If Holy Cross knocks off Oregon...

[joeybee12]

Do you think Will Pitt will make a surprise appearance?

[bluedigger]

1. Like a Crusader of yore, back for more?

[El Supremo]

2. I wonder if Holy Cross has any muslim students.

[bluedigger]

3. And the answer is...maybe.

Overwhelmingly Catholic

Several questions on religious identity, belief and practice show that religion is a vital part of the lives of Holy Cross students. Not surprisingly, 74 percent of Holy Cross students identified as Roman Catholic, making the student body one of the most Catholic in the nation. According to the General Social Surveys (1993-2000), only 27 percent of 18-22 year-olds and 31 percent of 18-22 year-old students are Catholic. Also, many other Catholic colleges have a lower percentage of Catholic students than Holy Cross. On the 2001 College Student Survey, Catholics made up just 66 percent of seniors at four-year Catholic institutions in America. Ten percent of Holy Cross undergraduates identified as Protestant, while 4 percent identified with other religious traditions (including Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam and Eastern Orthodoxy). None identified as Jewish (a troubling statistic in a state where Jews comprise almost 5 percent of the population, according to the 1990 National Survey of Religious Identification).

http://www.holycross.edu/departments/publicaffairs/hcm/winter03/features/faith.html