Pat McCloskey, OFM

This text presents three programs at AFCU schools in Wisconsin, Indiana, and Pennsylvania. These initiatives were described during breakout sessions at the recent Association of Franciscan Colleges and Universities’ June 2018 symposium held at the University of St. Francis in Joliet, Illinois. In even-numbered years, the AFCU holds a symposium at one of the Association’s 27 member schools.

Your Saint of the Day Internet feature sometimes has saints on days other than the ones listed on the worldwide liturgical calendar. Why?

Did the Catholic Church ever officially teach that all Protestants go to hell?

Is it a sin and against my Catholic religion to file for bankruptcy? Does it violate the Seventh Commandment: Thou shalt not steal?

How do you help your child when drug addiction has taken hold of him or her? What does God’s word say about this situation?