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2025 Association of Franciscan Colleges and Universities Symposium

Tentative Schedule

EARLY BIRD REGISTRATION BEGINS JAN. 6, 2025
For information: AFCU@viterbo.edu

Wednesday, June 4, 2025
4 p.m. Registration desk opens; on-campus room check-in
Skogen Family Welcome Center in the Reinhart Center building
5:30 p.m. Opening prayer
Near the Dancing Francis sculpture in Assisi Courtyard
6 p.m. Outdoor reception: cocktails, light appetizers, music in a tent in Assisi Courtyard
Rain location Fine Arts Center FSPA Lobby
Thursday, June 5, 2025
7 a.m. Breakfast in the cafeteria
8–9 a.m. Opening Liturgy in San Damiano Chapel
9:30–10:15 a.m. Opening keynote address: The Very Reverend Michael A. Perry, OFM
10:15–10:30 a.m. Break: light refreshments
10:30–11:45 a.m. Breakout Session 1
noon–1:15 p.m. Lunch
1:30–2:45 p.m. Breakout Session 2
3–4:15 pm. Breakout Session 3
  Dinner on your own
Options include: Moon Tunes music in the park with dinner at the Hatchery, La Crosse Queen Riverboat Cruise with dinner at the Hatchery, La Crosse Loggers baseball game, Sr. Thea Night at St. Rose Convent with chapel tour, dinner, and Sr. Thea documentary and panel.
Friday, June 6, 2025
7 a.m. Breakfast in the cafeteria
7:30–8:30 a.m. Morning prayer
8:30–9:30 a.m. Continental breakfast: authors or book tables
9:45–11 a.m. Breakout Session 1
11 a.m. Mass with Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration (FSPA) in Mary of the Angels Chapel
11–11:15 a.m. Break: light refreshments
11:15 a.m.–noon Breakout Session 2: poster session
noon–1:30 p.m. Lunch keynote address: Curt Meine
1:45–2:30 p.m. Breakout Session 3
2:30–2:45 p.m. Break: light refreshments
2:45–4 p.m. Keynote address: Ilia Delio, OSF
5 p.m. Social
6 p.m. Banquet in the Cargill Room at the Waterfront, downtown La Crosse
7:30 p.m. Desert bar, beverages, and entertainment at the Weber Center for the Performing Arts, downtown La Crosse: b2wins
Saturday, June 7, 2025
7–8 a.m. Breakfast in the cafeteria
8:15–9 a.m. Affinity group session
9:15–10:15 a.m. Interactive session
10:30–11:30 a.m.

Seated lunch with featured panel (optional grab and go for those unable to stay), tent in Assisi Courtyard
Moderator: Margaret Carney, OSF
Panelists: Rick Trietley, Viterbo University President, Mary Elizabeth Imler, SME, Fr. Malachi Van Tassell

11:30 a.m. Closing ritual