Holy Cross Magazine, Vol. 60 No. 1, Winter 2026

The Bell Was Stolen By 3 What the legendary, unsolved theft of the Fenwick Bell tells us about art, crime and absence. Story by Marybeth Reilly-McGreen ’89 Photography by Michael Ivins College Tradition Lives on in an Unexpected Place How necessity, sustainability, happenstance and Jesuit identity converge in the office of Rev. Keith Maczkiewicz, S.J. Story by Abby Riviello Photography by Michael Ivins What Good Can Come From Grief? Quite a Lot, It Turns Out. Rev. James Hayes, S.J., ’72 has spent more than 50 years engaged in a ministry of consolation, a calling rooted in his own experience of loss. Story by Marybeth Reilly-McGreen ’89 Photography by Michael Ivins ‘Flo is a force’ Whether it’s for her own path, her students, or her local and international research into the human mind, psychology Professor Florencia Anggoro will not be stopped. Story by Marybeth Reilly-McGreen ’89 Photography by Michael Ivins I Am Worthy How the Spiritual Exercises can guide anyone from individuals to organizations to take meaningful action in today’s world. Reflection by Julie Dowd ’94 Inside the Election of Pope Leo XIV Experts thought an American pope was a longshot at best, but Robert Prevost was not your typical American prelate. Reflection by Mathew N. Schmalz Also: Around The Hill My Bag with Emily Rauer Davis ’99, director of retreats In Memoriam Q&A with Emily Cashman Kirstein ’07, child safety public policy lead at Googlehttps://crossworks.holycross.edu/hcm/1096/thumbnail.jp

Educational Formation in a Fragmented Modern Age

Mental health issues such as depression and anxiety are on the rise. No wonder considering all the issues that world faces today, from rising authoritarianism to a loneliness epidemic. This thesis studies how Catholic higher education, specifically the Jesuit theory of education, St. John Henry Newman\u27s theory of education, and St. Edith Stein\u27s theory of education, can prepare students for such a world. It looks at educational as formational and with a purpose beyond simply acquiring the necessary skills for a job

Spanish

8:30-10 A.M. | Spanish Language in Action in CBL Projects and Language Practica Natalia Salinas \u2728, Jahir Martínez \u2729 (Faculty Mentor: Andy Barrientos-Gómez) CBL and Holy Cross: Serving the Community When the System Failed Paloma Apesteguía \u2727 Spanish Language Assistant (Faculty Mentor: Carolina Blázquez Gándara) Gamification in the SPAN 201 Practicum María Rojas \u2727 Spanish Language Assistant (Faculty Mentor: Carolina Blázquez Gándara) Integrating culture and Grammar in the Spanish Practicum Clara Martín Roldán \u2727 Spanish Language Assistant (Faculty Mentor: Carolina Blázquez Gándara)Language and Culture Through Comics in the Spanish Practicum Laura Villegas Manrique \u2727 Spanish Language Assistant (Faculty Mentor: Carolina Blázquez Gándara) Intercultural Perspectives in the Spanish Practicum --- 10 - 11 A.M. | Latinidades in Literature and Pop Culture Poster Session Estephanie Baez \u2726 (Faculty Mentor: Juan G. Ramos) Jacqueline Bazazi \u2726 (Faculty Mentor: Juan G. Ramos) Sexuality as Survival or Empowerment in Catalina Emma Coonan \u2726 (Faculty Mentor: Juan G. Ramos) Language as a Bridge Between Family and Culture in Solito Starr De La Cruz \u2726 (Faculty Mentor: Juan G. Ramos) Commemoration as Resistance: Resilience and a Call to Action in Bad Bunny’s “Una Velita” Erin Donahue \u2726 (Faculty Mentor: Juan G. Ramos) The Illusion of Inclusion: Intersectionality and Institutional Diversity Madeline Foard \u2726 (Faculty Mentor: Juan G. Ramos) Pero me perdí en tu mirada”: Seeing and Being Seen in the Expression of Latinidad in Ojitos Lindos and Otro Atardecer Anika Heywood \u2726 (Faculty Mentor: Juan G. Ramos) Object and Agent: Performance and the Assertion of Self in Catalina’s Search for Belonging Jovani Lorenzo \u2726 (Faculty Mentor: Juan G. Ramos) Between Languages: Identity and Survival in Solito Olivia Martin \u2726 (Faculty Mentor: Juan G. Ramos) A Child’s Perspective: Unpacking Memory and Trauma in Javier Zamora\u27s Solito Flavio Osegura \u2726 (Faculty Mentor: Juan G. Ramos) Catalina: The Experiences of the First Generation Student of Immigrant Parents Jordan Robbins \u2726 (Faculty Mentor: Juan G. Ramos) The Effects of Memory and Nostalgia in Catalina Zowie Rodríguez \u2726 (Faculty Mentor: Juan G. Ramos) Latinx Sexual Agency and Desire in Catalina María Rojas \u2727 Spanish Language Assistant (Faculty Mentor: Juan G. Ramos) Latinx Femme Aesthetics and Belonging in Karla Cornejo Villavicencio’s Catalina Julia Wadolkowski \u2726 (Faculty Mentor: Juan G. Ramos) The Borderlands of Identity: Tensions of the the LatinA Experience in Catalina John Zimmermann \u2726 (Faculty Mentor: Juan G. Ramos) Catalina (2024) and Latine Self-destruction --- 11 A.M. - 12:30 P.M. | Protest, Resistance and Collective Memory through the Arts Éowyn Bailey \u2726, Elizabeth Baka \u2726, Emma Coonan \u2726, Erin Donahue \u2726, Robert Gardner \u2726, Dhoksia Jani \u2726, Jessica Kieler \u2726, Anna Lucci \u2726 (Faculty Mentor: Helen Freear-Papio) Dramatic Reading  Romance de la migra, migra   Ángel Collazo \u2726, Morgan Gorney \u2728 (Faculty Mentor: Bridget Franco) Abdias do Nascimento, Oxum em Êxtase (Brasil, 1975)  Andres Mendoza \u2728, Maren Kneeland \u2728 (Faculty Mentor: Bridget Franco) Doris Salcedo, Fragmentos (Colombia, 2018) Lauren Kim \u2728, Daniel Lucero \u2727 (Faculty Mentor: Bridget Franco) Regina Galindo, Hasta encontrarlas (Guatemala/México, 2024

College Honors

9 - 9:45 A.M. | Isabel Sullivan ’26 (Faculty Mentor: Timothy Joseph) Grammatical Gender in Virgil’s Bucolics Tess Patti ’26 (Faculty Mentor: Mary Ebbott) Discovered a Woman: Experiences of Lament in Greek Tragedy Caroline Boardman ’26 (Faculty Mentor: Katherine Lu Hsu) The Gorgon and the Goddesses: Constructing Sacred Identity through Apotropaic Imagery 9:50 - 10:35 A.M. | Beck Schutte ’26 (Faculty Mentor: Lyz Renshaw) Challenges for Legally Blind Long-Distance Runners Claudia Ericson ’26 (Faculty Mentor: Carmen Jarrin) Fiction, Fieldnotes, and Filipina Beauty: An Analysis of Aesthetics Through a Narrative, Ethnographic, and Nostalgic Lens Tyler Hall ’26 (Faculty Mentor: Michael Creane) Conscientiousness and Collegiate Athletes: An Item Response Theory Analysis 10:40 - 11:25 A.M. | Leo Bubb ’26 (Faculty Mentor: Patrick Whitmarsh) Abigail Clark ’26 (Faculty Mentor: Elliott Visconsi) Guilty Until Proven Innocent: The Black Experience of Jim Crow in Nonfiction and Fiction Anna Howie ’26 (Faculty Mentor: Fr. John Gavin, S.J.) Shoreless, Indefinite as God: Apocalypse, Eschatology, and America in Herman Melville\u27s Moby-Dick 11:30 A.M. - 12:05 P.M. | Kara Battaglia ’26 (Faculty Mentor: Jula Paxson) Regulation of Quiescence and Proliferative Capacity in Canine Lung Mesenchymal Stromal Cells by Extracellular Matrix Stiffness John Zimmerman ’26 (Faculty Mentor: Dan Tortorice) The Honduran Bono 10,000 Program: A Triple Difference Review --- 12:05 - 12:45 P.M. | Break --- 12:45 - 1:30 P.M. | Eileen Ledesma ’26 (Faculty Mentor: Maria Rodrigues) Identity and Intervention: Constructivism and U.S. Foreign Policy toward the Dominican Republic Audrey McConnell ’26 (Faculty Mentor: Carmen Jarrin) La Mob in Motion: An Ethnography of Contemporary Leftist Organizing in Massachusetts Harry Courts ’26 (Faculty Mentor: Özge Savaş) Strategic Silence: The Greek Left\u27s Avoidance of the 1922 Smyrna Catastrophe During the Refugee Crisis, 2015-2019 1:35 - 2:20 P.M. | Isabelle van der Spuy ’26 (Faculty Mentor: Todd Lewis) The Force of Multivariate Thinking Julianna Stratton ’26 (Faculty Mentor: Chris Arrell) Consonance, Dissonance, and the Brain: Directions in Modern Concert Music Samuel Reed ’26 (Faculty Mentor: Dominic Machado) The Postcolonial Lens in New England Museums 2:25 - 3:10 P.M. | Jaden Kirkwood ’26 (Faculty Mentor: Victor Matheson) Economic Impact of the Las Vegas Formula 1 Grand Prix Danielle Soriano ’26 (Faculty Mentor: Donna Demanarig) A Study of Anti-Colonial Parenting Styles and Asian American Mental Health Ana Lucia Fernåndez del Castillo ’26 (Faculty Mentor: Fr. Peter Nguyen, S.J.) Educational Formation in a Fragmented Ag

Chemistry III

9 - 9:15 A.M. | Maria Cristina Peña Garcia \u2727 (Faculty Mentor: Kenneth Mills) A little split goes a long way: Engineering a trans-splicing intein from M. leprae 9:15 - 9:30 A.M. | Jake Donahue \u2727 (Faculty Mentor: Kevin Quinn) Efforts toward the synthesis of Tarchonanthuslactone 9:30 - 9:45 A.M. | Sarah McAuliffe \u2727 (Faculty Mentor: Gaby Avila-Bront) Studying binary self-assembled monolayers 9:45 - 10 A.M. | Kevin Guden \u2726 (Faculty Mentor: Andre Isaacs) Investigation of a click chemistry approach to Penicinoline E 10 - 10:15 A.M. | Break 10:15 - 10:30 A.M. | Rakela Mihallari \u2726 (Faculty Mentor: Gaby Avila-Bront) Synthesizing gold nanoparticles 10:30 - 10:45 A.M. | Olga Lezama Ramos \u2727 (Faculty Mentor: Joshua Farrell) Mannich condensations with beta-alanine 10:45 - 11 A.M. | Alexander Sabelja \u2727 (Faculty Mentor: Christine Hagan) Determining how a CdiA Toxin binds to the E. coli Efflux Pump AcrB 11 - 11:15 A.M. | Jazmine Turijan \u2727 (Faculty Mentor: Amber Hupp) Analysis of UV filters in sunscreen using HPLC and SBSE 11:15 - 11:30 A.M. | Break 11:30 - 11:45 A.M. | Francesco Accogli \u2726 (Faculty Mentor: Kevin Quinn) Synthetic studies on Passifetilactone D 11:45 A.M. - 12 P.M. | Joshua Hernandez \u2727 (Faculty Mentor: Joshua Farrell) Mannich condensations with valine 12:15 - 12:30 P.M. | Katie Lambert \u2727 (Faculty Mentor: Sarah Petty) Ability of AGG to break apart AVV β-sheet aggregate

Sophie Sundaram, 2025-2026 Fenwick Scholar

Landscapes of Home and Maps of the Heart: Using Art to Understand the Meaning of Home for First and Second Generation Immigrants in Worcester. How do first- and second-generation immigrant residents of Worcester understand the meaning of home? Through in-depth interviews with participants from diverse communities, Sophie is creating a portrait installation inspired by their responses, along with a graphic novel documenting the process