Dear Friends of the Brothers,
I am a lifelong resident of South Bend, Indiana. I was educated by the Holy Cross Brothers at St. Joseph High School, at Holy Cross College ( a junior college in my day) and at the University of Notre Dame. Additionally, I lived and worked in Rolling Prairie, Indiana, at LeMans Academy, the Brothers’ former novitiate. In 2007, I began working for the Brothers at Holy Cross College in the development office.
So, as you can see, the Brothers of Holy Cross have had a profoundly positive impact on my life educationally, personally, professionally and spiritually. They are kind and humble men who seek to love and serve our Lord and to make him known to the world. I’m extremely blessed to have had so many Holy Cross Brothers in my life as teachers, professors, mentors, confidants, colleagues and friends.
Each year I respond to their annual appeal, as much as I can, considering my family responsibilities, three very young children and my spouse. This year, when I received their appeal I decided to include them as one of the beneficiaries in my 401-K. I am the product of the Congregation of Holy Cross, and I felt moved by the Holy Spirit to make this deferred gift commitment. I hope it will grow over time. It is a seed which needed to be planted. I may never see the fruits of that seed, yet our faith tells me that good seeds produce good fruit. So, I’m confident my deferred gift will be a blessing to the Brothers and to those they continue to serve.
Planned gifts, or deferred giving, remind me of a speech in 1962 that President John F. Kennedy made at Rice University. He said, “We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard.”
Thinking about the end of one’s life is a hard thing to do. Yet if we are to die well, it is also a necessary thing to do.
Please prayerfully choose to support the Brothers of Holy Cross with a planned gift this year.
The seeds you plant will bear good fruit for generations to come.
Mr. Craig Horvath
Associate Regional Director of Development
the University of Notre Dame
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