Eucharistic procession, ecumenical prayer service offered for unity under Christ
Francesco Pinque Staff Writer Saturday at 8 a.m., Bishop Jeffrey Monforton, of the diocese of Steubeville, celebrated Mass in Finnegan Fieldhouse, followed by a Eucharistic procession to the Unite Our Nation ecumenical prayer service held outside the Steubenville cathedral. Many of the friars from Franciscan University of Steubenville participated as concelebrants. After Mass, students and […]
Students gather for debate watch party during unexpectedly uproarious night
Photo by Mary-Grace Byers Francesco Pinque On Tuesday night, the Gentile Gallery was filled to capacity with students watching the first presidential debate of 2020. Matt Murphy, president of Students for Life, explained the idea behind the debate watch party. “Our mission statement is to be involved in the political sphere and to make […]
Shakespeare as never seen before: Uproarious fun and improvisation guaranteed
Francesco Pinque Staff Writer This year’s mainstage production, “Two Gentlemen of Verona,” promises to be an uproarious, interactive theatre experience unlike any other in Franciscan University of Steubenville’s history. Two unique elements are what separate this play from the rest. First, it is being held outside under the large tree near the Finnegan Fieldhouse, which […]
Franciscan’s COVID-19 response: Dean of students discusses guidelines, future for campus life
Francesco Pinque Staff Writer Social distancing, mask wearing and sanitizing: these three concepts, once innocuous and relatively unknown in the public sphere, have suddenly come to the forefront of Franciscan University of Steubenville’s attention in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. To say that the effects of the pandemic and the three aforementioned concepts have […]
Nightly rosary walk inspires faith in midst of uncertainty
FRANCESCO PINQUE STAFF WRITER On Friday night, in the middle of drizzling rain and flashes of lightning, students gathered in the Rosary Circle to begin a rosary walk through campus, continuing a Franciscan University of Steubenville tradition just established at the beginning of the fall 2020 semester. At 9 p.m., Resident Assistant Lane Tschirhart started […]
Songwriter enthuses fans, makes positive impact
FRANCESCO PINQUE STAFF WRITER A neo-folk songwriter performed along with her sister for a crowd of enthusiastic student fans in the Gentile Gallery on Monday night. All of the songs Sarah Sparks and her sister Kate Lab played were original compositions that had been previously released on three albums: “Into the Lantern Waste,” “The Ways and Means” and “All I Have.” Songs from “Into the Lantern Waste” […]
Retiring professor reflects on his life’s journey and love of philosophy
FRANCESCO PINQUE STAFF WRITER “(When) I started graduate school in philosophy, my … first class was the body-soul problem in Immanuel Kant. … I didn’t know what the body-soul problem was, and I didn’t know who Immanuel Kant was. My mind was swimming at the end. I did not know what was up and what was down. All that […]
Jazz night animates student center atmosphere
FRANCESCO PINQUE STAFF WRITER The usual hustle and bustle of the J.C. Williams Center was enlivened by the sound of jazz on Tuesday evening, Jan. 21, as theology professor Mark Miravalle and his band put on a performance for students. Miravalle said that the idea behind his jazz performance was to “do a little tribute for the students and also a […]
Professor highlights connection between Theology of the Body, Song of Songs in symposium talk
FRANCESCO PINQUE STAFF WRITER On the evening of Sept. 2, professor of theology Donald Asci drew large crowds to the Gentile Gallery for his lecture entitled “Theology of the Body in the Song of Songs.” The second session of the Gift of Human Sexuality Symposium, the presentation was centered around the connection between St. John Paul II’s “Theology of the Body” and the biblical Song […]