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Students perform concert for nursing home residents
Danielle Huber Staff Writer Franciscan University of Steubenville’s nursing home ministry performed a concert Tuesday, Sept. 22, at Catherine’s Care Center for the elderly in downtown Steubenville. Franciscan’s nursing home ministry, which is a branch of Works of Mercy, is going remote this year and one of the ways they reached out to the elderly […]
Students carol, bring Christmas joy to local nursing homes
VERONICA NOVOTNY STAFF WRITER Throughout this last week of November, students brought the Christmas cheer to five Steubenville nursing homes with their holiday sweaters, caroling and smiling faces. The Nursing Home Christmas Caroling initiative brought dozens of students to Catherine’s Care, Sienna Woods, Carriage Inn, Martha Manor and Wheeling Hospital between the dates of Nov. […]
Internationally known speaker reveals facts about physician-assisted suicide
KETRINA CLEMONS STAFF WRITER On April 3 in the Gentile Gallery, Rita Marker gave a talk on doctor-prescribed suicide and how students can engage in an intellectual conversation. Over 50 students attended to hear what Marker had to say. Marker, who is the executive director of the Patient’s Rights Council and an internationally known speaker, […]