This article does not cite any references or sources. (December 2006) Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unverifiable material may be challenged and removed.

Blessed Father Basil Anthony-Marie Moreau, CSC, Founder, Priests and Brothers of Holy Cross (1837); Marianites of Holy Cross (1841)

The Blessed Father Basil Anthony Marie Moreau, CSC (February 11, 1799–January 20, 1873) was the French priest who founded the Congregation of Holy Cross from which three additional congregations were founded, namely the Marianites of Holy Cross, the Sisters of the Holy Cross and the Sisters of Holy Cross. Father Moreau was beatified on September 15, 2007 in Le Mans, France. Image File history File links Question_book-3. ... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 534 × 599 pixelsFull resolution‎ (574 × 644 pixels, file size: 179 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) The Venerable Father Basil Anthony-Marie Moreau, CSC (1799-1863) Founder of the Priest, Brothers and Sisters of Holy Cross, Le Mans, France 1837. ... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 534 × 599 pixelsFull resolution‎ (574 × 644 pixels, file size: 179 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) The Venerable Father Basil Anthony-Marie Moreau, CSC (1799-1863) Founder of the Priest, Brothers and Sisters of Holy Cross, Le Mans, France 1837. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... is the 42nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1799 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... is the 20th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1873 (MDCCCLXXIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... The Ministerial Priesthood in the Catholic Church includes both the orders of bishops and presbyters, which in Latin is sacerdos. ... The Congregation of Holy Cross (C.S.C.) is a Roman Catholic congregation of priests and brothers founded in 1837 by the Venerable Father Basil Anthony-Marie Moreau, CSC in Le Mans, France. ... The Marianites of Holy Cross (MSC) are a Catholic congregation of religious sisters founded in Le Mans, France in 1841 by the Venerable Father Basil Anthony-Marie Moreau, CSC. Originally founded as a third distict society within the the Congregation of Holy Cross (that is, the congregation of the priests... The Sisters of the Holy Cross (CSC) headquartered on the campus of Saint Marys College, Notre Dame, Indiana, is one of three Catholic congregations of religious sisters which trace their origins to the foundation of the Congregation of Holy Cross by the Venerable Father Basil Anthony-Marie Moreau, CSC... The Sisters of Holy Cross, headquartered in Montreal, Canada is Catholic congregation of religious sisters which traces its origins to the foundation of the Congregation of Holy Cross in 1837 in Le Mans, France by the Venerable Father Basil Anthony-Marie Moreau, CSC. Two other congregations of sisters also have...

Upbringing

Born on February 11, 1799 in Laigné-en-Belin, a small village near Le Mans, France, Fr. Moreau grew up in the midst of the turmoil of the French Revolution. As his parents were devout Catholics involved in the underground Church, the aspect of the Revolution which most affected him was the suppression of the Church. is the 42nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1799 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Le Mans is a city in France, located at the Sarthe River. ... The French Revolution (1789–1815) was a period of political and social upheaval in the political history of France and Europe as a whole, during which the French governmental structure, previously an absolute monarchy with feudal privileges for the aristocracy and Catholic clergy, underwent radical change to forms based on...

The ninth of 14 children, Basil was accustomed to a spare life; yet, by the generosity of his pastor who tutored him, he was able to achieve a good primary education. Feeling himself called to the priesthood, Basil entered the diocesan seminary in 1814, when the hostilities of the Revolution toward the Church had subsided. The seminary was run by the Sulpician Order and schooled him in the French school of spirituality which remains an inpiration in his preaching and writings all his life. At age 22 in 1821, Basil Moreau was ordained a priest of the Diocese of Le Mans, France at the Old Visitation Convent Chapel of the Sacred Heart, while the Cathedral of St. Julien in Le Mans was under restoration. Pope Pius XI blesses Bishop Stephen Alencastre as fifth Apostolic Vicar of the Hawaiian Islands in a Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace window. ... For the Ecuadorian artist, see Manuel Rendón Seminario. ... Year 1814 (MDCCCXIV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar). ... The Society of Saint-Sulpice is a Catholic religious order. ... The French School of Spirituality was the principle devotional inflence within the Catholic Church from the mid 17th Century through the mid 20th Century not only in France but throughout the church in most of the world. ... This article is about the sacrament. ... The Cathédrale St-Julien in Le Mans is dedicated to Julian of Le Mans, considered the first bishop of Le Mans The Diocese of Le Mans is a Roman Catholic diocese of France. ... Visitation can mean several things: In the United States, visitation is the legal term for the right of a non-custodial parent to visit with their children: see contact. ... A Beguine convent in Amsterdam. ... Typical illustration of the Sacred Heart of Jesus Christ The Sacred Heart is a religious devotion to Jesus physical heart. ... Le Mans Cathedral Le Mans Cathedral (Cathédrale St-Julien du Mans) is a Roman Catholic cathedral situated in Le Mans, France. ...

Ministry as a young priest

Indeed, restoration of the Church was the principle theme and work of Fr. Moreau’s life. As most of the pastors and teachers in France before the Revolution were priests and religious who were forced into exile, by the 1820’s most of the nation was ill-catechized and illiterate and without the benefit of the sacraments. As a young priest and throughout his life, Basil was an effective preacher who preached parish missions and offered the sacraments on an itinerant basis to rekindle the neglected faith in towns and villages throughout the region. Literacy is the ability to use text to communicate across space and time. ... A sacrament is a Christian rite that mediates divine grace. ...

In 1835, many things happened that would be central to Fr. Moreau’s work for the rest of his life. He was assigned to be the assistant superior of the seminary at Le Mans, where he was a popular and inspiring professor of theology. He founded a group of priests within the Diocese of Le Mans that would assist him in his various endeavors to re-invigorate the Church throughout the region, especially preaching parish missions. He called them the Society of Auxiliary Priests. In the same year, another older priest of the same diocese, Fr. Jacques-Francois Dujarié, who fifteen years before in 1820 had founded a band of young men to re-establish and teach in the schools throughout the region handed responsibility for them over to Fr. Moreau on account of his failing health. While not technically religious because they had not made a novitiate or taken public vows, many these young men, known as the Brothers of St. Joseph, desired to become a recognized religious organization. | Come and take it, slogan of the Texas Revolution 1835 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Look up superior in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Theology finds its scholars pursuing the understanding of and providing reasoned discourse of religion, spirituality and God or the gods. ... Father Jacques-Francois Dujarié was a French Catholic priest of the Diocese of Le Mans, France ordained underground in the height of the terrors of the French Revolution. ... 1820 was a leap year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Brothers is either: The plural of brother Brothers, Oregon Wagga Brothers Rugby League Football Club The feeling that men should Treat_one_another_as_brothers This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Saint Joseph, also referred to as Joseph the Betrothed and as Joseph of Nazareth, was the foster-father of Jesus, according to the New Testament (Matthew 1:16; Luke 3:23). ...

Foundation of Holy Cross

Following the amazing developments of 1835 which placed in Fr. Moreau’s hands all the pieces of a nacent religious community, he began to lay the groundwork for just that. In 1837, under the leadership of Fr. Moreau, the Brothers of St. Joseph and the Society of Auxiliary Priests joined by signing together the “Fundamental Pact of Union,” becoming two equal societies in one community, the Congregation of Holy Cross. Queen Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom (1837 - 1901) 1837 (MDCCCXXXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... A pact is a formal agreement, usually between two or more nations. ...

The congregation took its name from the neighborhood of Le Mans, Sainte Croix, where the 12th century church, Notre Dame du Sainte Croix was to become the mother church of the new foundation. Holy Cross, following the example of its founder would be ultramontane in its outlook, even adopting at the behest of Pope Pius IX the Roman collar and the black cape for the priest (which is identical to the pope's, but in black). (11th century - 12th century - 13th century - other centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 12th century was that century which lasted from 1101 to 1200. ... Ultramontanism is a religious philosophy within the Roman Catholic community that places strong emphasis on the prerogatives and powers of the pope. ... Pope Pius IX (May 13, 1792 – February 7, 1878), born Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti, reigned as Pope of the Roman Catholic Church from his election in June 16, 1846, until his death more than 31 years later in 1878. ...

Moreau Catholic High School is located in Hayward, California, which is about 25 miles southeast of San Francisco. It is among nine Catholic high schools in the Diocese of Oakland, and it is sponsored by the South-West Province of the Congregation of Holy Cross. Moreau Catholic is affiliated with many other Holy Cross educational institutions world wide, however, they are the only one named after the founder of Holy Cross, Blessed Father Basil Anthony Moreau. Moreau Catholic High School is a college preparatory Roman Catholic secondary school founded by the Southwest Province of the Congregation of the Holy Cross. ... Hayward is a city located in the East Bay of the San Francisco Bay Area in Alameda County. ... This page is a candidate for speedy deletion. ... The episcopal heraldic achievement of Allen Vigneron, the third Bishop of Oakland The Roman Catholic Diocese of Oakland (Latin: Dioecesis Quercopolitana) is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in Northern California. ... // Holy Cross or Saint Cross may refer to: Christian cross, a frequently used religious symbol of Christianity Feast of the Cross, a commemoration most often celebrated on September 14 Holy Cross may also refer to: A number of Holy Cross Schools A number of Holy Cross Colleges A number of...

Foundation of the Holy Cross Sisters (Marianites of Holy Cross)

There is good evidence that Fr. Dujarie’s dream was to found a religious community of three societies, priests, brothers, and sisters under one rule and one superior general. Fr. Moreau made good on that vision by founding in 1841 a third society within the Congregation, that of the sisters. Taking his inspiration from Fr. Dujarie, Moreau named the societiess the Salvatorists, the Josephites and the Marianites after the three persons of the Holy Family. To this day though in separate congregations, the priests, brothers and sisters of Holy Cross call themselves informally the Holy Cross Family. 1841 is a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Flight into Egypt: Jesus, the Virgin Mary and St. ...

Important dates in the life of Fr. Moreau

• 1799 Born February 11, 1799 in Laigné-en-Belin, a little village near Le Mans, France, the 9th of 14 children; his father was a wine merchant.
• 1814 Entered the diocesan seminary.
• 1821 Ordained a priest at age 22.
• 1835 Taught and served as assistant superior in Le Mans; named leader of the Brothers of St. Joseph founded by Fr. Jacques Dujarié. Founded the society of Auxiliary Priests.
• 1837 United the brothers and priests into the Association of Holy Cross.
• 1840 Professed vows of poverty, chastity and obedience.
• 1844 Received the vows of Leocadie Gascoin and three Marianites.
• 1857 Received papal approval of the constitutions for the Association, which became the Congregation of Holy Cross.
• 1866 Resigned as superior general, but continued an active preaching and retreat ministry.
• 1872 Celebrated his Golden Jubilee.
• 1873 Died on January 20 at age 73.
• 1955 The cause for his beatification was introduced in Rome.
• 2003 Proclaimed Venerable.
• 2007 Beatified in Le Mans

• Was beatified on September 15, 2007 in Centre Antarès, Le Mans, France by Pope Benedict XVI. His beatification miracle was the 1948 cure of a Canadian woman suffering from pleuritis of the left lung, and was formally acknowledged on 28 April 2006

...

External links

• Basil Moreau Newly Published Biography available from Ave Maria Press
• Basil Moreau bio at Catholic-Fourm