LEO BRIAN SCHAFER STAFF WRITER Ask the Rev. Drake McCalister about his journey to the Barque of Peter and he will first tell you a story of a ship. It happened when he wasContinue Reading
ELISHA VALLADARES-CORMIER CATHOLIC VALUES COLUMNIST When the phone rang toward the end of 2019, the Rev. Michael Gielen was in Rome, preparing to return to his homeland of New ZealandContinue Reading
THERESA BALICK STAFF WRITER “Look, you don’t have to worry about it,” the Rev. Dennis Gang, TOR, advised tenderly, sharing what he once told someone discerning a religious vocation. “God doesn’t haveContinue Reading
RACHEL MILLER EDITOR-IN-CHIEF “Franciscan’s not something I foresaw, but it’s been a fantastic blessing to teach here for 15 years, and I wouldn’t want to teach anywhere else,” said theologyContinue Reading
NATALIA RODRIGUEZ STAFF WRITER “There is such a sense of welcome here that’s incredible,” said Sister Catherine Lynn, TOR, returning to the Franciscan University of Steubenville campus for the firstContinue Reading