Essential Elements

What is Catholic Spirituality? It is growth in personal holiness. The Second Vatican Council makes a universal call to holiness. It is not only monks, nuns, and priests who are to be holy. All of us are, too! Through baptism, each of us has a priestly identity. We have died with Christ and risen with him. In everything we do, we carry him with us: work, family, suffering, and friendships. When we come to Mass, we bring that whole experience with us, and we essentially, as a group, place the outside world upon our altar and consecrate it through prayer. Our spirituality is individual but always, through love, looks to give itself away. 
Spirituality is living the mystery of Christ, becoming like him, being filled with grace and the Holy Spirit. It is the science of applying the Gospel to Christian Life. A spiritual person will attempt to make every action and interior thought align with the Gospel. How can I be a Godly employee? How can I be a good spouse? How can I be a parent to my children in the same kind of way that God is a Father to me?
All Catholic spiritualities are a way of living the Christian life and are distinguished from each other in the aspect of the mystery of the Lord that each one emphasizes in his following. 
The Spirituality of the Cross contemplates, lives, and transmits Christ as priest and victim. That is at the heart of who we are and what we do.