The Society of the Holy Cross, known by its Latin name Societas Sanctae Crucis and abbreviated SSC, is an international Anglo-Catholic society of male priests within the Anglican Communion and the Continuing Anglican movement who live under a common rule of life that shapes their priestly ministry. It was founded on 28 February 1855 at the Chapel of the House of Charity in Soho, London, by six priests including Charles Fuge Lowder, its first master, along with Charles Maurice Davies, David Nicols, Alfred Poole, Joseph Newton Smith and Henry Augustus Rawes. As of October 2017 the society counted over 1,000 members organized into provinces covering England and Scotland, the Americas, Wales and Australasia, currently led by master general Nicolas Spicer, based in Worksop, England.
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