Household
Household festivities continue despite social distancing
Jen Hantz Staff Writer Student Life condensed the typically weeklong festivities of Household Life into one day Friday, Sept. 4. The day opened with the household fair from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. outside of the upper level of the JC Williams Center and closed with Household Life Mass and a whipped cream pie competition […]
Letter to the editor: Proper discernment makes or breaks household
JACOB WATSON In Rachel Miller’s recent article, she accurately identified and decried the problems in how households are run. In doing so, she demonstrated the success of the Rev. Michael Scanlan’s vision in how households function today. Scanlan saw that abuse of alcohol, drugs and sex was merely a symptom of loneliness on campus. Students […]
Letter to the Editor: Calling households to holiness
SARAH KADERBEK Perhaps I am an odd person to write on household life. I am not a member of a household, nor do I think that I will ever join one, because I do not feel it is right for me personally. But I recognize that households can be, and often are, wonderful communities which […]
Changes coming for Priestly Discernment Program
ELISHA VALLADARES-CORMIER CATHOLIC VALUES COLUMNIST The Priestly Discernment Program has announced a series of changes, effective next fall, that will allow more students to join the program without the high level of commitment currently required. Instead of being separated into two households with the same level of rigor and commitment, the Rev. Gregory Plow, TOR, […]
Men’s household exudes authenticity in the spirit of St. Francis
SYDNEY LORENTZ STAFF WRITER On Monday nights, students may notice a group of men wearing brown hoodies and lacking shoes walking around campus praying a crown rosary. These men, members of the Brotherhood of St. Francis (BSF) household, are known for their dedication to Franciscan spirituality and their caring generosity. “In giving of ourselves, we […]
Revived household fosters spirit of St. Joseph in service and brotherhood
ALLEGRA THATCHER EDITOR-IN-CHIEF If you had been on first floor Trinity Hall last year, you might have heard the phrase “Ite ad Joseph” or heard the St. Joseph chaplet prayed from room 114. The room has been silent for a semester but will not be any longer. After dwindling numbers made the Apprentices of St. […]
Household provides fun with annual Casino Night
KETRINA CLEMONS STAFF WRITER On April 12, Pater Noster household held its annual Casino Night in the bottom floor of the J.C. Williams Center. Almost the entire household was there throughout the evening, working tables and the drink stand. The attire for the evening was business formal, and all men in the household dressed in […]
Carmelite sisters find home away from home at Franciscan
ELISHA VALLADARES-CORMIER SOCIAL MEDIA MANAGER You’ve seen them around campus – either perched in the JC Williams Center, working out of a makeshift “office” or sitting in class, joking with other students and religious sisters. Standing out with their attractive brown habits and contrasting black veils, it is hard to miss the Carmelite sisters. The […]