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Homecoming
Thursday through Sunday, Oct. 1-4
Alumni Awards will kick off festivities on Thursday, with an SF Day of Service and Celebration on Friday, the football game and student art exhibit on Saturday and Mass on Sunday. For more information, visit go.sf.edu/homecoming.
Saint Francis Exhibition
October and November
This fall, the university will celebrate the 800th anniversary of the death of Saint Francis. In conjunction with SF homecoming weekend and the Feast of Saint Francis (Oct. 1-4), there will be a major exhibition of works devoted to the university’s patron saint. Highlights will include a solo exhibition of paintings from Assisi, Italy, by renowned plein air artist Tom Keesee; paintings by Sr. Rufinia (from the collection of the Sisters of St. Francis of Perpetual Adoration) and cyanotypes using the waters of Mirror Lake by SF alumna Erin Patton-McFarren (BA ’99). Many more works devoted to the saint will be on display as well. For more information, email creativearts@sf.edu.
Year of St. Francis Lecture: The Dangerous Freedom of St. Francis
Sunday, Oct. 4, 7 p.m.
Mimi and Ian Rolland Art and Visual Communication Center, 1014 St. Francis Drive
Speaker Fr. Patrick Mary Briscoe, O.P., is a Dominican friar and author who serves as Promotor General for Social Communication of the Order of Preachers and a host of the “Godsplaining” podcast. He has written on faith, culture and spiritual life. Fr. Patrick earned a licentiate in moral theology degree from the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C. Originally from Fort Wayne, he is a graduate of Bishop Dwenger High School. He resides in Rome, Italy.
Year of St. Francis Lecture: Roses and Skulls: St. Francis’ Journey from Death to Life
Monday, Oct. 5, 7 p.m.
Mimi and Ian Rolland Art and Visual Communication Center, 1014 St. Francis Drive
Speaker Saint Francis President Sr. Maria Gemma Salyer, OSF, a member of the Sisters of St. Francis of Perpetual Adoration, became president of the University of Saint Francis on July 1 after serving as executive vice president, vice president for Catholic culture and student life and in other leadership roles. She earned a master’s degree in philosophy from Franciscan University of Steubenville and a doctorate in educational administration from Indiana State University.
Year of St. Francis Lecture: St. Francis and Integral Ecology: Spiritual Renewal in a Technocratic World
Tuesday, Oct. 6, 7 p.m.
Mimi and Ian Rolland Art and Visual Communication Center, 1014 St. Francis Drive
Speaker Sr. Damien Marie Savino, FSE, a Franciscan Sister of the Eucharist, serves as the Melchor Visiting Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences (CEEES) at the University of Notre Dame, with a concurrent appointment in the McGrath Institute for Church Life. She holds a doctorate in civil and environmental engineering from The Catholic University of America and master’s degrees in theology and soil science. She is the writer and co-producer of the six-episode documentary series, “Creation” (Salt and Light Television, 2015), and the founder and director of the “Educating for Laudato Si’ Initiative.”
LHN 40th Reunion
Sunday, Oct. 11
Alumni of the Lutheran College of Health Professions Class of 1986 are invited to an afternoon of fellowship, fun and reminiscing. Enjoy a buffet-style lunch of charcuterie boards with artisan meats and cheese, sliced fruit and dessert. The afternoon begins with a tour of Brookside at 1 p.m., followed by lunch and fellowship. Cost is $10. Tickets are available at calendar.sf.edu.
Check the Saint Francis Events Calendar for regular updates.
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