Franciscan Magazine
Autumn 2023
- All
- Alumni Profile
- Baron Athletics
- Capital Campaign
- Class Notes
- Cover Story
- Featured
- Featured Article
- Franciscan Faces
- From the President
- In Brief
- In Memoriam
- Professor Profile
- Secrets to Success
- The Dean's List
From the President
The "Secret" Sauce
“Three elements or core values—ingredients, if you like—make our secret sauce unique: encounter, conversion, and community.”
Father Dave Pivonka, TOR '89
Baron Athletics
Barons Attackman’s Humble Dominance
Lacrosse player Grace Deegan '23 strives for holiness and excellence.
Featured Article
Bread Recipes
Secrets to Success
How to Live Your Best Life
Certified life coach Zoë Romanowsky shares advice for living better.
Zoë Romanowsky
Featured
The End Game
Oscar Rivera Jr. ’10 speaks on Steubenville Youth Conferences’ continued impact.
Marianna Schmiesing
Alumni Profile
Oscar Rivera Jr. '10
Oscar Rivera Jr. '10 seeks to inspire first generation students and share his love of Christ in vulnerability.
Marianna Schmiesing
Capital Campaign
Called to Do More
The capital campaign advances to Phase Three, plus details on the Christ the King Chapel expansion.
Professor Profile
Dr. John Pilsner
English professor and new humanities and Catholic culture director looks forward another decade teaching.
Melissa Zifzal
Featured
12 Days of Christmas Catalog
A shopping guide filled with unique gifts made by Franciscan alumni.
Jessica Walker
Featured
"A Long Expected Party" Celebrates Tolkien
Tolkien scholar and author Dr. Holly Ordway discusses the beloved storyteller’s faith and life at Franciscan University conference.
Melissa Zifzal
Featured
I Didn't Know You Could Do That
CEO of the National Eucharistic Congress reflects on the transformative power of the Eucharist.
Tim Glemkowski
Featured
Capturing Little Hearts & Souls
New Catholic children’s literature helps parents and grandparents form their families in the faith.
Lori Hadacek Chaplin
Capital Campaign
Annual Report to Donors - Autumn 2023
A review of giving at Franciscan for 2022-23, with thanks to generous benefactors, alumni, and friends.
The Dean's List
The Gospel and Academic Formation
"The exercise of the professional arts, like the fruit of the liberal arts, is at once earthly and heavenly.”
Dr. Stephen Hildebrand
Alumni Profile
Robert Cruess '09
Robert Cruess achieves business success as an entrepreneur.
Judy Roberts
Alumni Profile
Tim Glemkowski '11
National Eucharistic Revival CEO Tim Glemkowski lives out his passion for ministry.
Judy Roberts
Alumni Profile
Prudence Robertson '19
Prudence Robertson advocates for life as host of EWTN Pro-Life Weekly.
Judy Roberts
In Memoriam
Dr. Tom Kelly ’83
Remembering longtime accounting professor and Department of Accounting, Business Administration, and Economics chair.
Lisa Ferguson
Featured
More Beautiful Than I Remembered
Alumni share their experiences at the 2023 Austria Alumni Reunion.
Lisa Ferguson
Featured
Two Join Ranks of Professors Emeriti
Dr. Mary Antoinette Sunyoger and Dr. Daniel Kempton reflect on their Franciscan careers.
From the President
The "Secret" Sauce
“Three elements or core values—ingredients, if you like—make our secret sauce unique: encounter, conversion, and community.”
Father Dave Pivonka, TOR '89
