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Diocese of Steubenville Respect Life Conference features two bishops
Estelle Mandeville Staff Writer The 2020 Respect Life Conference, which was put together by the Diocese of Steubenville, featured a keynote address by Archbishop Joseph F. Naumann of Kansas City, a panel discussion including Bishop Jeffery M. Montforton of Steubenville and a Mass at Franciscan University of Steubenville. Naumann, who is also the chair of […]
Mass at Steel Cross celebrates Feast of Exaltation of Cross
Veronica Novotny Assistant Editor Monday, the 4:45 p.m. daily Mass was held outdoors under the Steel Cross on campus to celebrate the Catholic feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross. Mass was celebrated by the Rev. Jonathan St. Andre, TOR, and concelebrated by the Revs. Shawn Roberson, TOR; Dennis Gang, TOR; Jonathan McElhone, TOR; […]
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 […]
Catholic Values Column: Let’s start talking about the liturgy
ELISHA VALLADARES-CORMIER CATHOLIC VALUES COLUMNIST In my three and a half years on this hill, nothing stirs an outrage quite like the discussion of the Sacred Liturgy. And perhaps the word “discussion” is too generous of a label for these interactions, primarily conducted online. Some notable incidents come to mind — Spandexgate of fall 2017 and the controversy regarding Title IX a year […]
Catholic Values Column: Ecce Agnus Dei
ELISHA VALLADARES-CORMIER CATHOLIC VALUES COLUMNIST “Behold the Lamb of God. Behold Him who takes away the sins of the world. Blessed are those called to the supper of the Lamb.” I don’t know about you, but those words pierce me every time I hear them during Holy Mass. I can’t really explain it, but when […]
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 […]
Requiem mass brings new beauty to Steubenville
ALLEGRA THATCHER ASSISTANT EDITOR Franciscan students joined the Steubenville community at St. Peter’s Church in a reverent and reflective celebration of a Requiem mass on Friday, Nov. 10 at 7:00 p.m. The Requiem mass, which is a nickname for The Mass for the Dead, is a long-standing tradition in the Church which has been made […]
Coming home celebrated with flair
FLANNERY MCGOVERN AND MARY BROGAN STAFF WRITERS Friday Homecoming 2017 started off in the most Franciscan way possible: with the Household Life Mass. It was held in the Finnegan Fieldhouse at 4:45 p.m. on Friday afternoon. Each of the 53 households was represented, as a few of their members processed in with banners. As the […]
Healing mass provides experience for everyone
KETRINA CLEMONS STAFF WRITER On Sept. 23 at 7:30 p.m., Franciscan University hosted a Healing Mass for the student body to conclude its Gift of Human Sexuality Symposium. Christ the King Chapel and its Eucharistic Adoration chapel were filled with over 300 students. The Rev. William Kiel, who recently retired as a priest for the […]
Extraordinary Form attracts with beauty, tradition
ELISHA VALLADARES-CORMIER SOCIAL MEDIA MANAGER Ten years after Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI released his Apostolic Letter “Summorum Pontificum,” the Extraordinary Form of the Mass is growing in popularity across the country, including at Franciscan University of Steubenville. In his 2007 letter, Benedict gave all Latin Rite priests permission to celebrate the Mass in accordance with […]