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HCA NEWS Welcome to the Association's website! There is a lot of information on these pages...please take your time and "stroll" (scroll) through them. The weekly reflections are part of the acknowledgment letter which I send to benefactors who have given a gift to Holy Cross that week. Many folks call these "little homilies." You are always welcome to stop back here and read that reflection as part of your preparation for the upcoming Sunday liturgy. A longer reflection on spiritualiy and everyday life is included on the page titled "Cross Links Reflection." This is a part of our newsletter that comes out five times a year. We offer many services in terms of wrapping our prayers around yours. If you look on the "Memorial Page," you'll see some of the ways you can invite us to pray along with you. For each card, there is an underlined command which you can click on to upload the request form for that particular card. We would, in turn, ask your prayers for our departed brothers and priests whose obits are on the Memorial Page. We give you the history and background of our Holy Cross Congregation on the "About Holy Cross" page. Also on this page are photos of our Moreau Seminary, Holy Cross House, and our Administration Building, as well as photos of myself and my co-workers, Carol and Melissa, who lovingly handle your requests and send your cards out to you. To add to your pleasure in visiting our website, we have added pages entitled "Fr. Herb's Photo Gallery," and "Laughter For The Soul." There are also links to CSC activities...to the vocation department...to Notre Dame and Saint Mary's...to sites that concentrate on the Catholic religion and on other world religions. I mean...this site is the starting point for a lotta good stuff, if I may say so myself! Thanks for stopping by and visiting us. We hope you will visit our website often. Please send me any comments or suggestions in the "Contact Us" section at the bottom of the Home Page. You can also add your name and e-mail address. Thanks! May God bless you and yours, and I hope you have a peaceful day (or night, depending when you connected to us!!). My special thanks to Dave Flood for all his work maintaining this site.
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Fr. Herb
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FEATURE STORY
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"FATHERS AND SONS"
Note: this feature article was taken from the Province Review, Vol. 51, No. 4, October, 2003.
"A Father's Day article by Wally Carew last June in the National Catholic Register featured the relationship between Fr. Edward Krause, Jr. and his dad, Edward 'Moose' Krause, Sr. Father Ed is an assistant professor of theology at Gannon College in Erie, PA and pastor of Immaculate Conception, a predominantly black inner-city church. The late Edward 'Moose' Krause was the legendary athlete, coach and longtime director of athletics at Notre Dame.
The article dealt with the 'mystery of grace working powerfully in the relationship of fathers with their sons.' By recounting aspects of the career of 'Moose' Krause and Fr. Ed, Carew's article spoke of the fulfillment of Christian manhood cultivated at the University of Notre Dame and of how faith is passed from one generation to the next.
Great love and loyalty was a constitutive element of the senior Krause. This love and loyalty expressed itself in the devotion 'Moose' showed for his Catholic faith, his alma mater and his family. This led to a loving, close, faith-filled home that influenced the three Krause children and those who knew them.
Just two weeks after Fr. Ed's ordination to the priesthood in Rome, January 1967, Mrs. Elise Krause was involved in a near-fatal car accident that left her bedridden. For the next 23 years, until she died in 1990, 'Moose' visited her two or three times a day in the nursing home. He spoon-fed her at mealtimes, supported and carried her when she attempted to walk, and sang songs to her at night when she had difficulty sleeping.
This took a toll on 'Moose,' and he fell victim to alcoholism, but, once again reaching deep down for spiritual strength, admitted his weakness and overcame the disease, living soberly and helping countless numbers of others with similar problems.
Mr. Carew makes a valid claim that this was 'Moose's' greatest legacy: The promise of baptism blossoming in the sacrament of marriage finding fulfillment in Christian family life.
Fr. Ed views his priestly ministry as rooted in his awareness that his life is a gift from God. 'The heart of my ministry is God's radical, eternal and infinite love for each one of us.'
We can most feel the love of God in our lives through the love we have felt in our own family. In Fr. Ed's case, it was evident, obvious and abundant. A great gift indeed."
The sculpture of Edward "Moose" Krause, Sr. - just dedicated to his memory on the campus of Notre Dame, where he was for many years the Athletics Director.
Krause Family Photo
Fr. Ed Krause speaks at the dedication of the "Moose" Krause sculpture on the campus, as Fr. Ned Joyce looks on.
