Campus & Traditions
Holy Cross sits atop this Worcester hill.
What is Mount St. James?
This U.S. Supreme Court Justice, appointed in 1991, is a Holy Cross graduate.
Who is Clarence Thomas?
The Jesuits are also known as this formal religious order.
What is the Society of Jesus?
This man is the first lay and first Black president of the College.
Vincent D. Rougeau
This minor league baseball team plays out of Worcester.
What are the WooSox?
This chapel, built in 1924, is the spiritual heart of campus.
What is St. Joseph Memorial Chapel?
This top infectious disease expert, who became a household name during COVID-19, graduated from Holy Cross in 1962.
Who is Dr. Anthony Fauci?
The Jesuits were founded in the 1500s by this Spanish saint.
Who is St. Ignatius of Loyola?
The year Holy Cross began admitting women.
1972
Worcester is home to this famous symbol.
What is the Smiley Face?
This underclass student dorm is the only one not located on Easy Street.
What is Wheeler Hall?
This NBA Hall of Famer, who won 11 championships with the Boston Celtics, attended Holy Cross before his pro career.
Who is Bob Cousy?
This Jesuit high school is located right here in Phoenix.
What is Brophy?
Holy Cross was originally founded to educate this group of immigrants who were arriving in large numbers to Worcester in the 19th century.
Who were Irish immigrants?
The street that has several restaurants and is where many cultural festivals take place.
What is Shrewsbury Street?
Each semester, faculty and staff serve students in accordance with this tradition around finals.
What is Midnight Breakfast?
This former speechwriter for Obama and current host of the podcast Pod Save America graduated from Holy Cross in 2003.
Who is Jon Favreau?
Jesuit education emphasizes forming students to be “men and women for” this.
What is “others”?
In 2023, Holy Cross celebrated this anniversary of its founding.
What is the 180th anniversary?
This is the number of undergraduate colleges/universities in Worcester.
What is 7 (Clark, MCPHS, WPI, Worcester State, QCC, Holy Cross, Assumption)?
This year, Holy Cross bought this local furniture store and has not announced plans for what they will build with it.
What is Rotmans?
This Massachusetts-born actress starred in shows like The Leftovers and The Handmaid's Tale.
Who is Ann Dowd?
He was the most recent pope who was Jesuit.
Who is Pope Francis?
This U.S. president visited campus in 1872, long before Holy Cross became widely known nationally.
Who is Ulysses S. Grant?
This 2021 movie had portions filmed in Worcester.
What is Blank Panther: Wakanda Forever?