| Latin: Congregatio a Sancta Cruce | |
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| Abbreviation | CSC |
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| Formation | 1 March 1837 |
| Founder | Blessed Fr. Basile-Antoine Marie Moreau, C.S.C. |
| Founded at | Le Mans, France |
| Type | Clerical religious congregation of pontifical right for men |
| Headquarters | Via Framura 85, Rome, Italy |
Membership | 1,399 members (includes 729 priests) as of 2020 |
Motto | Latin: Ave Crux Spes Unica English: Hail the Cross, Our Only Hope |
| Br. Paul Bednarczyk, CSC | |
Parent organization | Catholic Church |
| Website | holycrosscongregation |
The Congregation of Holy Cross (Latin: Congregatio a Sancta Cruce), abbreviated CSC,[1] is a Catholic clerical religious congregation of pontifical right for men founded in 1837 by Basil Moreau, in Le Mans, France.
Moreau also founded the Marianites of Holy Cross for women, now divided into three independent congregations of sisters: the Marianites of Holy Cross (Le Mans, France), the Sisters of the Holy Cross (Notre Dame, Indiana), and the Sisters of Holy Cross (Montreal, Quebec, Canada).
- ^ "Congregation of Holy Cross (C.S.C.)". GCatholic. Retrieved 14 January 2022.