These eight beautiful towns in Ireland are among the best in the country ... are its elegant streetscape and the copper ...

The relics of Saint Bernadette arrived in Fermanagh last week as part of a “once-in-a-lifetime” tour of the island of Ireland.

The Feast of the Universal Exaltation of the Precious and Life-Giving Cross is celebrated each year on September 14. The Feast commemorates the finding of the True Cross of our Lord and Savior Jesus ...

Seamus Heaney's powerful poem The Cure at Troy, recently read by Joe Biden for Irish broadcaster RTÉ, celebrates the thousands of holy wells found across the island of Ireland. These supposedly ...

Sunday of the Veneration of the Holy Cross The commemoration and ceremonies of the Third Sunday of Lent are closely parallel to the feasts of the Veneration of the Cross (September 14) and the ...

Other sections address why the crucifix is covered in churches during Holy Week — and where and how that custom began; and expound on the exorcism cross of St. Benedict — what does it say and ...

John Ireland was Dean of Westminster from 1816-1842 and is buried in the south transept of the Abbey in the grave of his lifelong friend William Gifford (d.1826). The gravestone just says "John ...

According to tradition, a part of the Holy Cross was discovered by the mother of the emperor Constantine, St. Helen, on a pilgrimage to Jerusalem in 326. A fifth century account describes this ...

College of the Holy Cross is a private institution that was founded in 1843. It has a total undergraduate enrollment of 3,219 (fall 2023), its setting is city, and the campus size is 174 acres.

If you only have time for one cultural site, the Chapel of the Holy Cross should be it. This stunning church – designed by sculptor Marguerite Brunswig Staude (a student of architect Frank Lloyd ...

Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts, announced Wednesday that the school will cover the cost of tuition for families who earn less than $100,000.The move expands the school's current financial ...

THE SCHOOL’S ANNUAL GREAT DAY OF SERVICE. 24 DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS LIKE THE RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE, BENEFITED FROM HOLY CROSS’S 11TH ANNUAL GREAT DAY OF SERVICE ON WEDNESDAY. STUDENTS WERE ...