Steubenville jackie francois biography
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This post is one in a series of guest posts to appear Mondays until I finish writing the book. Enjoy! -Arleen
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Besides choosing to give Christ my entire heart and life at 18 (after falling in love with Him in the Eucharist), the best decision I ever made was to wait 28 years for the man of my dreams. There were so many times I could’ve settled for a nice Catholic guy who treated me well and bored me to tears. I knew I never wanted to tell my children, “Well, your dad loved me and seemed nice enough, so I married him.” Ugh. Gag me with a spork. Heck no. I knew I wanted to tell my children, “I waited patiently for a man I was passionately in love with, who led me to holiness, who was my best friend, and who I couldn’t wait to be married to!” Sure enough, when Bobby Angel came along, I knew I found that man.
Unfortunately, there are a lot of confused and conflicted young adults out there who seem tempted to settle for a spouse. There are a lot of p
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News From Franciscan
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 information and inspiration afforded University benefactors an opportunity to speak with Father Sheridan and University administrators about a range of topics including the University’s current events and future plans. Participants also witnessed Franciscan’s evangelization efforts in action at the Youth Conference for high school students also held on campus that weekend.
During the meeting, Father Sheridan outlined the University’s history, beginning with its humble founding as the College of Steubenville in 1946 with 258 students. He spoke of the ongoing development that brought the University to where it is today and discussed plans to move the University forw
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