Prayer
Annual Catechectical Immersion day inspires and inform
ELOISA GUTIERREZ STAFF WRITER Franciscan University’s annual Catechetical Immersion day took place on Feb. 17, featuring guest speakers from different fields of ministry, all of whom explained their own experience in catechetical work and the imperative need for it. The event began with 8 a.m. Mass celebrated by the Rev. Shawn Roberson, TOR, and then […]
Tuesday night worship leaders reflect on importance of weekly praise and worship
BRADEN FELLINGER LIBERAL COLUMNIST Every Tuesday night, scores of students enter Christ the King Chapel with the desire for an encounter with the Lord through praise and worship; yet many are not aware of this event’s history or all the work that goes on to make it easily accessible. Sister Sarah Rose Dent, TOR, who […]
Austria Adventures: What I learned while not talking
MICHELLE FORTUNATO AUSTRIA CORRESPONDENT This past weekend, I had the opportunity to go on a silent retreat. When I first saw the signs advertising the retreat back in October, my thoughts were something along the lines of, “I can’t think of anything less exciting. Why would I want to … be silent?” And then people […]
Hike helps students see beauty in nature and people
ALLEGRA THATCHER ASSISTANT EDITOR Sixteen students and one friar gathered to combat the freezing temperatures in a hike at Tomlinson Run state park’s trails on Nov. 11 at 9:00 a.m. Sponsored by the Outdoors Club, the hike was in honor of Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati, who was an avid outdoorsman. Four cars left the university […]
Intramural sports sponsor community among students and athletes
KETRINA CLEMONS STAFF WRITER The Finnegan Fieldhouse echoes with sounds in the evenings, and the fields are full of students who are not competing in the NCAA brackets. Why? Because it’s intramural season. Intramural athletics is an individual experience to each athlete that participates. For one athlete who does not feel fit enough for a […]
Procession honors 100th anniversary of Fatima apparitions
EDYTA WOLK STAFF WRITER Hundreds of students gathered Friday night for a procession and rosary in Christ the King Chapel in honor of the 100th anniversary of the final Fatima apparition. The procession began in the Grotto behind the Portiuncula Chapel, where the Rev. Shawn Roberson, TOR, led a prayer and read the account of […]
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 […]
New face to the FOP
KENDAL HUNTSMAN STAFF WRITER September’s Festival of Praise, which brought in a new structure and a new set-up, is the first product of a new partnership between two offices. The Christian Outreach Office was recently asked to become involved and partner with the Office of Evangelization to organize and run the Festival of Praise events […]
Franciscan kicks off new sports season with athletic rosary rally
GRADY STUCKMAN STAFF WRITER Athletes and non-athletes gathered Sept. 2 to pray a rosary and launch the fall sports season at the first annual Rosary Rally for the Franciscan University athletic department. Brother Nate Meckey presided over the prayer while representatives from the Student Athlete Advisory Committee led each decade. Following the rosary, Lou Judd, […]