Priestly Discernment Program
Familiar friar begins role as director of Priestly Discernment Program
ELOISA GUTIERREZ STAFF WRITER Two years ago, the Rev. Jonathan McElhone, TOR, was the associate director of Franciscan University of Steubenville’s Priestly Discernment Program. Now, having returned from a semester in Gaming, Austria, he is back to direct the newly revamped program. McElhone, who can be found serving in Masses, in confessions and on the Los Angeles Mission of Peace and planning Steubenville Youth Conferences, graduated […]
Vocations fair exhibits diversity of religious life
MAGGIE KNOELL STAFF WRITER A multitude of religious communities made the trek from around the nation to Franciscan University of Steubenville for the Vocations Fair Friday, Oct. 11 in the Finnegan Fieldhouse. The fair featured more than six rows of tables laden with prayer cards for just about every saint imaginable, information brochures on various forms […]
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, […]
Developments in Priestly Discernment Program prompts growth in number and attention to discernment.
JESSICA RESUTA STAFF WRITER This academic year issues a crop of faces for the Priestly Discernment Program, as it welcomes an influx of freshman members and begins its second year under the guidance of director the Rev. Gregory Plow, TOR. In a recent interview, Plow described his experience as director of the PDP as “one […]
The Rev. Gregory Plow, TOR, reflects on his ministries, new and old, at Franciscan
GRADY STUCKMAN STAFF WRITER To some, he is just another friar. To some, he is the former director of household life. To others, he is the current director of the Priestly Discernment Program (PDP). The common denominator here is the Rev. Gregory Plow, TOR, who is grateful for the countless opportunities he has had to […]