Holy Cross Parish

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  Sister Inspiration: Seasons of Thankfulness for Educators in Michigan

  November 15, 2019

  In 1940, the parish of Holy Cross in the little town  of St. James, Beaver Island, in Northern Michigan was the setting for a small Thanksgiving Feast. Pictured from, left to right are Sisters Gilbert Popp, Agnes Dominic Roberge, and Leah Dorion, and a fourth Sister, missioned to teach at the Island’s only school. Winter’s […]

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  Ingenuity, a Stamp Collection, and a Car in Santa Cruz

  May 25, 2018

    It may be difficult to imagine today, but when Sr. Susan Ridley was in her early twenties, learning to drive or acquiring a driver’s license wasn’t even a suggestion. As she said, “I had taken a vow of poverty, I wouldn’t be owning a car, so why would I need a license?” She was […]

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  Sister Inspiration: Las Posadas with Angelina Gonzales, OP

  December 21, 2017

    For 40 years, each Advent season, Sister Angelina Gonzales shepherded Mary and Joseph; accompanying them in their search for shelter before the birth of their child. Sister Angelina led the 9-day novena of scripture called Las Posadas, meaning “inns”. It is a remembrance of the Christmas story as told in the Gospel of Luke […]