JOHN GALLAGHER SPORTS EDITOR On Oct.13th, 1917, before hundreds of skeptics and passionate Catholics alike in northern Portugal, the sun danced. One hundred years later, on Oct.13th, 2017, students and faculty alike commemorated the events of Fatima, through a novena,…
RACHEL MILLER CATHOLIC VALUES COLUMNIST He enjoys creating music and cooking food; he likes to exercise and watch “super” movies and the shows “The Office” and “Parks and Recreation.” He is a fan of coffee, and he wears a habit.…
MARGARET BOYLAN EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Many students walk into Christ the King Chapel on a daily basis. Many are there to attend Mass or a holy hour, or even a few minutes of quiet prayer in the Eucharistic chapel. Very few notice…
JOHN GALLAGHER SPORTS EDITOR “As far as I know, Franciscan University is the only other place besides Medjugorje that has them” said Sister Isabel Bettwy, careful to emphasize the exclusive company in which Franciscan University finds itself. She spoke of…
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…
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…
RACHEL MILLER CATHOLIC VALUES COLUMNIST “I auditioned to become the Baltimore Oriole Bird, but God had other plans,” said one of the four finalists for this mascot position. “Obviously it wasn’t God’s fulfillment for me. It just didn’t fly.” Sports…
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.…
ELISHA VALLADARES-CORMIER SOCIAL MEDIA MANAGER A new club has its sights set on promoting free market economics, among other issues, across the campus of Franciscan University. Turning Point USA was founded in 2012 by an 18-year-old college student and is…
ALLEGRA THATCHER ASSISTANT EDITOR Where do you start an investigation when there are so many fingerprints that you can’t pick a set to investigate? Some people leave a legacy which is painted across such a broad canvas that to pick…
