Nearly 20 years after missing an opportunity to visit St. John Paul II’s home country as a Franciscan University student studying in Gaming, Austria, Heather (Prush ’96) Perry was reading an issue of Franciscan Way magazine when she came across an ad for a pilgrimage to Poland. Coming off spinal surgery and with five children…
When François-René, vicomte de Chateaubriand, pioneer of the Romantic literary movement, future member of the Académie française, and steadfast defender of the Catholic Church, visited America in 1792, he wrote of the stunning beauty of the Hudson Valley, the tribal customs of the Native Americans, and an inspirational, heartfelt meeting with George Washington outside Philadelphia. …
Amanda Roscoe stares out the windows from the 27th story of downtown Pittsburgh’s EQT Plaza building. Beneath her, traffic is stacked up on I-279, snaking across yellow steel bridges and in between the facades of PNC Park and Heinz Field. Her day has been filled with analyzing and organizing transportation schedules for EQT’s fleet of…
Liam and Grace Galligan Propel Franciscan to New Records If cross-country success at Franciscan University of Steubenville has a name, it’s Galligan. You could say that the genes run in the family, with Grace and Liam Galligan earning a multitude of accolades, from 2018 AMCC Runners of the Year, to Liam’s two-year winning streak at…
During a time when much of the western world has turned to secularization, and has grown increasingly hostile to the Catholic Church’s teaching of the family, sexuality, and the dignity of the human person, one club at Franciscan University of Steubenville has begun defending Catholic moral and social teaching on the world stage. The Intercollegiate…
Pastoral Counseling is beyond what anybody quoted in a textbook can tell you. Many people will debate that only the clergy can do pastoral counseling. Some even say that everybody does pastoral counseling because we are helping other people to become the “best-version-of-themselves.” This is what we do as pastoral counselors, but we do it…
Alain Sauret sits at his desk flipping through a photo album, his piercing brown eyes looking over each image in great detail. “This is when I met Paul VI,” he says. “This is John Paul II with my kids. And here’s another one of when he came by my office.” “You can see my superiors…
When Ian Gill and his wife, Eleni, returned to St. Junipero Serra Hall after the birth of their first child, they were amazed at the support awaiting them. “Father Gregory Plow came right out of his office and said, ‘I have to give your daughter her first blessing,’” said Ian. “And he did – right…
From what I’ve gathered from our assigned readings and class discussions Pastoral Counseling is: Counseling performed by someone affiliated with a particular religious institution Is not a form of Spiritual Direction (counseling is generally not directive) Is more specific to the particular faith tradition in which it is being carried out in contrast to a…
We listened to U2 and the Dave Matthews Band; they listen to Post Malone and Of Monsters and Men. We wore flannel and overalls; they wear Chacos and Patagonia gear. We escaped to Drover’s for wings and beer; they escape to the Top of the World—a cliff in West Virginia overlooking the Ohio River. We…