Jared Johnson Catholic Values Columnist When we think of generosity, we tend to conjure up images of almsgiving: giving money to the poor or serving the homeless, or paying forContinue Reading
Jared Johnson Catholic Values Columnist Our era badly wants for wonders. We often misread these times as a scientific age, where we seek out answers and put an end toContinue Reading
Jared Johnson Catholic Values Columnist Last spring, I wrote a spiritual reflection for the Franciscan 40 program on daily readings from Isaiah 42:1-7 and John 12:1-11, regarding what it meansContinue Reading
Jared Johnson Catholic Values Columnist About once a semester, my family is able to make the eight-hour drive down from the suburbs of Chicago to spend time with me forContinue Reading
Jared Johnson Social Media Manager Last issue, I considered the complications of dating and discernment. Dating, however, is an endlessly complex issue, and I think it will forever remain soContinue Reading
Jared Johnson Social Media Manager Discussion, analysis and criticism of the dating culture here at Franciscan is one of those eternal conversations that will endure until the end of theContinue Reading
Jared Johnson Catholic Values Columnist Keeping tabs on America’s political situation has long been a pastime of mine. My family has been invested in politics for as long as IContinue Reading
Jared Johnson Social Media Manager A story that circulated in the decades following Vatican II goes like this: when St. John XXIII was asked why he was calling the SecondContinue Reading
Jared Johnson Social Media Manager It’s no secret that the mainstream of Franciscan University’s spiritual culture is charismatically inclined. It is common knowledge in the Catholic media world, and mostContinue Reading
