Franciscan Magazine
Fall 2026
Cover Story
Humanity, Faith, and Medicine
Six alumni in the medical field share how they live their faith through the healing profession.
Celeste Fortenberry
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- Alumni Profile
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- Class Notes
- Cover Story
- Featured
- Franciscan Faces
- From the President
- In Brief
- Professor Profile
- Secrets to Success
- The Dean's List
From the President
The Heart in Room Nine
"Technology cannot reach out and touch a scared patient. It cannot love a sick person... Only a human person can encounter another human person."
Father Dave Pivonka, TOR
Cover Story
Humanity, Faith, and Medicine
Six alumni in the medical field share how they live their faith through the healing profession.
Celeste Fortenberry
Featured
A Weekend That Changes Everything
Celebrating 50 years of Steubenville Youth Conferences.
Jessica Walker
Featured
Annual Giving Report
A look at donors’ giving for 2025–26, with thanks to generous alumni and friends.
Featured
My Summer Protest
How the Austria Summer Experience 2026 helped show what it means to be human.
Emily Stimpson Chapman
Secrets to Success
Personal Safety Tips
Special Agent Joey Routh’s advice for keeping safe every day.
Maura Roan McKeegan
The Dean's List
We’re Ready
“Our mission is to impart to our students a three-fold readiness: to make them ready for God, ready for life, and ready for work.”
Dr. Stephen Hildebrand
Alumni Profile
Ron Vodenichar ’77
Ron Vodenichar built a career in the newspaper and publishing industry.
Judy Roberts
Alumni Profile
Father Michael O’Loughlin ’01
Father Michael O’Loughlin discerned his vocation as a Byzantine Catholic priest while at Franciscan.
Judy Roberts
Alumni Profile
Katie (Irvin ’18) Herrmann
For attorney Katie Herrmann, Franciscan is part of the family.
Judy Roberts
Featured
Merry Little Christmas Gifts
A Christmas catalog featuring gifts made by Franciscan alumni and community members.
Jessica Walker
Featured
Babel or Jerusalem?
Franciscan professors help Catholics read Pope Leo XIV’s encyclical on AI.
Gregg Miliote
Featured
CODE NAME: Baron Crow Project
Inside the project helping Franciscan students answer Pope Leo XIV’s ethical AI call at the cutting edge of defense technologies.
Peter A. Pinedo
Featured
A Case for Relics
Introducing the new reliquary in the renovated Christ the King Chapel.
Maura Roan McKeegan
Professor Profile
Dr. Fernanda Psihas
A physicist’s journey from Mexico to Steubenville.
Jessica Walker
From the President
The Heart in Room Nine
"Technology cannot reach out and touch a scared patient. It cannot love a sick person... Only a human person can encounter another human person."
Father Dave Pivonka, TOR
