<p>I know it is french of "Our Lady" referring to the mother of Jesus but why did they use the French name instead of the English name? Was it originally a French school? Can you imagine if they had used the English name?</p>
<p>Our Lady beat up on Michigan last weekend! ;-></p>
<p>Ok</p>
<p>Well</p>
<p>When Edward Sorin came to Indiana in November of 1842 he was part of the Holy Cross Order. The Holy Cross congregation was founded in Le Mans, France in 1837. So, Sorin and the other founders of the school were French. It only made sense for them to use their native language and incorporate it into their school.</p>
<p>I had not realized that the Holy Cross Order was founded only 5 years before Notre Dame was founded. It is actually significantly newer than the Jesuit Order (Georgetown, Holy Cross, Boston College, Fordham) founded in 1541.</p>
<p>Ya, I think my numbers are right. Ive written papers on it, so I think its right. May want to double check though</p>
<p>It only makes our order better because it grew as the University grew, making the University a living museum of sorts to the growth of the Holy Cross Order.</p>
<p>^exactly</p>
<p>Is Portland U, and Holy Cross the only other American Universities associated with the HCC? sdf</p>
<p>well besides ND, SMC, and H.C. college in south bend</p>
<p>If you mean College of the Holy Cross, they're a Jesuit school.</p>
<p>Here's a full list:
Holy Cross (South Bend)
King's College (Pennsylvania)
Our Lady of the Holy Cross College (Louisiana)
St. Edwards (Texas)
SMC (South Bend)
Stonehill (Mass.)
Portland University (Oregon)</p>
<p>nah, I was talking about the want in SB</p>
<p>hmm... Ive never heard of any of those excepts HC SMC and port</p>
<p>Besides the ones in South Bend, I had only heard of King's College for some reason.</p>
<p>Ummm...it is University of Portland, not Portland U. Portland state U. is a public commuter school.</p>
<p>my apologies Mombot</p>