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Panel discussion brings light to racism
Stanley Colaço Staff Writer Catholics should take an active role in being aware of and addressing racism, said a panel of four black members of the Franciscan University of Steubenville community, Wednesday at 8 p.m. in the Gentile Gallery. The panel — consisting of Matthew Breuninger, a who holds a doctorate in psychology, the Rev. […]
Students awaken to reality of racism, theory of race
Jen Hantz Staff Writer Students rolled into the atrium of the JC Williams Center at 9 p.m.Tuesday for the “When Grace Meets Race” talk, the first of Franciscan University of Steubenville’s six-day “Racism and the Role of the Church” series. “Racism existed before race. Race was the structure — the apologetic — to try to […]
Militia Immaculata fosters prayer for conversions, Marian devotion on campus
Photo by Elena Mirus Christopher Dacanay Distribution Manager Following its first holy hour of the semester Sept. 23, Franciscan University of Steubenville’s branch of the Militia Immaculata continued its daily efforts of Marian devotion and prayer for the conversion of souls. A worldwide movement founded in 1917 by St. Maximilian Kolbe, the Militia Immaculata has […]
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 lead rosary for reparation of clerical sins
JEN HANTZ STAFF WRITER The sun set on the Piazza dei Santi as a dozen Franciscan University of Steubenville students gathered to pray a rosary for the reparation of the sins of clergy on Friday, Sept. 7. With a chorus of crickets in the background, freshman Mary Louise Hoffman, the coordinator of the event, led […]
Critic’s Corner Column: Life springing forth from the Requiem
ALLEGRA THATCHER ASSISTANT EDITOR “Remember your death,” is a slogan you may have heard. In today’s world, it’s something that is often shoved to the side as something avoidable when we ignore it. But the Catholic Church, always desiring our greater good, brings death to our attention not as something to be dreaded, but as […]
News Briefs – National and International
ELISHA VALLADARES-CORMIER CONSERVATIVE COLUMNIST National Shooter Kills 26 in Texas Community Church An Oct. 5 shooting at a community church in Sutherland Springs, Texas, has left 26 people dead and dozens more wounded. Witnesses said that a man later identified as Devin Kelly, 26, walked towards First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs firing an assault […]
Catholic Values Column: Turn the World Upside Down
RACHEL MILLER CATHOLIC VALUES COLUMNIST The Church of the Apostles turned the world upside down. They went around, preaching and saving, bringing all kind of people to the Truth of Christ. They were hunted down and so many were killed, but their words spread. They turned the whole world upside down! I used to think […]
Liturgy Committee: 40 years at the service of the chapel
MARGARET BOYLAN EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Many students walk into Christ the King Chapel on a daily basis. Many are there to attend Mass or a holy hour, or even a few minutes of quiet prayer in the Eucharistic chapel. Very few notice that the holy water fonts are cleaned, that the altar linens might be a different […]
Professor emphasizes instruction in real meaning of sacraments
ROSE CORY STAFF WRITER On Sept. 29 in the Gallery, students and members of the community gathered to hear why there should be a revived effort to teach people the importance of the sacraments. The talk, entitled “Today’s Declining Sacramental Practice: Catechetical Foundations for Recovery,” was a continuation of the 3 p.m. Friday Fall Lecture […]