Fr. Robert Rossi has been a member of the Crosier Order for 55 years and a Catholic priest for 48. He has had a very active and satisfying ministry that has included pastoral and educational services, writing, leadership in the Crosier Order and missionary work in the Congo and Brazil. He is now engaged in Christian formation programs and a veterans' ministry called CrossWalk and a two year training program in Spanish for lay Latino spiritual directors which he himself designed and directs. His experience has given him a very wide view and appreciation of the Church, as well as a great sensitivity to other peoples’ cultures in Africa, South America, Asia and Europe. As a Crosier religious, he has been shaped by the spirituality of the Cross to stand by his brothers and sisters who suffer in any way and accompany them to new hope.