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Stop choosing harmful entertainment
Alexander Spieldenner Staff Writer Music is one of the most popular and influential forms of entertainment available to us today, and for many people it is consumed almost constantly. It is one of our most constant sources of data, and can have the power to both express and process very strong, intense emotions. But for […]
Scott Hahn talks of restoration of divine life lost through original sin
Photo by Mary-Grace Byers Theresa Balick Staff Writer Scott Hahn lectured on the difference between physical and spiritual death and the importance of the preservation of divine life through the Eucharist Friday at 8 p.m. in the Finnegan Fieldhouse. Hahn, who holds a doctorate in biblical theology, addressed the nearly full fieldhouse on the body […]
Wild Goose screening enlightens students on power of Holy Spirit
VERONICA NOVOTNY STAFF WRITER Residents of Sts. Kolbe and Clare Halls gathered in the second floor lobby of their building on Oct. 2 to view the beginning of a video series on the Holy Spirit by the Rev. Dave Pivonka, TOR, a leading expert on the Catholic charismatic movement. Over a dozen students watched the […]
Scott Hahn’s “Genesis to Jesus” Bible study opens salvation history to students
VERONICA NOVOTNY STAFF WRITER Students flocked to the “Genesis to Jesus” Bible study, written by Scott Hahn and hosted by an expert from the St. Paul Center for Biblical Theology, at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 5 in the Pugliese Auditorium. Hahn, who holds a doctorate in biblical theology, wrote the “Genesis to Jesus” Bible […]
Convert from Islam shares insight about Islam perspective of God
KENDAL HUNTSMAN STAFF WRITER A visiting scholar gave a comparative talk on the Bible and the Quran Thursday night in the Gallery at 6 p.m., sharing personal experience of how Catholicism and Islam view God. Jacob Imam, a Marshal Scholar of the University of Oxford, converted to Catholicism from Islam three years ago. His talk, […]
Speaker analyzes scriptural interpretation according to St. Augustine
EDYTA WOLK STAFF WRITER On Oct. 12 in the Pugliese Auditorium, dozens of students and faculty members gathered to hear a talk by Theodore Harwood on St. Augustine’s view of interpreting sacred scripture. The talk began at 4:30 p.m., sponsored by the Department of Classics at Franciscan University of Steubenville and was titled “St. Augustine […]
Missionary Outreach Office equips students with ‘Evangelization Handbook’
MARGARET BOYLAN STAFF WRITER As many students at Franciscan University prepare for and participate in mission trips and ministries this semester, they are relying on small pocket-sized prayer books that contain the necessary tools for evangelization. The Missionary Outreach Office at Franciscan University is giving out small pocket-sized black handbooks called “Evangelization Handbook” to all […]
St. Paul Center hosts viewing of ‘The Bible and the Virgin Mary’ series
ALLEGRA THATCHER STAFF WRITER The St. Paul Center for Biblical Theology hosted a screening of its new series, “The Bible and the Virgin Mary” on Feb. 8 in the Gentile Gallery. Dr. Scott Hahn opened the night with a brief explanation of the center’s role. It has existed for 15 years yet has only been […]