http://franciscan.edu/about/rssfeed.aspxNewshttp://franciscan.edu/News/2013/Commencement-2013/ <p> Archbishop, EWTN Anchor, Former U.S. Ambassador Address the Class of 2013 Father Terence Henry, TOR, Honored as his Presidency Draws to a Close 2013-05-14 Complete multi-media Audio, photos, and video clips are available at the Commencement 2013 Multi-M</p> Tom CroweTue, 14 May 2013 19:34:18 GMThttp://franciscan.edu/Commencement-2013-AV/ <p>The 65th Commencement Exercises, May 10-11, 2013 Franciscan University of Steubenville’s baccalaureate and commencement speakers exhorted graduates of the Class of 2013 to share the good news of Jesus Christ, to accept new challenges, and to use their education to make a difference in society. Also during the weekend celebrations, Father Terence Henry, TOR, was honored for his 13 years of service as Franciscan University’s president. With 708 graduates from 40 undergraduate and 7 master’s programs, the Class of 2013 was the University’s second-largest graduating class ever. Baccalaureate Friday, May 10, 2013, with Most Reverend José Gomez, archbishop of Los Angeles, celebrant and homilist. Photo Gallery: Flickr.com | Facebook Audio Archbishop Gomez accepts his honorary doctorate of Christian Letters Archbishop Gomez delivers his homily More at our Soundcloud page Graduate Commencement Saturday, May 11, 2013, with Colleen Carroll Campbell, EWTN news anchor, author, and former presidential speech writer. Photo Gallery: Flickr.com | Facebook Audio Colleen Carroll Campbell addresses the graduates after receiving her honorary doctorate of Communications More at our Soundcloud page Undergraduate Commencement Saturday, May 11, 2013, with The Honorable R. James Nicholson, former secretary of Veterans Affairs and former U.S. ambassador to the Holy See. Photo Gallery: Flickr.com | Facebook Audio Jim Nicholson addresses the graduates after receiving his honorary doctorate of Public Administration More at our Soundcloud page Video clips Father Terence Henry, TOR, outgoing president of Franciscan University of Steubenville, gives some parting thoughts to the graduates. Father Terence Henry, TOR, is honored with a portrait of G.K. Chesterton </p> Tom CroweWed, 15 May 2013 15:56:53 GMThttp://franciscan.edu/News/2013/Catholic-Youth-Conferences/ STEUBENVILLE, OHIO -- Nearly 40,000 youth will gather at 18 conferences in 11 states and Canada this summer to grow in the joy of their Catholic faith. cmsedit cmseditWed, 01 May 2013 18:29:28 GMThttp://franciscan.edu/News/2013/Right-to-Life-Academy/ STEUBENVILLE, OH—Beginning this summer, students who complete the National Right to Life Academy program will be eligible to receive academic credit from Franciscan University of Steubenville. Tom CroweWed, 01 May 2013 13:44:18 GMThttp://franciscan.edu/News/2013/Defending-The-Faith/ STEUBENVILLE, OH—Founded in 1991, the Defending the Faith Conference at Franciscan University of Steubenville has prepared tens of thousands of Catholics to “always be ready to give an explanation to anyone who asks you for a reason for your hope…with gentleness and reverence.” (1 Peter 3:15-16). cmsedit cmseditThu, 25 Apr 2013 20:49:59 GMThttp://franciscan.edu/News/2013/FUS-Student-Receives-National-Pro-Life-Award/ STEUBENVILLE,&#160;OHIO—Grace Daigler, a Franciscan University of Steubenville social work major&#160;and human life studies minor, received the Young Leader Award from the Susan B.&#160;Anthony List, a national organization dedicated to bringing&#160;pro-life leaders to&#160;Congress and educating society about pro-life issues. Daigler,&#160;the vice president of Franciscan University’s Students for Life chapter, is&#160;also a sidewalk counselor at the University’s weekly prayer vigils held outside&#160;Pittsburgh’s abortion clinics.<p></p> cmsedit cmseditWed, 01 May 2013 17:22:51 GMThttp://franciscan.edu/religiousliberty/HHSCommentMarch2013/ <p>Centers for Medicare &amp; Medicaid Services Department of Health and Human Services Room 445-G Hubert H. Humphrey Building 200 Independence Avenue, SW Washington, DC 20201 Re: Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Preventive Services File Code No. CMS-9968-P Dear Sir or Madam: Franciscan University of Steubenville finds the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ current proposed revision to the HHS mandate unsatisfactory for several reasons. The newest proposed regulation continues to uphold mandated coverage of abortion-inducing drugs, contraceptives, and sterilization procedures. Because it remains unchanged, Franciscan University stands with the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) in believing that even apart from the religious liberty issues it creates, the HHS mandate should be rescinded. The USCCB public comment on the NPRM points out the increased serious health risks associated with contraceptives and sterilization and finds the contraceptive mandate “at war” with the federal government’s aim to ensure coverage of services that prevent disease. The bishops’ statement also notes that by requiring the coverage of abortifacient drugs and devices, the mandate also violates several provisions of the Affordable Care Act as well as “the Administration’s own public assurances that ACA does not require abortion coverage” (Public Comment Re: Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Preventive Services File Code No. CMMS-9968-P, March 20, 2013, Section I). As a faithfully Catholic university, Franciscan University cannot offer the mandated coverage in its employee health plan without violating Catholic Church teaching on the sanctity of human life and the purpose of marriage. Unfortunately, the latest so-called accommodation still deprives Franciscan University and our faculty and staff of our right to a health plan consistent with our religious beliefs. Far from alleviating our serious moral problem with the HHS mandate, it would force us to play a key role in facilitating contraceptive coverage. Also, despite its “cost-neutral” assumption, it would likely still mean some payment by the University for these objectionable services. This is essentially no different than directly providing such coverage in our employee healthcare plan. The February 1 proposal would require Franciscan University’s simple act of contracting with an insurer to trigger automatic coverage by that insurer for every pill and procedure that we, as a Catholic university, find morally objectionable. Further, our employees cannot opt out of this automatic coverage, even when it deeply offends their religious beliefs. Thus, the proposed regulation will deny Franciscan University the freedom to exclude items that violate Church teaching and the consciences of our employees, the majority of whom choose to work at Franciscan specifically because of our faithfulness to the Catholic Church. Franciscan University must also protest the proposed regulation’s refusal to exempt or accommodate the numerous conscientiously objecting individuals, for-profit or non-profit employers, insurers, and third-party administrators. Franciscan University has heard from alumni business owners and individuals who integrate their religious faith into their business practices and daily life and now find their heartfelt values dismissed out of hand by the HHS mandate’s contraceptive requirements. Even with the most recent proposed changes, the HHS mandate continues to be an unprecedented violation of our religious liberty, and violates the First Amendment, Religious Freedom Restoration Act, and the Administrative Procedure Act. It also seeks to redefine religious liberty by narrowly and wrongly restricting freedom of religion to freedom of worship. Franciscan University asks that the Obama administration protect our rights of conscience and religious liberty as a Catholic institution—and, indeed, the rights of all Americans—instead of picking and choosing whose exercise of religion is protected and whose is not. We ask that it return to the long tradition in federal law of generous protection for moral or religious objectors, and restore our First Amendment right to religious liberty. If not, Franciscan University will have no choice but to continue our fight to live the faith we believe. As a Catholic university, Franciscan University not only has a responsibility to teach what the Church teaches about the dignity of human life and the right to life from conception to natural death, we must live out that teaching to the best of our ability. We cannot and will not allow the HHS mandate to compromise our witness and our Catholic educational mission. Franciscan University will therefore continue to seek redress in the courts for this grave injustice for as long as needed to restore First Amendment rights to their rightful place of honor in law and in the lives of U.S. citizens. Respectfully submitted, Father Terence Henry, TOR President Franciscan University of Steubenville 1235 University Blvd. Steubenville, OH 43952 </p> Tom CroweWed, 27 Mar 2013 21:54:42 GMThttp://franciscan.edu/about/Default.aspx?id=8471 <p>2013 News Archives </p> cmsedit cmseditTue, 19 Feb 2013 19:03:50 GMThttp://franciscan.edu/about/Default.aspx?id=7370 <p>2012 News Archives </p> Tom CroweMon, 13 Feb 2012 20:33:15 GMThttp://franciscan.edu/News/Extras/Gines-Translation/ Article from LibertasForum.com written by Pablo J. Gines, called <strong>The Most Catholic University in the World: Franciscan University of Steubenville.</strong> Tom CroweWed, 25 May 2011 19:18:20 GMThttp://franciscan.edu/News/2011/Former_Planned_Parenthood_Director_to_Speak/ <p>STEUBENVILLE, OH—Abby Johnson, former Planned Parenthood director and author of unPlanned, will speak in Finnegan Fieldhouse at Franciscan University of Steubenville on Monday, April 18 at 8:30 p.m. A major new leader in the pro-life movement who will enter the Catholic Church at Easter, Johnson will speak about her transition from an abortion clinic director for Planned Parenthood to a pro-life advocate.</p> Tom CroweTue, 26 Apr 2011 15:18:03 GMThttp://franciscan.edu/about/Default.aspx?id=5859 <p>2011 Campus News Archive</p> Tom CroweMon, 28 Feb 2011 14:21:58 GMThttp://franciscan.edu/HiddenPageForSillyPurposes/ Office of Public Relations Tom Crowe Web Content Editor 1235 University Blvd.Steubenville, OH 43952 phone 740.284.5898fax 740.283.6442 tcrowe@franciscan.edu Facebook.com FranciscanUniversityTwitter.com FranciscanUYouTube.com FranciscanUSteubie Mark PorterMon, 11 Jun 2012 18:53:40 GMThttp://franciscan.edu/about/Default.aspx?id=4085 <p>2008 Campus News Archive</p> Tom CroweWed, 11 Aug 2010 20:07:52 GMThttp://franciscan.edu/about/Default.aspx?id=4084 <p>2009 Campus News Archive</p> Tom CroweWed, 11 Aug 2010 20:07:06 GMThttp://franciscan.edu/about/Default.aspx?id=4083 <p>2010 Campus News Archive</p> Tom CroweWed, 11 Aug 2010 20:05:02 GMThttp://franciscan.edu/about/Default.aspx?id=4081 News Archives Tom CroweWed, 11 Aug 2010 20:19:24 GMThttp://franciscan.edu/about/Default.aspx?id=4072 Franciscan In the News Tom CroweThu, 12 Aug 2010 15:49:47 GMThttp://franciscan.edu/about/Default.aspx?id=4071 <p>Latest Campus News</p> Tom CroweTue, 10 Aug 2010 18:59:09 GMThttp://franciscan.edu/about/Default.aspx?id=4068 Office of Public Relations Get updates instantly Follow us on Twitter @FranciscanU For media inquiries contact Tom Sofio at (740) 284 5893 or by e mail at tsofio@franciscan.edu. Tom CroweThu, 12 Aug 2010 15:50:19 GMThttp://franciscan.edu/about/Default.aspx?id=4067 <p>Franciscan News &amp; Events</p> Tom CroweWed, 27 Apr 2011 17:08:32 GMThttp://franciscan.edu/about/Default.aspx?id=1948 <p>Office of Public RelationsCommencement Address 2009Michael Novak The following is the full text of the 2009 commencement address delivered Saturday, May 9, by Michael Novak KNOWING THE UNKNOWABLE GOD HOW MOST PEOPLE KNOW THE PRESENCE OF GOD Distinguished presiders and guests,</p> Tom CroweTue, 24 Nov 2009 16:54:25 GMThttp://franciscan.edu/about/Default.aspx?id=1947 <p>Office of Public RelationsGraduate Commencement Address 2009Dr. Paul Kengor The following is the full text of the graduate commencement address delivered by Dr. Paul Kengor on Saturday, May 9, 2009, in Christ the King Chapel This is truly an extraordinary</p> Tom CroweTue, 24 Nov 2009 14:34:36 GMThttp://franciscan.edu/News/ <p> News </p> Tom CroweThu, 07 Jul 2011 18:11:27 GMT