Nonprofit Professional Development. He was awarded an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from Notre Dame for his contributions to the university, the Congregation of Holy Cross, and Catholic higher education. The University of Portland awarded Father Tyson its highest accolade, the Christus Magister Medal, for outstanding service to the University and Catholic higher education in the U.S.

He’s served on a variety of different boards, including the Holy Cross College Board of Trustees, the University of Notre Dame Board of Fellows and Board of Trustees, the Air Force Board of Visitors of Air University. He’s also received the highest civilian award, the Outstanding Civilian Service Medal, from the Department of the Army in providing guidance and support for military education in the context of a university.

Listen to Father Tyson’s farewell message at https://youtu.be/xJngP8xK518 or scan the QR code.

Holy Cross College’s 55th Commencement

Holy Cross College celebrated the 55th Commencement on Saturday, May 14, 2022, at the Holy Cross College campus. The College was pleased to confer honorary degrees to David W. Wantz, Ed.D., John Nally, Ed.D., and Barbara O’Connor

David W. Wantz, Ed.D., who delivered the commencement address, is the president and chief executive officer of Independent Colleges of Indiana (ICI). ICI is a non-profit organization representing Indiana’s 29 private, non-profit, regionally accredited colleges and universities. They handle public policy advocacy, public information and research, corporate and foundation fundraising, development of collaborative services, and administration of the Lilly Endowment Community Scholarship Program along with other scholarships and grants. His role at ICI is directing, encouraging, and sustaining the services provided by ICI.  Wantz advocates on behalf of Indiana’s students at the Indiana State House and Washington, D.C., and works to strengthen relationships with people and organizations who can assist the ICI institutions. He holds a bachelor’s degree in sociology from Milligan College, a master’s degree in education from Indiana University, a master’s degree in

business administration and management from the University of Indianapolis, and a doctoral in education and counseling psychology from Indiana University.

John Nally, Ed.D., is the Director of Education at the Indiana Department of Correction (IDOC). Throughout his career, he has taught in male and female adult correctional facilities and male and female juvenile correctional facilities. Before becoming the IDOC Director of Education in 2003, he also served as the IDOC Education Technology Director and the IDOC Director of Special Education. In addition to his role at the Indiana Department of Correction, he has served on the Indiana Department of Education’s State Advisory Committee for Special Education for 20 years and provided national leadership within the Correctional Education Association (CEA) as the President of the Council of State and Federal Directors and a member of the CEA Executive Board. Nally received the “President’s Award” in 2008 and 2013 recognizing his national leadership within CEA, is a past recipient of the IAACE (Indiana Association of Adult and Continuing Education) Administrator of the Year award, and received the 2019 CEA Lifetime Achievement Award.

Barbara O’Connor has been a Trustee of Holy Cross College since 2014 and is the Chair of the Academic Affairs Committee. In addition to her service, she has also been the leading benefactor of the College in the last fifteen years, and the third-largest benefactor in the history of the College, most significantly, the gift of the family to fund the O’Connor Commons here on campus. She has also endowed the O’Connor Family Fund for the Center for Discernment and the John O’Connor Eagle Scout Scholarship. O’Connor graduated from Gettysburg College, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, with her bachelor’s degree in chemistry and earned her master’s degree in organic chemistry from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She has worked as a consultant for Sojourner Associates, and as the associate director of Elan Pharmaceuticals, as a senior manager and associate director at Protein Design Labs and was an early employee of the then-fledgling Genentech, Inc. O’Connor holds several patents in pharmaceutical drug development.

Miles Folsom ’22, who majored in Liberal Studies, was this year’s valedictorian. For most of his semesters, he was a Holy Cross student in the Moreau College Initiative on our campus at Westville Correctional Facility. This program, a highly selective collaboration between Holy Cross College and the University of Notre Dame, draws from the entire state to find those individuals with both exceptional academic talent and the desire to use education to return to society and make a difference. Folsom has excelled on both fronts, earning a cumulative GPA of 3.96 and even published an essay on the 17th-century poet John Milton that was selected for mention in the prestigious HarperCollins Best American Essays of 2021.

We had three Salutatorians, each representing one of the three areas of our academic departments. Allison Hano ’22 in Natural and Quantitative Sciences, Dane Litchfield ’22 in Humanities, and Mireya Robles ’22 in the Social Sciences.

The Art of Faith

By Lisa Kochanowski, Assistant Director of Communications

Living one’s faith comes in many forms – through devotional prayer, doing God’s work daily, and creative minds in artistic form. The St. Joseph Gallery at Holy Cross College at Notre Dame, Indiana, is excited to share visual expressions of faith by students, faculty, and members of the area community through the exhibit “The Art of Faith.” Visitors are invited to explore the exhibit now until December 16 with a gallery reception scheduled on October 6, from 3:30-4:30 p.m.

THE HOLY FAMILY ACRYLIC ON WOOD PANEL

BY STEPHEN BARANY, 2022

“I decided to participate because it is important for Holy Cross students to see that they are part of a broader community of faith that includes the South Bend, Mishawaka, and Granger areas. And that they are connected to local parishes in some way. For students to see that at least 10 local artists depict their faith artistically in some way communicates that practicing Christians in this place make a full effort to live out, to make real and tangible their belief and fidelity to God,” said Barany. “My recent wedding inspired me to create this piece. My wife and I wanted to give our wedding guests a gift that would remind them of the sanctity and importance of marriage and family. This icon of the Holy Family will hopefully be part of many homes and many families and inspire them to love with the love of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph.”

— Stephen Barany

“I am a Visual Arts professor here at Holy Cross College and have been thinking a lot about how to use art as a tool for discipleship in the classroom. I have been integrating my faith into my artwork for a few years now and recently met a few artists that were doing similar things. These experiences led me to think about how amazing it would be to organize an exhibition of local artists that were inspired by their Catholic faith.”

Stephen Barany lives in South Bend, Indiana, and attends St. Anthony de Padua Parish. He is a freelance illustrator, an adjunct professor of Visual Arts at Holy Cross College, and is currently working on his first self-published book, “Alphabet Mobile,” a wordless picture book teeming with alliterative drawings that help children learn the alphabet, build their vocabulary, and practice the art of careful looking.

The painting is based on a 2018 prototype by Mihai Cucu and recalls Andrei Rublev’s classic icon of the Holy Trinity. Gathered at the table with Mary and Joseph, Jesus raises his hand as a sign of blessing and invitation. He has left open the fourth side of the table; it is open for you.

— Angelo Ray Martínez, M.F.A., Assistant Professor of Visual Arts, the Program Director of Visual Arts & Music, and Director of the St. Joseph Gallery.

CRUCIFIXION

EGG TEMPURA AND GOLD LEAF ON WOOD PANEL

BY ANASTASSIA TESS CASSADY, 2022

Anastassia Tess Cassady lives in South Bend, Indiana, and attends St. Matthew Cathedral Parish. She is a freelance artist and teaches at Trinity School at Greenlawn. She works primarily in private commissions, some of which include church murals, church gilding, portrait commissions, byzantine icon commissions, book covers, and most recently, illustrations for a children’s book of saints that will be published later this year. She has also exhibited her work at ArtPrize at the South Bend Museum of Art.

This painting is a depiction of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ (Matthew 27:32). The process used to create this work is based on the traditional methods of iconography.

THE LIGHT BECOMES FLESH ACRYLIC ON CANVAS

BY MEGAN GETTINGER, 2020

Megan Gettinger lives in South Bend, Indiana, and attends St.Thérèse Little Flower Parish while also serving as their Communications Coordinator. She has a passion for integrating contemporary graphic design and traditional sacred art in her communications work at the parish.

“Angelo’s invitation to participate in the exhibition was such a pleasant surprise! Generally, I paint as a personal hobby and a means of prayer and self-care. While I have sold some pieces, I don’t consider myself a professional artist, so I was honored to be included. I am excited to participate in this exhibition in particular as its goal was to gather art relating to our shared Catholic faith. There is so much beauty and diversity to be found in the Catholic Church and this exhibition is a microcosm of that,” said Gettinger. “This was my first large abstract piece and so much of the process of creating it was truly an act of prayer. I needed to be reminded that in the midst of the fear and uncertainty of our fallen world, eternity has broken into the chaos in the person of Jesus Christ at the moment of the Incarnation; that Light cannot be overcome by darkness; and that there is power in wholeheartedly saying ‘yes’ to the Holy Spirit, as Mary did.” — Megan

Gettinger

Mary Kloska lives in Elkhart, Indiana, and attends St. Vincent de Paul Parish. She is a Catholic author that has published seven books, many of which have been translated into multiple languages and distributed for free to persecuted Christians around the world. She started the non-profit ‘Fiat Foundation’ to help fund this mission work and has a weekly WCAT Radio program, “The Heart of Fiat Crucified Love.” Her artwork is primarily used for the covers of her books, and other images within them, but she has also distributed free copies of icons in Pakistan and Nigeria.

THE HOLY FAMILY IN A SIBERIAN FOREST

ACRYLIC ON WOOD PANEL

BY MARY KLOSKA, 2021

“I was so happy to participate in the exhibition because it is an opportunity to share the love and beauty of God through art with all who will see these works. Art is a language that speaks deeply to the human heart and religious art all the more so speaks with God’s voice to the hearts created by Him. By participating in this exhibition, we are cooperating with the Holy Spirit in His constant work of sharing life, light, and hope to His creation,” said Kloska. “I lived for several years in Eastern Siberia and it was in the midst of atheist Russia that I saw the presence of God so clearly calling to His children. My piece is entitled ‘The Holy Family in a Siberian Forest” and I marveled that the Holy Family who took refuge in the poverty of the stable in Bethlehem also finds rest in our poor hearts when we allow it. This mystery I witnessed so profoundly during the years I served as a missionary in Russia -God was truly present in the hearts of His people, even when some of them didn’t know His name. I wanted to share this mystery of His divine presence and love with those all over the world who feel alone in a wilderness of any kind.” —

Mary Kloska

Angelo Ray Martínez lives in South Bend, Indiana, and attends St. Anthony de Padua Parish. He has exhibited in numerous museums and galleries, including the Akron Art Museum, Currier Museum of Art, Oklahoma Contemporary Art Center, and South Bend Museum of Art.

Within his artwork, Martínez utilizes images of fish, which were used by the early Christians to symbolize their faith, to create aquatic scenes that explore themes of Catholic identity and spirituality. This painting, Conversion II, is symbolic of his own spiritual conversion, as it was created while the artist was converting to Catholicism and completing the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA). It is also a metaphor for the daily conversion of a Christian, the leaving of one’s worldly self in pursuit of the transcendent essence of Jesus Christ (Matthew 16:24-26, Galatians 2:20, and 1 Corinthians 15:31), which is symbolized by the pixelation of the second fish.

CONVERSION II

ACRYLIC ON CANVAS

BY ANGELO RAY MARTINEZ, 2022

Melonie Mulkey lives in South Bend, Indiana, and attends St. Anthony de Padua Parish. She is an Adjunct Professor of Visual Arts at Holy Cross College and has exhibited in numerous exhibitions, both nationally and internationally, including the Filter Photo Gallery in Chicago, JanKossen Contemporary Gallery in New York, Ft. Wayne Museum of Art in Indiana, Millepiani Gallery in Rome, Italy, and the CICA Museum in South Korea. She has also been the recipient of several awards and has been included in publications such as Loosen Art, Manifest, and Studio Visit Magazine.

In her photograph, she uses place as a metaphor for contemplating the Last Supper and Jesus’ crucifixion. In the New Testament, according to John, blood and water poured out of Jesus’s final wound as he was hanging on the cross (John 19:34). The symbolism in the image invites the viewer to contemplate the incarnation and sacrifice of the five piercing wounds that Jesus suffered during his crucifixion: Two in his hands, two in his feet, and one on his side.

THE FIVE WOUNDS

DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPH & ARCHIVAL INKJET PRINT

BY MELONIE MULKEY, 2022

“I had a recent two-person exhibition at the University of Notre Dame this past summer and Angelo saw the work and inquired about putting this piece in the show he was curating at Holy Cross,” notes Mulkey. “The piece in the show is from a larger body of work titled “Chambers of the Heart,” which is Inspired by mystical theology and texts regarding stated of the soul and its longing to connect with the divine.”

— Melonie Mulkie

Stephanie Nuñez lives in South Bend, Indiana, and attends St. Adalbert Parish. She is currently a Visual Arts major at Holy Cross College and aspires to pursue a master’s degree in fine arts (MFA) after graduation. She has exhibited her work locally in the St. Joseph Gallery, South Bend Museum of Art, and was recently featured in Today’s Catholic for her mural of Our Lady of Guadalupe on the HCC campus.

Within her artwork, Nuñez explores the intersection of faith and culture. This painting of a home altar is a reflection of the cultural practice witnessed by the artist in many Hispanic households.

HOME ALTER

ACRYLIC ON CANVAS

BY STEPHANIE NUÑEZ, 2022

COME HOLY SPIRIT MIXED MEDIA ON WOOD PANEL BY TERESA PHIPPS, 2022

Teresa Phipps lives in South Bend, Indiana, and attends St. Joseph Catholic Church in Mishawaka. She is a retired high school art teacher and full-time artist. She has exhibited her work at numerous art centers and galleries, including the Arkansas Art Center, Buchanan Art Center, Figure One Gallery, and the South Bend Museum of Art.

“Angelo Ray Martinez asked me to create a show for Holy Cross College last fall and it was my first solo show. I spend several months working on a collection of work that explored icons and images in a more contemporary style. The work was centered around a drawing entitled “Three In One.” When I was invited to be part of this collection of artists I was most eager to accept and had no idea what I wanted to create and felt rather stuck. The only thing I could think of was “Come Holy Spirit” and direct me,” said Phipps. “The painting was done with a free and loose brush stroke and with each stroke, I would speak “Come Holy Spirit.” The act of releasing my concern about what to paint became a direct prayer to the Holy Trinity and it was a totally freeing experience in my soul. That is why the painting is entitled, “Come Holy Spirit.” — Teresa Phipps

WOMAN, WHY ARE YOU WEEPING? DIGITAL PAINTING

BY GABE RAUCH, 2022

Gabe Rauch lives in South Bend, Indiana, and attends St. Anthony de Padua Parish where is also the director of communications for the parish and school. He also worked as a drawing instructor at the South Bend Museum of Art in 2020 and 2021.

This digital painting, “Woman, Why are you Weeping?”, is inspired by the account of Mary of Magdala when she peered into Jesus’ tomb. Scripture states that she saw two angels in white, “…one at the head and one at the feet where the body of Jesus had been.” (John 20:12). This image imagines what Mary beheld, and by the presence of the angels and their words to Mary, “Woman, why are you weeping?” (John 20:13), it also recalls the light that darkness could never extinguish.

ECCE AGNUS DEI CHARCOAL ON PAPER

BY CECILIA SIMERMAN, 2022

Cecilia Simerman lives in Fort Wayne, Indiana, and attends St. Aloysius Catholic Church. She is currently a Visual Arts major and minoring in Spanish and Theology at Holy Cross College. She aspires to work as a graphic designer in Fort Wayne after graduation, possibly for the Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend.

“My drawing is intended to represent the concept of the true presence of Christ in the Eucharist. I was inspired by the moment in John 20:24-29, when Jesus appeared after his Resurrection and showed his wounds to Thomas, saying, “Blessed are those who have not seen and have believed”. Though we do not see Christ in the same way as Thomas did, he is every bit as physically present for us to behold in the Eucharist, inviting us to believe,” said Simerman.

Martínez noted that many of the artists in the exhibit never met one another and through this collaboration, he hopes to foster the beginning of a local community of Catholic artists. He hopes each artist becomes even more inspired to share their faith through their artistic talents.

“I hope that visitors are able to appreciate the diversity of Catholic expression. Some of the works are more traditional and some are more contemporary, but they all address aspects of Christian faith and spirituality. I also hope that by contemplating these artworks, viewers are inspired to reflect on their own unique journey of faith.”

— Angelo Ray Martínez, M.F.A.

AROUND CAMPUS

2022 Delta Epsilon Sigma induction

Holy Cross College inducted 12 new members to the Delta Epsilon Sigma (DES) National Scholastic Honor Society. Congratulations, faculty inductee Professor Zhutian Zhang, M.S., and student inductees

Matthew Brown’23, Carmela Cataldo’24, Billy Chilambula ’23, Sophia Di Piazza ’24, Steven Foernzler ’23, Kyle Kochanowski ’24, Nicholas Leslie ’24, Morgan Maggine ’24, Jacqueline Milkowski ’24, Blaise Morris ’23, and Thomas Zwiller ’24. Inductees were honored on Wednesday, October 5, 2022, in Driscoll Auditorium.

DES is an honor society for students, faculty, and alumni of colleges and universities with a Catholic tradition. The organization started at the

suggestion of Reverend E. A. Fitzgerald, Dean of Studies at Loras College, Dubuque, Iowa, who in October 1938 surveyed Catholic colleges and universities concerning their interest in initiating such a society.

Inductees of Holy Cross College’s Epsilon Delta Chapter are required to have completed at least one-half of the credit requirements for their bachelor’s degree and rank in the top twenty percent of their class in scholarship. Each year a faculty member speaks at the event and is then also inducted into the society. This year, Professor Zhutian Zhang, M.S., will present “Understanding Big Bang Cosmology in the Context of Creation.”

Professor Zhutian Zhang joined the faculty of Holy Cross College in August 2017. She received her B.A. in Applied Chemistry from Peking University, China, and completed her M.S. in Chemistry as a Ph.D. candidate at Case Western Reserve University. Professor Zhang’s research utilized statistical multivariate regression models to conduct structure-activity relationship studies in the areas of microbial toxicity and biodegradation. She published and presented her studies in “Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry” and “Chemosphere,” and at American Chemical Society national meetings.

Successful summer at the 2022 Saints and Scholars

By Andrew L. Ouellette, MA Director of the  Saints & Scholars Institute Director of Office of Campus Ministry Adjunct Faculty, Theology Managing Editor, Ecce Mater Tua

The Saints & Scholars Institute at Holy Cross College celebrated its seventh year in June with a two-week program that welcomed nearly 80 high school students from our local diocese, the country, and around the world (Canada, Ireland, Germany, El Salvador, Chile).

High School students lived, ate, prayed, and studied at Holy Cross College being put in one of six tracks: Education, Leadership, Media, Public Health, Human Rights, and Ecology. Each track, taught by a faculty member and assisted by two College

mentors, is grounded in the Catholic intellectual tradition to teach students how the Catholic faith informs and enriches our culture.

Each day of the program was filled with the praying of the Liturgy of the Hours, daily Mass, off-campus experiences, fellowship, and fun. Highlights of the program include a Theology & the Arts session (featuring music, painting, and dance), a trivia night, a competitive tournament including ultimate frisbee and sand volleyball, and a banquet dinner honoring the achievement of our high

school students completing the Saints & Scholars program. Our guest of honor for Week 1 was Father David Tyson, CSC – outgoing president of Holy Cross College, and our guest of honor for Week 2 was Dr. Marco Clark – incoming (and current) president of the College. The entire Saints & Scholars program concluded with a Mass celebrated by Bishop Kevin Rhoades of the Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend. Bishop Rhoades expressed his great admiration of Holy Cross College and, in particular, Saints & Scholars for forming young people in an authentically Catholic atmosphere.

HOLY

2022 Psi Chi induction

The international psychology honors society, known as Psi Chi, inducted Josh Amodeo ’24, Anna Beer ’24, Alexandra Buchlmayer ’24, Rachel Scherer ’22, and Lucas Snyder ’24 on February 18 at Holy Cross College.

Psi Chi is the International Honor Society in Psychology, founded in 1929 for the purposes of encouraging, stimulating, and maintaining excellence in scholarship, and advancing the science of psychology. Membership is open to graduate and undergraduate men and women who are in the top 35% academically and who are making the study of psychology one of their majors or minors. Psi Chi is a member of the  Association of College Honor Societies (ACHS) and is an affiliate of the American Psychological Association (APA).

In order to qualify, students must:

• be enrolled as a major or minor in a psychology program or a program psychological in nature

• have completed at least 3 semesters or equivalent of full-time college coursework

• have completed at least 9 semester credit hours or equivalent of psychology courses

• have earned a cumulative GPA that is in the top 35% of their class (sophomore, junior, or senior) compared to their classmates across the entire university or the college that houses psychology (minimum GPA of 3.0 on a 4-point scale)

• have a minimum 3.0 GPA average for psychology courses

The mission of the Holy Cross College Psi Chi Chapter is to recognize and promote excellence in the science and application of psychology. Being part of the chapter is an honor bestowed on students who are psychology majors or minors who have shown academic excellence.

“My hope is that our Holy Cross College Psi Chi students will develop a sense of pride in their psychology education, a sense of community and support as a chapter and glean the honor and the many benefits that come from such membership,” noted  Dr. Cosette Fox, Associate Professor of Psychology. Psi Chi is an honors society recognized worldwide and students can benefit from this recognition of excellence wherever life takes them. This membership is prestigious and will make them look more marketable for jobs and graduate school applications.

Alumna Francesca McCarthy, M.S., PsyM, presented “Psychology Behind Bars: My Journey from Holy Cross College to the Field of Correctional Psychology” at the event. She is a fifth-year doctoral student in the Wright State University School of Professional Psychology. She graduated from Holy Cross College in 2014 with a major in Psychology and minors in Spanish, Global Perspectives, and Sociology. While on campus, she played four years on the women’s basketball team. Upon graduation, she earned her Master of Science in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Indiana State University in 2017, and her Psy.M. from Wright State University’s School of Professional Psychology in 2019. Her clinical experience includes work in state and federal prisons, local jails, and in adult probation services. She is especially interested in the treatment of pregnant inmates and completed her dissertation titled “Pregnant Inmates’ Knowledge of the Teratogenic Effects of Tobacco and Alcohol.”

Feast of Our Lady of Sorrows

The Feast of Our Lady of Sorrows, celebrated on September 15, is a day the Congregation of Holy Cross celebrates the Virgin Mary as their patroness under the title of Our Lady of Sorrows. As the mission of the Congregation is the zealous proclamation of the Cross as the sign and instrument of hope to the world, we are all asked to stand at the foot of the Cross with Mary, as a beloved disciple, taking her as our mother (“Woman, behold your son…Son, behold your Mother.” -John 19:25-27).

At the beginning of the fall semester, during the Opening Academic Year Mass, Holy Cross College began a period of prayerful preparation to consecration (entrust) both Holy Cross College and the presidency of Dr. Marco Clark to Mary, Our Lady of Sorrows. With the act of consecration on September 15, we gave the College and Dr. Clark to the maternal care and intercession of the Virgin Mary, knowing with the full confidence of faith that her Son, Jesus Christ, will hear and answer our prayers for a new outpouring of the Holy Spirit upon our College community.

ATHLETIC ALUMNI REUNION WEEKEND

During the 2022-2023 academic year, the Holy Cross College athletics department will celebrate the 15th anniversary of competitive athletics and joining The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA). This proud moment was made possible by our dedicated leadership, coaches, student-athletes, and community support. To commemorate this moment, we celebrated the success of our entire athletics program over the last 15 years with an Athletic Alumni Reunion the weekend of September 22-25.

We had several activities on and off campus for former Saints.

Friday, we spent the evening celebrating the Saints and former student-athletes at a Saints Social event at Jay’s

Lounge. Saturday was a day packed with lots of events. The day started with an alumni basketball game with personalized jerseys courtesy of alum Mark Wilkins ’11. Visitors watched the women’s soccer team take on Saint Xavier University, enjoyed refreshments at the Alumni Tailgate in the parking lot, followed by the men’s soccer team taking on Saint Xavier University.

On Sunday, visitors attended a special alumni Mass with fellow Saints, past and present. To end our weekend of memories, reconnecting, and living like a Saint, join new president Dr. Marco Clark for a farewell breakfast. Dr. Clark will share some concluding remarks along with fellowship and fun.

Go, Saints!

Thanks, to all the alums that visited the campus over the alumni weekend. We hope you will visit again soon.

by Tyler Braidic, Sports Information Director/ Assistant Men’s Basketball Coach

Women’s Soccer Men’s Soccer

The women’s soccer team finished their 2021 season with a program-best 11-5-3 overall record while earning a third consecutive trip to the Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference postseason tournament. The Saints fell in a shootout to Trinity Christian College in theopening round. Earning her third-consecutive CCAC honor, junior Olivia Shaw ’23 was awarded First Team All-Conference. Audrey Filippo ’21, Taylor Primack ’25, and Lauren Cernak ’22 were tabbed CCAC Second Team. Holy Cross had seven studentathletes earn CCAC All-Academic team honors, including Lauren Cernak ’22, Nicole Cook ’23, Solena Cruz ‘24, Rachel Gomez ’23, Morgan Maggine ’24, Ashley McDonald ’24, and Kathleen Ming ’22.

Men’s soccer finished with a 9-6-2 overall record and 6-5-2 in CCAC play, narrowly missing out on the 2021 CCAC postseason tournament. Gabe Nyenka ’24 was awarded CCAC All-Conference Second Team. The sophomore led the Saints with 10 goals scored while also contributing seven assists. Freshman goalkeeper Claudio Fuentealba ’25 recorded a team-best 54 saves to go along with two shutouts. The Saints also had Gabe Nyenka ’24 and Matteus Webb ’23 named to the CCAC All-Academic team.

ATHLETIC HIGHLIGHTS from the 2021-2022 Academic Year SOCCER

BASKETBALL

Women’s Basketball

The women’s basketball team ended their season with a 15-15 overall record. The Saints earned a trip to the CCAC postseason tournament with a 10-12 league record. Junior Jayda Miller ’23 was tabbed CCAC All-Conference Honorable Mention, while freshmen Jordyn Smith ’25 and Grace Adams ’25 also received conference honors. Smith was named CCAC Freshman of the Year and Adams was awarded to the All-Freshman Team. Holy Cross also had Allison Hano ’21, Lauren Morris ’24, Jaliah Nailor ’21, Ary Shelton ’22, and Sara White ’21 earn CCAC All-Academic Team distinctions.

Men’s Basketball

After back-to-back trips to the NAIA National Tournament, men’s basketball underwent a rebuilding year and ended their 2021-2022 season with a 13-17 overall record while going 8-14 in conference play. Senior Ryan Black ’21 was awarded to the Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference All-Conference Honorable Mention team. Justin O’Neal ’25 and Nash Hostetler ’25 both were named to the CCAC All-Freshman team. Beau Ludwick ’23 and Ryan Black ’21 earned CCAC All-Academic distinctions, while Ryan Cartaino ’23, Billy Harness ’21, Beau Ludwick ’23, and Ryan Black ’21, were named to the NABC Honors Court, which recognizes academic achievements from every level of college basketball. The men’s basketball team was awarded the CCAC Champions of Character team award.

ATHLETIC HIGHLIGHTS

Golf

The men’s and women’s golf teams finished in fourth and sixth place in the CCAC Championship. Sophomore women’s golfer Annika Johnson ’24 placed 10th in the tournament and was awarded CCAC Second Team All-Conference. Men’s golfer Carter Silva ’23 earned CCAC Second Team All-Conference, after placing 14th in the CCAC Championship. Fellow men’s golfer Collin Todora ’24 was awarded CCAC Men’s Golfer of the Year, winning the CCAC Championship. Todora ’24 represented Holy Cross College, as an individual, in the 2022 NAIA National Men’s Golf Championship. Camden Dal Corobbo ’21, Blaise Morris ’23, Carter Silva ’23, Brevin Slusher ’23, Collin Todora ’24, Annika Johnson ’24, Madison Pool ’21, and Rachel Scherer ’21 were named to the CCAC All-Academic team for men’s and women’s golf.

GOLF

Tennis

TENNIS

The men’s and women’s tennis teams finished their season after a run in the CCAC postseason tournament. The men’s team ended their season with a 13-8 overall record and 5-1 in conference competition. Women’s tennis had an 8-14 record and a 3-3 mark in CCAC play. Helga Lopez ’24 was tabbed CCAC Women’s Tennis Player of the Year, as well as All-Conference in singles and doubles play. Bente Burgersdijk ’25 was named CCAC Women’s Tennis Freshman of the Year and All-Conference in singles, while Anna Beer ’24 was awarded All-Conference in singles and doubles play. On the men’s side, Perry Gregg ’25 was awarded First-Team NAIA All-American. The freshman was also tabbed CCAC Player of the Year and Freshman of the Year. Karel Bloom ’21 and Will Page ’24 were named All-Conference in singles competition, while Laurenz Flender ’24 earned All-Conference recognition in doubles play. Eric Mahone was named CCAC Men’s Tennis Coach of the Year.

Men’s and women’s tennis players Isaac Chan ’21, Laurenz Flender ’24, Justin Friesen ’24, Dominic Gibson ’21, Will Page ’24, Bruno Sentkar ’24, Anna Beer ’24, Lucy Bruns ’21, Clara Ruediger ’23, and Julie Wappel ’21 were awarded to the CCAC All-Academic team.

Liberal arts into business school; a critical thinker’s paradise

by Stephen Viz ‘21

by Stephen Viz ‘21

In my favorite movie, the submarine thriller “Crimson Tide,” Denzel Washington plays a popular lieutenant commander of the submarine, who along with a degree from The Naval Academy, earned a master’s degree in philosophy from Harvard. Throughout the film and an ensuing nuclear standoff that occurs, he is routinely antagonized by the old school captain of the sub (played by Gene Hackman), who views the world and the situation at hand in a strictly black and white mindset. Hackman teases him during a conversation about nuclear war, stating; “Me they wanted simple, I was given my command, a target, and a button to push, all I had to know was how to push it, and the Navy would tell me when. They seem to want you to know why”. Denzel simply responds,

“I would hope they would all want us to know why, sir”.

This response, fitting of his character’s character and credibility, speaks to Denzel’s demeanor as a critical thinker and leader, both of which may be directly linked to his liberal arts background.

Why Holy Cross College?

While my day job doesn’t necessarily liken me to sailors arguing over the philosophy of war, I can proudly say that I am an evolving critical thinker thanks to my academic pursuits and mentorship that I began at Holy Cross College. I am a current one-year MBA (Master of Business Administration) candidate at the University of Notre Dame and

graduated from the Mendoza College of Business’s Master of Science in Management program this past May, a program reserved exclusively for non-business majors. Upon completion of my MBA next summer, I plan on building a career in the corporate strategy space while remaining heavily involved in entrepreneurial and non-for-profit pursuits. But none of these achievements would be possible without my three-year enrollment and graduation from Holy Cross College’s Program of Liberal Studies, which I can attest to being one of the best decisions of my life.

The best of English, history, and philosophy classes, the Liberal Studies program challenges students to grow into themselves and the world around them in intimate yet refreshing small classroom environments. Like in “Crimson Tide,” the “why”, not “what” is stressed in the discussion, regardless of if these encompass the War in Ukraine, the Wells Fargo Scandal, “On the Road,” or anything in between. And while there is nowhere to hide in a classroom full of eight people, professors understand the unique perspective each student brings to the table.

This diverse track, which many students like myself pair a business/or other subject minor, has helped me to become both a swift decision-maker and confident speaker, as the urgency to stand and deliver provoking thoughts in concise periods of time was universal throughout my liberal studies classes. This universality of a needed skill set

jumpstarted the next stage of my career, and my past year in business school has been greatly enhanced thanks to my liberal arts education.

Unique Opportunities

Thanks to my intellectual development at Holy Cross College, I have been blessed with experiences here at Notre Dame and at companies like Boeing. But some of my most fulfilling experiences have come through the way I have marketed myself as a critical thinker. In the last year, I have been tasked to develop a curriculum and strategy at the non-for-profit organization in Chicago, named Advice Beyond the Classroom. This charity, which was founded at my high school, St. Rita of Cascia, directly focuses on the professional development of high school students. I have also been recruited as a contributing sports money writer for Forbes magazine and other confidential programs focused on humanitarian relief for those in need in the Middle East. With a lot to balance, critical thinking and my liberal arts education help propel me to understand why my projects matter to those they benefit.

In my time in the tri-campus community, real-time tangible and reflective success has erupted for dozens of students who have chosen to match liberal arts educational pursuits with careers in business and other fields. I am blessed to be included in this grouping as a Holy Cross graduate last year and hope that many other students at Holy Cross College and beyond can find this for themselves as well.

A Saint in the making

By Brother Philip Smith, C.S.C.

I came to South Bend in April of 2019 to assist in the Midwest Province Archives, and, eventually, to become the archivist.  About eighteen months into the work of finding my way around the many shelves and boxes of historical documents,

I came upon three large storage boxes labeled Brother Columba O’Neill: Correspondence. These were pushed far back on a shelf where they should not have been stored.  I had heard of this Brother. He was the University of Notre Dame “crippled” cobbler from about 1890-1923. Brother Columba was a holy brother.

Intrigued, I lifted one box off the shelf onto the floor, removed the lid, and was amazed to find hundreds upon hundreds of letters beginning in1912 and ending with those written six months after Brother Columba’s death on November 20, 1923.  I lugged the boxes from the stacks into the workroom and like Odysseus, launched my ship upon the meandering and deep sea of this humble, crippled cobbler of the University of Notre Dame.

Similar to St. André Bessette, C.S.C, Brother Columba came from a poor, devoted, and humble background. Born John O’Neill in Mackeysburg, Pennsylvania in 1848, he was the fifth son of six children born to Michael and Ellen (McGuire) O’Neill.  Twins were born in Kilkenny, Ireland and four more children in Mackeysburg, one of the scores of small mining camps in Pennsylvania. Sometime in the mid-19th century, these camps were gathered together and were known as Minersville. Miners and their families either gathered slate or dug for coal.  In Bother Columba’s biography “These Two Hearts,” by Brother Ernest Ryan, C.S.C., the author of this scant fifty-seven-page book, speaks of Brother Columba’s father, Michael, of Irish descent, living in Mackeysburg which “sent it quota of men” to fight for the Union. His son John (Brother Columba) left Mackeysburg for Colorado and then on to California apprenticed to a shoemaker. He was 14 years old in 1862.

It was in California that John met an itinerant cobbler who told him that he had learned his trade at the Manual Labor School on the grounds of a place called the University of Notre Dame.  Biographer Ryan uses his imagination to describe John’s reaction. “While looking toward the heavens a strange light seemed to come into John O’Neill’s eyes and a strange feeling of peace flooded his soul.  Could it be that it was to Notre Dame that God was calling him?  Would he with his misshapen feet be admitted into the Brotherhood?” John O’Neill was called to the Brothers and would be admitted!

Historical records indicate that John made his way to Indiana, to Notre Dame, and eventually, into the office of Father Edward Sorin, the school’s president.  He was met at the university gate by porter Brother Francis Xavier Patois and by novice master Father Augustin Louage. This was in 1874, and John, the soon-to-be Columba, was admitted to the Brothers because, for Father Sorin, no man or woman offered a gift that was too small when it came to the president’s desire to foster the growth of Holy Cross and Our Lady’s University on the two lakes in South Bend, Indiana.  When Sorin realized that this newcomer was a cobbler and a shoemaker, he was warmly welcomed.

Brother Columba was a professed member of Holy Cross for 49 years—all of them as a cobbler, but not all of those years at Notre Dame.  Initially, he offered to go to either Bengal or Molokai, and over the next 45 years, he petitioned two provincials and the superior general to grant that request.  Upon his death and burial in late November 1923, Brother Columba’s “wonderful cures”  were known across the United States and in many foreign countries.  Devotees of the Sacred Heart of Jesus reached out to him because of his intercessory ability with the Son of God on their behalf.  During his lifetime, he was widely known as the Divine Healer and the Miracle Man of Notre Dame.

In May of 2021, I had gathered enough information about the Divine Healer to reach out to South Bend/Fort Wayne Bishop Kevin Rhoades.  I wanted to share with him what I was beginning to pull together and to ask for direction.  Expecting that I would be asked to meet the bishop in Fort Wayne, I was surprised when he wanted to come to South Bend and meet me in the archives on June 10.  He and I spent over three hours in the archives and another hour at Notre Dame’s Holy Cross Cemetery where Brother Columba is buried.  When we parted ways, I felt energized by the bishop’s enthusiasm for the cause. On June 14, Bishop Rhoades wrote a letter in support of the furthering the Columba research and his support for beginning the Cause for Servant of God Brother Columba.

On June 28, a diocesan canon lawyer called the archives asking three questions about Brother Columba: what is the year of his death (1923); where he died (in the Community House on the campus of the University of Notre Dame); and if he died a martyr (no).  Because Columba died one hundred years ago in November of 2023, his cause is an ancient one: there would be no one alive who knew him to be interviewed.

(continued on following page)

A Saint in the making

(continued from previous page)

My work on Columba’s letter and document collection had barely begun.  Initially, it took several months of 2020 to put the items in chronological order.  Once that task was completed, the tedious work began of making copies of each original letter; reading each of the letters, and making a bullet point summary to identify those that spoke of “favors received” or “wonderful news” or “thanksgiving for a marvelous cure.” Some letters had a brief or no description of the “favors received,” and others were very detailed.  These letters would need to be pondered over by other eyes than just mine. Was there evidence that could be provided as proof of Columba’s holiness, his heroic virtue and having the ear of God?

On August 9, the birthday of St André Bessette, the canon lawyer wrote: “I read through the letters from Brother Columba as well as the document you originally sent. In my opinion, it is worth initiating his cause for canonization. I base this opinion on the evidence which you have provided, namely, the innumerable success of Brother Columba’s intercessory prayer both during his lifetime and after his death.” Two suggestions were also offered for continuing the work: there should be some evidence for Brother Columba’s heroic virtue; and the petition ought to persuade the Bishop why he would consider accepting it and opening his cause for canonization.

All Christians are called to be saints. In official Church procedures there are three steps to sainthood after the cause is opened by the presiding bishop: a candidate becomes “Venerable,” then “Blessed” and then “Saint.” Venerable is the title given to a deceased person recognized formally by the pope as having lived a heroically virtuous life or who offered their life through martyrdom. To be beatified and recognized as a Blessed, one miracle acquired through the candidate’s intercession is required in addition to recognition of heroic virtue or offering of life. Canonization requires a second miracle after beatification. The pope may waive these requirements. A miracle is not required prior to a martyr’s beatification, but one is required before canonization. The designation of Servant of God is the title given to a candidate for sainthood whose cause is still under investigation, prior to being declared Venerable.

The petitioner is the party initiating an action in canon law through an appeal to the presiding bishop of a diocese. In the case of Brother Columba there are two petitioners: the Midwest Province of Brothers of the Congregation of Holy Cross and The United States Province of Priests and Brothers of the Congregation of Holy Cross.

The bishop appoints a postulator to guide and oversee the cause. Brother Philip Smith, C.S.C. is postulator for Brother Columba, and he will oversee the cause at the diocesan or eparchial level. Once Phase I is concluded, a Roman postulator will be appointed to oversee all aspects of Phases II (beatification) and Phase III (canonization as a saint). The diocesan postulator’s major task is the writing of the Positio. This is a comprehensive summary of all documentation of a candidate’s life and heroic virtues or offering of life, or martyrdom.

I delivered the positio to Bishop Rhoades on October 28, 2022, at the Motherhouse of the Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration in Mishawaka, IN. We talked for about an hour, and when I parted, the bishop informed me that he would have a decision about the formal opening of the cause as soon as possible.  Having never worked on a cause for canonization before, I naively thought that I would receive word from the bishop within a month or two.  Actually, it was nine months later, on June 24, the

feast of the Sacred Heart, that the positio was accepted. June 25 is the feast of the Immaculate Heart of Mary.  These feast days could not be more appropriate as they so thoroughly imbued all that Brother Columba lived for.

The cause is now in the first of three consultations: the first with the faithful in the South Bend/Fort Wayne diocese and surrounding areas; the second with the USCCB (United States Conference of Catholic Bishops); and the third with the Congregation for the Cause of the Saints in Rome. Now that the faithful have been informed about the life and holiness of Brother Columba, they are requested to offer their comments.  This will mostly likely happen at the parish level.  The USCCB meets every six months in November and June.  When the bishops sign off, then the positio is sent to Rome where a postulator is assigned to the case. Once the Congregation for the Cause of the Saints is satisfied that Brother Columba led a life of heroic virtue, the findings will be sent to the pope. If accepted, Servant of God Brother Columba will then be known as Venerable Brother Columba.

So, why would the canonization of Brother Columba (John) O’Neill, C.S.C. be of usefulness to the universal Church? Generally, because the lives of ordinary men and women who are holy in spite of their ordinariness are always useful for the edification of God’s holy people. Specifically, Brother Columba’s life orbited around devotion to the tender hearts of Jesus and Mary.  The heart, the organ we traditionally associate with loving, reminds us of God’s unconditional love for us. It also calls us to love as expansively as Jesus and his mother did. The psychiatrist Harry Stack Sullivan defined healthy adult maturity as “a state in which tenderness prevails.”

The example of Brother Columba’s love and compassion for every suffering human being will foster the question among the faithful: “How expansive is my love?” By comparing their lives to those of the saints, especially those saints whose lives are eminently sane and human, the faithful are encouraged to live their own flaws and foibles unto the betterment of the lives of all their brothers and sisters.  This is especially significant today in a world and a nation that is becoming increasingly tribal and xenophobic with little tolerance for those who do not measure up to individual definitions of normal, ordinary, acceptable, worthy, or good. The Divine Healer, the Miracle Man of Notre Dame, Brother Columba, “worked till in the course of time and the providence of God the cobbler’s shop itself became a shrine.

The humble shoemaker had somehow learned to mend immortal souls.” These words of Provincial Father Charles O’Donnell, spoken at Brother Columba’s funeral mass, can only be followed by Jesus’ expectation of Brother Columba and of us. That we “learn of Me because I am meek and humble of heart.” Servant of God Brother Columba intercede for us.

Hard work makes dreams come true

By Lisa Kochanowski, Assistant Director of Communications

Being a teenager is tough. Questions like ‘where do I belong’ and ‘who do I want to be’ add tremendous weight to every eighteen-year-old shoulder, making the future seem impossible. For alumnus Bryan Daniel, Holy Cross College offered answers to his questions and invited him into a community of educators dedicated to building students to be scholars, citizens, leaders, and disciples of the future.

“I did not do very well academically in high school. The professors and staff at Holy Cross became my second family. They truly cared not only about my academics, but my overall wellbeing. The professors made sure I fully comprehended the curriculum and made themselves available after class, sometimes late into the evening, for additional academic support. I graduated from high school with a grade point average (GPA) below 2.8. I graduated from Holy Cross College with a GPA above 3.7 and was accepted as a transfer student into multiple four-year universities! Holy Cross College was the first college to give me a chance and I didn’t want to disappoint,” said Bryan Daniel, who graduated with an Associate of Arts (AA) degree in 2006.

“I especially want to thank Ms. Phyllis Scott for always being the welcoming and encouraging beating heart of Holy Cross College.”

Upon graduation from Holy Cross, he attended Purdue University, receiving a Bachelor of Arts degree in Agriculture. His major was wildlife sciences and after graduation, he moved to Indianapolis, Indiana.

“Over the next two years, I worked in the non-profit scene through AmeriCorps at the Boys and Girls Club of Indianapolis and later at The American Red Cross of Greater Indianapolis. During this time, I also served as a full-time intern through my church Indy Metro Church where I helped to facilitate serving opportunities for our congregation at The Shepherd Community Center,” noted Daniel.

He started working in the education field in 2013 working full time at The Excel Center at the Goodwill of Central and Southern Indiana, where he served as a life coach helping urban adults get their high school diploma. In 2016, he attended graduate school, obtaining a Master of Arts degree from Indiana University through IUPUI with a major in school counseling. After graduation, he was the vice principal of The Excel Center and started a meal service program that offered students fresh fruit and vegetables.

“We called this program ‘Meadows Café’ because our school was located off of 38th and Meadows Drive. The goal of this café was to provide free healthy food alternatives to adults and their children who lived or attended our school, which is located in a food desert,” said Daniel.

In March 2020, he left The Excel Center to further serve urban adults at Ivy Tech Community College of Indianapolis, where he served as a Program Director. During this time, he worked due to COVID-19.

Living the dream

“In June 2021, I obtained my dream job, where I currently work as the Director of Community and Operations at The Patachou Foundation. My role facilitates the coordination in distributing over 2,000 meals made from scratch every week by our professional chefs. I love my role because I am allowed to help build community not only within the organization but through the schools we serve as well as our surrounding neighbors,” commented Daniel, who was married in 2014 and will be a first-time father in May 2022.

“My passion has always been feeding people, especially people who don’t have the access/ funds to quality food. The Patachou Foundation’s core goal is to provide the best food made by highly trained chefs to urban students around the city. We also have a farm and a coffee shop that provides youth around the city access to seeing how their food is grown, prepared, and served. We also have a fellowship program during the summer where high school students receive employment and educational opportunities working in our kitchen, the coffee shop, and our farm. This is truly a dream job and I love what I do.”

Impactful moment

“My most memorable academic moment was when I fully comprehended finite math. Math in high school was my worst subject. Father Merwyn Thomas, C.S.C., showed me that math can be understood by identifying patterns. It felt like a light bulb went on in my head. Ever since that class, I have enjoyed math and have even helped tutor some of my high school students when I worked at The Excel Center,” said Daniel.

Future plans

“Currently, I love what I do. I not only get to feed people, but I get to learn more about food, coffee, farming, people, and all the avenues in-between. Eventually, I would like to take my passions to the next level and pursue a career as a bread baker/ farmer, where I will grow my own wheat from the seed to the sourdough loaf. I never want to stop learning. I give credit for my success to Holy Cross College. Holy Cross was the first institution to make me realize that with hard work, I can make my dreams come true,” noted Daniel.

For more information about The Patachou Foundation, visit thepatachoufoundation.org/

Holy Cross College welcomes four new board members

In 2022, Holy Cross College accepted four new members to the Board of Trustees with three of the new members being alumni of Holy Cross College. Please welcome

Alumnus Lavarr Barnett graduated from Holy Cross College with a Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration with the highest honors, was a member of the Delta Epsilon Sigma Honor Society, and was awarded the College’s St. Thomas Aquinas Award for academic excellence. He graduated from the University of Notre Dame Law School in 2017. During his time on campus, Mr. Barnett served as president of the Black Law Students Association (2015-2016), on the Notre Dame Advisory Committee for Student Climate Related to Race and Ethnicity (2016-2017), and was an Indiana Conference for Legal Education Opportunity fellow.

Lavarr Barnett works for Summit Equity Investments as the Vice President of Investor Relations, where he is responsible for identifying and soliciting six to eight-figure equity engagements with potential investors, creating and communicating quarterly reporting on owned assets to investors, and developing and initiating capital fundraising strategies. Previously, Lavarr worked for the University of Notre Dame Du Lac as an Associate Director of Regional Development, responsible for raising six and seven-figure gifts to support university students, faculty, staff,

and programs, developed and cultivated benefactor relationships in support of the University of Notre Dame’s mission, and created and implemented effective strategies to connect benefactors with priority initiatives. In 2016, he was a summer associate at Tuesley Hall Konopa, LLP in South Bend where he drafted business and organizational documents for firm clientele, researched and prepared memoranda of law regarding various areas of business and commercial law, and evaluated and edited firm legal document repositories to ensure compliance with state law.

Corey Edmonds ‘12

Alumnus Corey Edmonds graduated from Holy Cross College with a Bachelor of Arts in business. The Michiana area native is an avid volunteer in the community. He is a committee member of the Morris 100 Committee, a board member of the Boys and Girls Club of St. Joseph County, and was previously secretary of the Victory View Condominiums HOA. In May 2021, Mr. Edmonds completed his first Ironman at the Tulsa Ironman raising $10,000 for the St. Joseph County Boys and Girls Club. In October 2021, he attempted his first ultra-marathon at the Indiana Trail 100 and retired after 50 miles.

Lavarr Barnett ’14, Corey Edmonds ’12, Kevin C. Murphy, and Jared Sawyer ’08.

Lavarr Barnett ‘14

Corey currently works as the Director of Customer Care at the Tire Rack. Previously, he was the Customer Service and Scheduling Manager at ASAP Tire and held the positions of Program Manager of Installation Solutions and Assistant Sales Manager at the Tire Rack. Recently, he assisted Holy Cross College with the presidential search by serving as a member of the Presidential Search Committee.

Kevin C. Murphy

Kevin C. Murphy is the Chief Digital Officer and Executive Vice President of the Bank and 1st Source Corporation.

Before joining 1st Source Bank in 2006, Mr. Murphy was a licensed Financial Advisor with Merrill Lynch in Columbus, Ohio, and owned a technology company that delivered services to the Investment Industry. He holds a Bachelor of Arts from Wittenberg University, a Bachelor of Science from DeVry University, and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Notre Dame. At 1st Source, Kevin has held the positions of Web Development Manager, Treasury Services Product Manager, Division Head of Electronic Banking, Regional President, and Chief Information Officer. He sits on the bank’s Strategic Deployment Committee, Retirement Committee, and 1st Source Foundation.

Raised in and returning to South Bend, Indiana, Kevin and his wife of 25 years, Erin, have raised three children: Jacqueline (Indianapolis, Indiana), Quinn (a senior at Santa Clara University), and Kevin Jr. (a senior at Penn High School). The soon-to-be empty nester and recovering youth coach (in football, soccer, hockey, and lacrosse) enjoys serving within his community, is currently a board member at the Center for Hospice, as well as the Indiana Historical Society Foundation, and was the past president and honorary trustee of The History Museum. He has served in leadership positions with the YMCA, Boys and Girls Club, United Way of St. Joseph County, Boy Scouts, St. Pius Church, and others.

Jared Sawyer ‘08

Alumnus Jared Sawyer graduated from Holy Cross College with a Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Studies with high honors, the University of Louisville, Louis D. Brandeis School of Law, with a Juris Doctor, and was admitted to practice law from the Kentucky Bar Association Commonwealth of Kentucky. He is a term member of the Council on Foreign Relations.

Currently, Mr. Sawyer works as a Principal with Rich Feuer Anderson in Washington, D.C. where he serves as a senior member of a leading bipartisan government affairs firm specializing in financial services policy. He crafts regulatory, legislative, and political strategies for clients throughout the financial services ecosystem. Specializations include servicing clients on cross-border regulatory policy, insurance, bank regulation, fintech, and financial stability policy. Jared has deep relationships with the leadership of federal financial regulators and key Congressional policymakers and built successful business development strategies resulting in the generation of over $1.5 million in recurring annual firm revenue.

Previously, Jared Sawyer worked at the United States Treasury Department as the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Financial Institutions Policy. In this role, he provided senior leadership in developing and executing Treasury’s policies for the financial sector. He managed and directed the operations of three Treasury policy offices, with management responsibility for a staff of 35, served on the leadership policy team responsible for directing Treasury’s public policy reports, and was an active member of working groups developing Treasury’s housing finance reform. During his employment, Jared conducted policy briefings for members of Congress and staff on financial sector issues and routinely interacted with the leadership and staff of the federal financial regulators and state insurance commissioners.

MARRIAGES

Chris Hossfeld ’20 married Kendra Diehl in Shelbyville, Tennessee.

John Reilly ’19 married Ellie Neff on October 30, 2022, in Indianapolis, Indiana.

Slade Gorski ’19 and Lauren Bureau ’21 married at the St. Joseph Chapel on the campus of Holy Cross College on January 8, 2021.

Zayra “Yare” Valencia-Bernardino ’16 and Chace Burchard were married on August 27, 2022.

Farkhod Kurbonov ’14 married Sara Bogol on May 15, 2022.

Kate Palmer ’07 married Shayan Saber.

BIRTHS

Stephen Storey ’19 and wife Raquel welcomed first child Maximilian Maria Storey on January 24, 2022.

Elizabeth Medina ’19 gave birth to baby girl Samara on September 2, 2022.

Madison Malec ’19 gave birth to Evelyn Malec on March 23, 2022.

Mike Tarala ’15 and Claire Tarala ’15 welcomed Leo Ignatius Tarala weighing 8 pounds and 12 ounces.

Leslee McCaffery-Burghduf ’14 gave birth to Audrey Burghduf on January 6, 2022.

Nicole Leo ’14 and Shane Leo ’12 welcomed daughter Madilyn Emory Leo on March 1, 2022.

Jessica Heston ’13 gave birth to Quinn Sophia Kajer on August 31, 2022. The baby weighed in at 7 pounds, 8 ounces and was 19.5 inches long.

Steve Jaffee ’11 and wife, Liz, welcomed their second baby, Zoey Grace Jaffee, in December.

GOOD NEWS

Chandler Seaman ’22 started a new position as the Recruitment Graphic Designer for USF Football.

Robert Bridges ’21 started a new position as a Senior Health Care Analyst for Blue Cross Blue Shield in downtown Detroit, Michigan. He is responsible for planning, organizing, directing, implementation, and leading department assignments. Position operates within broad objectives to ensure optimum utilization of manpower and budget. Research, compile and analyze appropriate and relevant data and make recommendations for operational improvements.

The White House Initiative on Advancing Educational Equity, Excellence and Economic Opportunity through Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) recently announced the nominees for the 2022 HBCU Scholar Recognition Program. Southern University Law Center (SULC) student Bashar Saleh ’20 has been selected to represent SULC as a2022 HBCU Scholar! The purpose of this program is to recognize outstanding student leaders and further empower them with tools for excellence.

Elizabeth Medina ’19 was promoted to CAHPS Quality Analyst at Press Ganey Associates.

Zach Drury ’18 graduated with a second bachelor’s degree in computer and informational sciences.

Olivia Overfield ’18 started a new position working for ArcherPoint as a License Order Administrator. She feels blessed to work for a company that is extremely diverse and always moving forward.

Alumna Madelyn Martinec ’16 was promoted to Director of Development with REAL Services.

Thomas Lyons ’14 was named to the Indiana Super Lawyers Rising Stars for the following concentrations in his legal practice: Securities & Corporate Finance Law, Business/Corporate Law, Closely Held Business Law, and Mergers and Acquisitions. Being named to the Indiana Super Lawyers lists means he was ranked in the top 2.5% of attorneys in the state of Indiana. He was also named to the Best Lawyers in America list for the following concentrations in his legal practice: Corporate Governance and Compliance Law, Corporate Law, and Mergers and Acquisitions Law. Being named to the Best Lawyers in America list means he was ranked in the top 5% percent of attorneys in the United States.

Michael Novitzki ’13 graduated from The University of St. Thomas Opus College of Business.

Tyler Kanczuzewski ’12 of Inovateus Solar was named a 2022 Hoosier Resilience Hero from the Environmental Resilience Institute at Indiana University. He was recognized for being an advocate for sustainability, conservation, and renewable energy.

Andrew Weiss ’12 started a new position as Investment Adviser Representative at Knights of Columbus Asset Advisors.

Amber Jacob ’12 is working in cardiac electrophysiology as a Medical Assistant with Advocate Heart Institute. She loves her interesting and rewarding work.

Marie-Louise Bridgeman ’12 accepted a position as a College and Career Advisor at Hutto High School.

Alexandria Rios ’12 recently left Aquinas College and is finishing her M.Ed. in education. She is a full-time 2nd grade teacher in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

Kate Crane ’11 started a new job as a Manager of Advancement Services with St. Laurence High School in June 2022.

Danielle Noone ’11 took a new job with Aldi in February 2022 and became Store Manager of her own store in September 2022.

Ellen Ludwig ’08 started a new position as a Logistics Manager with HopeCity in Kansas City, Missouri. HopeCity is an inner-city missions base that serves the homeless and addicted on the east side of Kansas City through a prayer room, food program, and inpatient rehab center for drugs, alcohol, and other life changing circumstances.

Keara Roethke ’97 started her position as Legal Director – Privacy, Product & Regularity with Snapdocs, Inc. in May 2022.

Mary Alves ’85 took a new job as an Interior Designer with Kris Kronstruction, specializing in kitchens and baths.

Sheila Smith ’78 and her husband are embarking on a new business venture with the opening of an ethnic deli.

Patrick Erhardt ’68 helped found the Valerie Players in 2021, a new community theater troupe performing at the historic Valerie Theatre in downtown Inverness, Florida. He serves as the President and Artistic Director. Additionally, he teaches a semi-annual playwriting class.

PASSING

It is with sadness we share the passing of Sister Nancy Miller, OSF, who had a lifelong ministry in education, died Aug. 1, 2022, at Mount Carmel Grove City Hospital, Grove City, Ohio. She was 76. Born Sept. 27, 1945, in Columbus, Ohio, the daughter of Francis and Ruth Grosh Miller, graduated from Rosary High School in Columbus, Ohio, and Rosary Hill College in Amherst, where she earned a bachelor’s degree in 1968. She went on to earn a master’s degree in Math Education from Fordham University, Bronx, in 1978, and a master’s in education from the University of Dayton, Ohio in 1993.

Sister Nancy served the Diocese of Buffalo as a high school teacher at Stella Niagara Seminary from 1968-1970, and Buffalo Academy of the Sacred Heart in Eggertsville from 1972-1977. She also taught in the dioceses of Trenton, New Jersey; Wheeling/ Charleston, West Virginia; and Columbus, Ohio. In the Archdiocese of Cincinnati, she served as academic advisor. She was also coordinator of Academic Advising at Holy Cross College, Notre Dame, Indiana.

(continued on following page)

HOLY CROSS ALUMNI CLASS UPDATES

HOLY CROSS ALUMNI CLASS UPDATES

Winifred Caponigri (Farquhar) died peacefully on July 28, 2022, at the age of 98. She was born in Jersey City, New Jersey to Franklin A. Franco and Catherine Lione Franco.

Wini was actively involved in the South Bend Community, serving on a number of local boards and in many organizations. A board member of the St. Joseph County Scholarship Foundation since 1975, she was the longest living member of The Ladies of Notre Dame and the longest living member of The Christ Child Society, each of which she served as President. She also served on the women’s board of the South Bend Symphony and as Madame President of the Parish Council of Sacred Heart Parish, The Crypt at The University of Notre Dame. Wini, dedicated to education, continued her studies at the graduate level, earning her Masters in Earth Science from The University of Notre Dame. After teaching at Saint Mary’s Academy, Wini became a faculty member at Holy Cross College teaching Chemistry and Geology for over thirty years. In 1969, when she began teaching at Holy Cross College, she also forged a lifelong friendship with the Brothers of the Holy Cross Order.

being assigned the task of putting things into order. He was a member of the provincial council for three different provincials. From 1991-96, he was president of Archbishop Hoban High School in Akron, Ohio, and 2004-2005, the last administrator of Holy Cross High School in River Grove, IL. In 1975 and again in 1996, he participated in a renewal program at Sangre de Cristo Center in Santa Fe, New Mexico, and from 2009-2012, he was a member of their staff. He was also a member of the formation program at Pulte Hall, Holy Cross College – a discernment program for young men considering a vocation to the congregation. Brother Paul was noted for his knowledge of and delight in playing cards and other games, and for being an accomplished creator of delicious desserts.

.............

It is with sadness we announce the passing of Brother John Frederick Tryon, C.S.C. Born on June 26, 1948, John Frederick Tryon was the fourteenth of sixteen children of Willis and Helen Tryon. Growing up in Perrysville, Ohio, John graduated from Lucas High School in 1966 and entered the Brothers of Holy Cross professing first vows in 1967 and final vows in 1975.

John also loved to travel. He wanted to see the world and he grabbed every opportunity to do just that. Whether it be traveling throughout Europe or going on cruises with brothers or accompanying Holy Cross College students to South America or India, John saw the world. He even visited China by himself saying that it was one of his best travel experiences.

Perhaps John’s greatest passion was for learning, and he earned three master’s degrees. He grew spiritually during his master’s degree at Mundelein and shared his spirituality as assistant novice master in Peru. He put his MSA from Notre Dame to good use during his time working in development at Holy Trinity High School. And the degree from DePaul University produced a much loved and respected teacher of writing and his founding of the writing center at Holy Cross College.

Brother Paul Houston Kelly, C.S.C., age 86, died on January 28, 2022 at Columba Hall on the campus of the University of Notre Dame. He was born in McCordsville, Indiana, the third of six children of Thomas J. Kelly and Lena (Duzan) Kelly. He received all twelve years of schooling in a single building, McCordsville High School, graduating in a class of seven in 1953. Brother Paul joined the Congregation of Holy Cross in 1958, taking final vows in 1962. For sixty years, Brother Paul was a man of humble, kind and devoted service in the Midwest Province of Brothers. For a short time in the early 1960s, he was a high school teacher at Archbishop Hoban High School. Having completed an MBA at Notre Dame in 1968, in 1969, he began a career as business manager in several high schools in the province – often

From his earliest days in Holy Cross he was intense – always a Brother and always intense about it. Indeed, his novitiate photo shows an intense young man, a brooder about everything he did in Holy Cross. Everything was pondered over that first cup of black coffee and cigarette until the end of the day with a glass of scotch and the last cigarette. His life-long friend, Brother Bob Livernois recalled: “John and I became close friends when we lived together in South Bend and ministered at LeMans Academy in Rolling Prairie, Indiana. The thirtyminute trip to the academy was often done in silence. John was not a ‘morning person.’ He did not want to communicate until he had at least three cigarettes and two cups of coffee. But the rides home were wild. Be it sharing events of the day, making jokes about the kids and faculty, or singing loudly to songs on the radio, we laughed and sang and became best friends.”

A life-long goal for John was to learn to speak and write in Spanish. While John often admitted that his Spanish was still not very good, he was well on his way to accomplishing that goal. In fact, at the request of Brother Philip Smith, he completed a Spanish translation of These Two Hearts, the life of Brother Columba O’Neill, CSC written by Brother Ernest Ryan in the 1940s. He finished this work just two day before he died.

From his earliest days at LeMans Academy throughout his fourteen years of teaching English at Holy Cross College, John was demanding of his students. But that did not stop students from taking his classes. Well prepared, he always encouraged students to explore the written word and put their own words down on paper. Students loved his choice of novels and appreciated his wit during class discussions. Although he would have described himself as an average teacher, his students will describe him as always ready to go the extra mile for the strugglers. May he rest in peace.

Dahnean K. Roth, housekeeper on campus for James, Basil, and Andre lounge, 55, passed away with her family by her side on Sunday, January 23, 2022 in Memorial Hospital. Dahnean was born June 15, 1966 in South Bend to the late Albert and Arlene Fay (McWilliams) Gregory. Left to cherish the memory of Dahnean is her daughter, Jillian Roth; brothers, Gregory (Lisa) Daniel, Lloyd (Karen) Gregory, Clark Gregory, Charlie Gregory, James (Lisa) Bytner; and sister, Ann (Robert) Bradburn.

Dahnean was a devoted, loving mother, doing all she could for her daughter, who will forever appreciate her efforts, including her home-cooked meals, and holiday baking. She was a member of the Ladies of the Grand Army of the Republic, International Executive Housekeeping Assoc., North American Quilling Guild, and participated in Crop for a Cure with her daughter. Dahnean worked over 30 years as a housekeeper for various employers including, Notre Dame, Holy Cross, IUSB, Portage Manor, and Healthwin. She enjoyed quilling, crafting, genealogy, loved cats, and had a strong faith in God.

Bend; her children, Latisha Williams of South Bend, Corderyl Rice, Jr. of South Bend and Davontae Williams, Jr. of South Bend; and her siblings, Teairra Agnew of South Bend, Jawan Agnew of South Bend, Steven Fox of South Bend and Todd D. Fox, Jr. of South Bend. She is also survived by extended family members and friends.

he majored in English and was a founding editor of “The Leprechaun,” a campus humor magazine. He went on to graduate with a JD from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law in 1969.

It is with great sadness that we announce the death of Geneva Todsheril Singh of South Bend, Indiana, who passed away on January 5, 2022, at the age of 33, leaving to mourn family and friends. She is survived by her parents, Todd D. Fox, Sr. of Gallup, NM and Sherrill Agnew (Holloway) of South Bend; her husband Navneet Singh of South

Brother James E. Blaszak, C.S.C. died at the age of 77 on December 5, 2021, in Colorado Springs, Colorado. He served the Congregation of Holy Cross in the important role a member of the novitiate staff for nearly ten years. As the novitiate is an intense one-year program of formation for religious preparing to make first vows, Brother James has been a fundamental person in the vocational discernment of the many young CSC priests, deacons, brothers, and seminarians that have recently gone through formation, or are in continual formation now through Moreau Seminary.

During his many years in the Michiana area, Tim served as an attorney at Clark Equipment Company, Uniroyal, and National Standard. He founded the boutique law firm Wright, Dixon and Associates, and for several years was the owner of The Copy Shop on the campus of the University of Notre Dame. Most recently, Tim was a beloved professor of Business and Sports Law at Holy Cross College in Notre Dame, Indiana.

A longtime resident of Niles Michigan, Tim was a co-founder of the Michiana Literacy Council, (1983 - 1994), and had a love of gardening, science fiction, and spending time with his family.

Timothy C. Wright, 80, passed away on November 8, 2021, in Mishawaka, Indiana. Tim was born in Meridian, Indiana to Harvey and Lillian (Dolan) Wright on October 17, 1941. He spent several years of his childhood in East Brady, Pennsylvania with his grandparents Everett and Hazel Wright. It was there that he developed his love of trains. After graduating Cathedral High School in Indianapolis, he attended the University of Notre Dame (Class of ‘63) where

Tim was married to Vickie Case Wright, who preceded him in death in 2012. He is survived by his loving partner, Peg Dowling; sister, Fay Mauro (Robert); daughter, Virginia Caudill (Michael); and sons, Tim Wright (Diane), Paul Wright, and Mike Thomas. He is also survived by his granddaughters, Josette and Agatha Wright.

This moment made possible by alumni and friends of Holy Cross College.

Faithful annual gifts from donors like you help students foster lifelong friendships and prepare them to be the scholars, citizens, leaders, and disciples of tomorrow.

It is not too late to help today’s Holy Cross students create lasting memories of their own.

Please consider making your Annual Fund gift today at www.hcc-nd.edu/give or (574) 239-8344.