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Holy Cross College
Holy Cross College — at Its Civic Position
1966 – present
The position, stated plainly: Holy Cross College likewise stands in the Notre Dame CDP, not in South Bend, and is printed here at the same boundary size as Saint Mary's. The Brothers of Holy Cross opened it in 1966, at Notre…
Holy Cross College: a small college's record, set three times
2013–2026
The gifts: Holy Cross College, the Brothers of Holy Cross college beside Saint Mary's, holds the smallest endowment of the four campuses in this record, and its major gifts scale accordingly — which makes their documentation the…
The Brothers on This Ground Before the College
1820 – 1966
The ground first: Holy Cross College is the youngest of the three schools at Notre Dame, but the family that founded it is the oldest presence on the ground. The teaching brotherhood behind it began in France in 1820, when the…
1966: A Junior College for Student Brothers
1964 – 1968
The founding: Holy Cross College was founded by decision before it was founded in fact. In the summer of 1964 the chapter of the Midwest Province of the Brothers of Holy Cross considered developing the province's land across…
The Whole Course: Junior College, Baccalaureate College, Near-Closure, Growth
1968 – 2026
The course, by era: The college's sixty years divide into four eras: the brothers' junior college, the transformation into a residential baccalaureate college, the near-closure of 2017 and its rescue, and the growth course since…
The Leadership Line, Whole
1966 – present
The presidents: For its first fifty-six years Holy Cross College was led only by religious of the congregation that founded it — brothers for most of that span, then a priest of the congregation — and since 2022 it has been led…
The Campus in Buildings
1966 – 2026
The built campus: Holy Cross College's campus is a single Brothers' holding on the west side of State Road 933, shared with the provincial center and Holy Cross Village, and its buildings fall into three groups: the brothers' own…
Holy Cross College in November 2026
November 2026
The college now: In its sixtieth year Holy Cross College stands as what its catalog calls itself: a Catholic, residential, liberal arts college in the Notre Dame census-designated place, just north of the South Bend city limits…