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							Front Cover Meghan Holohan '03 Back Cover Adam DeLeon '03
			Retreat: A Rich Tradition at the Heart of the Holy Cross Experience Caitlin Brennan ’03, an economics major from Wellesley, Mass., can still remember her mother’s reaction when she told her she was going on retreat—a five-day, silent retreat known as the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius Loyola ... more >



			Of Scandal and Reform: A Roundtable Discussion On Oct. 18, seven members of the Holy Cross community sat down for an informal discussion about the clergy sexual abuse scandal that has shaken the Church and challenged Catholics across the country over the last year ... more >

			Affecting Students’ Lives Forever Jim and Eva Barrett are fond of the passage from the Gospel of Luke, “For everyone to whom much is given, of him shall much be required.” In this spirit, the couple has established scholarships, endowments and, now, the James N. and Sara L. O’Reilly Barrett Chair in Creative Writing ... more >

			Novel Approaches In Tyrus, Patrick Creevy ’70 makes myth from the life of baseball’s Ty Cobb ... more > In The Sound of the Trees, Robert Gatewood ’95, crafts a novel of the American West set during the 1930s. Meet two alumni authors who are delighting critics and readers alike ... more >