Catholic speaker, musician, author, teacher
Catholic professor, speaker, musician, author, and all-around nice guy.
The "Night of Hope" that was live-streamed last evening from Franciscan University exceeded our wildest expectations. There were 30,000 individual viewers, over a million page hits, and many who didn't watch it last evening are now watching the video and sharing it with friends. It was a powerful event. If you haven't seen it I'd [...]
Yesterday was May the Fourth, and today we celebrate the Revenge of the Fifth. So it seems like a good time for me to share my definitive conclusion about the latest Star Wars movie, The Rise of Skywalker. Also, Tim Hepburn (my drummer) just asked me what I thought about it, and I figured he'd [...]
My parish is closed until Easter. Disney World is shut down. It looks like Tom Brady is leaving the Patriots. They closed my local Bennigan's on St. Patrick's Day. I haven't read the book of Revelation in a while, but I'm pretty sure these are all signs that Jesus will be back pretty soon. Of [...]
Have you ever been to the Holy Land? I've had the chance to have visited there three times so far. I'm not exaggerating when I say that I believe that every disciple of Jesus Christ should try at least once in their life to physically walk where Jesus walked. Doing so opens up the Scriptures [...]
I moved to Steubenville in 1994. Though I got accepted into the Master of Arts in Theology program, it was only as a part time student. My main purpose, or so I thought, was to do youth ministry in the Steubenville area. I wasn't even convinced I'd finish the degree! Though I enjoyed the classes [...]
I'm incredibly excited to share with you something amazing that will happen on our campus at the end of July. It is called VOICE + VISION: The National Summit for Ministries with Youth and Young Adults. With the completion of the Synod for Youth, the V Encuentro, and the publication of Christus Vivit, we are [...]
As you have all heard by now, we have a new president at Franciscan University: Fr. Dave Pivonka. This is something many of us at FUS have been praying for, and it is such a joy to have it happen! I first met Fr. Dave back when he was Br. Dave, in the mid-90s while [...]
This is more than an obligation. It is an opportunity to drive out demons and grow in holiness!
Over the past few weeks, I've had many reaching out to me asking a variation of this question: "What is going on at Franciscan?" So allow me to share, from my perspective, what I see happening. I'd like to emphasize the phrase, "from my perspective". I do not portend to be authoritative source on all [...]
