SYDNEY LORENTZ STAFF WRITER “Present and essential for the life of the Church” is how Ryan Mahle, director of the new evangelization for the Archdiocese of Cinncinati, describes charismatic gifts. Invited by Beloved First Truth household, Mahle gave a presentation…
JOSEPH FUSSELMAN STAFF WRITER This past Friday, hundreds of students, faculty, staff and families filed into Finnegan Fieldhouse for an evening of food, beer and lederhosen. At Gaming Fest, the food and culture of Austria were brought to the Franciscan…
THOMAS BODOH STAFF WRITER Theology experts Scott Hahn, John Bergsma, and Michael Waldstein explained the meaning behind God’s “killings” in the Old Testament in an academic lecture in the Gentile Gallery on Sept. 21. Each speaker presented a short talk…
ELISHA VALLADARES-CORMIER CATHOLIC VALUES COLUMNIST Franciscan University of Steubenville is doing what it can to best respond to the latest clergy sex abuse scandal, said the university’s president in an email. The Rev. Sean Sheridan, TOR, said in a Sept.…
ELISHA VALLADARES-CORMIER CATHOLIC VALUES COLUMNIST National Hurricane Florence hits East Coast Hurricane Florence has continued to devastate the Carolinas since touching down Friday. According to CBS News, at least 17 people had died as of Sunday, and about 740,000 homes and business are still without…
GINA VILLANTI STAFF WRITER On Friday, Sept. 14, students landed in the J.C. Williams Center for music, dancing, community and a special visit from some other worldly creatures at the Space Dance, hosted by In His Image household. The outer…
VERONICA NOVOTNY STAFF WRITER The Rev. Timothy Gallagher, OMV, expert on Ignatian spirituality, enraptured students in the well-attended Living the Discerning Life workshop on Saturday, Sept. 15. Beginning at 9:30 a.m., Gallagher presented four sessions on St. Ignatius of Loyola’s…
THOMAS BODOH STAFF WRITER On Sept. 15, students wearing colorful mismatched clothes and oversized sunglasses crowded the J.C. Williams Center, all jamming to music under colorful flashing lights. The ’80s Dance Party, sponsored by Residence Life, began at 9 p.m.…
NOEMY BANUELOS STAFF WRITER A group of students and community members who form a branch of an ecclesiastical movement in the Catholic Church met on Sept. 14 at 5:45 p.m. in the J.C. Williams Center for an exciting discussion. Communion…
SARAH KADERBEK STAFF WRITER Celebrating the 50th anniversary of “Humanae Vitae,” leading natural law scholar John Finnis explained the intellectual foundation of the encyclical’s condemnation of contraception in his lecture on Sept. 14 in the Gentile Gallery. Finnis, Professor Emeritus…
