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Dear Friend,

Happy Thanksgiving! Know of my prayers and the prayers of our Holy Cross community for you and your family during this holiday season.
Rev. William M. Lies, C.S.C.
Provincial Superior
U.S. Province News

Join Rev. Vince Kuna, C.S.C., as he reflects on Hope during Advent. Fr. Vince works in story development and heads up Hollywood outreach at Family Theater Productions in Hollywood, California. He currently lives at St. Monica Catholic Community in Santa Monica, California, where he assists the parish and school communities.

Fifteen undergraduate men, five Holy Cross seminarians, and one Holy Cross priest spent a week discerning God’s call while adventuring in the beautiful backcountry of the Allegheny Plateau region in Tioga County, Pennsylvania. It was a rewarding spiritual experience for all!

This project provides education for young, orphaned women in Bangladesh who have grown up and completed years of compulsory schooling. The St. Marianne Cope Project offers further education (along with housing and food), so they may become further educated in healthcare-related fields and education. The annual cost per woman is $3,000-6,000, which covers their tuition, housing, and food.

On Saturday, October 29, Gabriel Adrián Fuentes Velasco, C.S.C., was Ordained to the Diaconate by the Most Rev. Carlos Godoy Labraña, Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Santiago. The Mass of Ordination occurred at Saint Daniel Chapel in San Roque Parish. The Congregation of Holy Cross founded and administers the parish located in the Peñalolén suburb of the capital city of Santiago.