Events
Rev. Timothy Gallagher gives talk on discernment
BY PABLO BOTEYO This weekend, Franciscan hosted the Rev. Timothy Gallagher, OM.V. for his teachings on Living the Discerning Life. Though he himself could not give the talks due to recent vocal cord surgery, he offered his EWTN series as talks, and answered questions in discussion time after each talk. These teachings reached the ears […]
Rev. Jean-Francois Lefebvre speaks on joy of St. Teresa
BY ERIN MADDEN Staff Writer “The love of Christ is the source of pure joy,” said the Rev. Jean-Francois Lefebvre in a talk about Saint Teresa of Ávila on Tuesday evening in the Gentile Gallery. Lefebvre is a professor of theology at the Studium de Notre Dame de Vie in Venasque, France. The Studium has […]
Daughters of Divine Mercy dance raises money for household retreat
BY ALESSIA SCOCCIA The Daughters of Divine Mercy hosted a dance at Franciscan University on Friday at 9 p.m. in the J.C. William’s Center. The theme of the household dance was Cowboys and Indians. Many students that attended the dance dressed in plaid and overalls. The Daughters of Divine Mercy hosted a dance last year […]
Students, locals join in national remembrance of aborted children
BY SAM BAILEY-LOOMIS Franciscan University Students for Life invited a large group of people to process to the tomb of the unborn on campus to observe the National Day of Remembrance for Aborted Children on Saturday after the 10 a.m. mass. A large group of students, locals and religious were present at the ceremony to […]
Festa d’Italia a success among students
BY MELISSA SOLANO Sept. 13, was filled with laughter, dancing and great food thanks to the Student Life’s Festa d’Italia. The annual event, which began at 7 p.m. in the Piazza di Santi, contained all the same elements that students have enjoyed about the event in years past. There was certainly no shortage of free, […]
Sacred Music honors St. Francis
BY ADRIANA PERRY Beautiful choral tones reverberated through the air in Christ the King Chapel for the St. Francis of Assisi Musical Tribute on September 4th. Eli Tamar, a composer whose music has been featured in various places such as Carnegie Music Hall in Pittsburg, Prokofiev Museum and Jurgensen Chamber Hall in Moscow, as well […]
Editor-in-chief of Magnificat: ‘How to be a Pilgrim of the Absolute’
BY ERIN MADDEN “We are all pilgrims of the Absolute,” said the Rev. Peter Cameron OP, editor-in-chief of the prayer aid, Magnificat, on Tuesday evening in the Gentile Gallery. Around one hundred students were in attendance for the talk entitled “How to be a Pilgrim of the Absolute.” “I started to wonder if anything really […]
Household Olympics faced scheduling, weather challenges
BY SAMANTHA BAILEY-LOOMIS On Saturday, Franciscan University hosted their annual Household Olympics in the Finnegan Fieldhouse. Students of all grade levels participated in the games through each household. The students banded together representing each men’s and women’s household by dressing in household colors, participating in team bonding, and most notably, competing in games against other […]