Inaugural President’s Circle Meeting Offers University Benefactors Information, Inspiration

Inaugural President’s Circle Meeting Offers University Benefactors Information, InspirationJune 30, 2015 STEUBENVILLE, OH—Members of the President’s Circle, a group of Franciscan University alumni, parents, and friends supporting Father Sean O. Sheridan, TOR, president of Franciscan University, in his vision for the school, gathered for an inaugural meeting on campus June 27-28. The two days of…

Statement on Supreme Court Marriage Decision

Statement on Supreme Court Marriage DecisionJune 26, 2015 STEUBENVILLE, OHIO—Franciscan University of Steubenville laments today’s U.S. Supreme Court decision in Obergefell v. Hodges that effectively legalizes same-sex marriage throughout the country. While it is clearly a setback for marriage, the University will continue to analyze the decision and its effect on the Catholic Church and Franciscan University. Father Sean O. Sheridan, TOR, president of Franciscan…

Priests, Deacons, and Seminarians Retreat

Priests, Deacons, and Seminarians RetreatRecognizing Sonship and Love of the FatherJune 24, 2015 STEUBENVILLE, OH— Stressing that priests, deacons, and seminarians must first recognize that they are loved by their heavenly Father before they can properly be fathers to others, Bishop Emeritus Sam Jacobs told the nearly 150 gathered men, “The Father has said to us, and says again tonight, ‘You are my…

Limitless Love in Action

Limitless Love in ActionFirst Steubenville Youth Conference Inspires Teens to Bring the Fire HomeJune 18, 2015 STEUBENVILLE, OH—”If we’re not going out and spreading the Gospel, it’s just like putting a candle on the floor and putting a basket over it. Let your light shine! Let your lives proclaim the Gospel. Let everything that you are give glory to God in…