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The Chronicles capture Edward Sorin's vision for [Notre Dame] and the shrewd steps he took to develop it, ranging from successful lobbying for a railroad to provide access to the unsuccessful sending of a band of brothers to California to mine gold to fund their operations.... They are remarkably frank. - Church History The Chronicles of Notre Dame present to the reader the human side of the origins of the Holy Cross community in America and demythologize the beginnings of one of America's great universities. They are resplendent with financial challenges, stark ambitions, exciting misadventures, and serious infighting. - Indiana Magazine of History

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Edward Sorin, C.S.C. (1814–1893) was born in the west of France, was ordained in 1838 and joined the newly founded Congregation of Holy Cross shortly thereafter. In 1841, Father Sorin was sent to establish a mission in Indiana. After a year’s service in Vincennes. . . Sorin was offered a tract of land in the diocese’s northernmost section—on the condition that a college be situated there. . . and arrived at the property, located near the south bend of the St. Joseph River, in November 1842. He was a man who overcame great odds to found and grow one of the world’s premier Catholic institutions of higher learning. John M. Toohey, C.S.C., (1840–1905) was born at Birr, Kings County, Ireland. He was ordained a priest in 1864 and was pastor at St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church in Ft. Wayne, IN from 1890 to 1895. He is buried in Austin, Texas. James T. Connelly, C.S.C., was associate professor of history at the University of Portland and resident director of the University's study abroad program in Salzburg, Austria. He has worked as an archivist for the Congregation of the Holy Cross and has published many articles and reviews on American religious history and the history of the Congregation of Holy Cross.

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