13 Apr, 2026
6 mins read

Charlotte Fletcher: Franciscan’s best-kept secret

JOHN GALLAGHER STAFF WRITER   From 1960 to 2012, Franciscan University’s best-kept secret provided the fantastic combination of homemade cooking and infectious laughter. And though her name is Charlotte Fletcher, campus friars dared to call her nothing but “mother.” The Rev. Theodore Bradower, TOR, needed her, recalled Fletcher. “This priest comes to my door,” she […]