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Un-doing the damage of the Revolution became the core of his ministry. Since most priests and religious had been forced into exile, it was almost like starting over in some parts of the country. Basil became a noted preacher and catechist, and wandered from town to town teaching and administering the sacraments. Assistant superior and theology professor at the seminary in Le Mans in 1835.
He soon gathered a group of like-minded priests, known as the Society of Auxiliary Priests, which soon worked with another informal group known as the Brothers of Saint Joseph. Discussion began on forming a religious institute, and in 1837 the two groups signed Fundamental Pact of Union, establishing the Congregation of the Holy Cross with the two gropus being equal societies in one community. In 1841 a society of sisters was founded within the Congregation; the societies were called the Salvatorists, Josephites and Marianites after the three people in the Holy Family; they received formal approval in 1857, and today often call their congregations the Holy Cross Family.
Congregazione di S. Croce
via Framura, 85
00168 Roma, ITALY
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Soeurs de Sainte-Croix
905, rue Basile-Moreau
Saint-Laurent, QC H4L 4A1, CANADA
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Sisters of the Holy Cross
Saint Mary’s
Bertrand Hall, Notre Dame, IN 46556, USA
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Marianites of the Holy Cross
1011 Gallier Street
New Orleans, LA 70117, USA
Letter from the Four Congregational Leaders of the Family of Holy Cross Wikipedia Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate Our Sunday Visitor's Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, and Stephen Bunson