AFCU Symposium 2025
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2025 Association of Franciscan Colleges and Universities Symposium
 

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For information: AFCU@viterbo.edu
 

Wednesday, June 4, 2025

12 noon  Registration
Welcome desk opens
On-campus housing check-in
5:30 p.m. Opening prayer
Prayer Service at the Dancing Francis
6 p.m. Opening reception in Assisi Courtyard - Welcome to Wisconsin!
Cocktails, heavy hors d'oeuvres, and live music 
(rain location Fine Arts Center FSPA Lobby)
 

Thursday, June 5, 2025

7 a.m. Breakfast in The Caf
7 a.m. Registration
Welcome desk opens
On-campus housing check-in
8–9 a.m.

Opening Liturgy | San Damiano Chapel
Celebrant:  The Most Reverend Gerard W. Battersby, Bishop of the La Crosse Diocese

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, various locations
10:30–11:45 a.m. Breakout Session A
noon–1:15 p.m. Lunch
1:30–2:45 p.m. Breakout Session B
3–4:15 p.m. Breakout Session C
4:15 p.m.  Evening Prayer | San Damiano Chapel
5:30 p.m.

Choose Your Own Evening Adventure
     - Moon Tunes | music in the park with dinner before at the Hatchery
     - La Crosse Queen Riverboat Cruise with dinner after at the Hatchery 
     - Sr. Thea Night at St. Rose Convent with chapel tour, dinner, Sr. Thea documentary and panel
     - Explore La Crosse (dinner at the Hatchery or on your own)

* limited capacity for riverboat cruise and Sr. Thea Night
* shuttle service available from campus to Riverside Park; parking at the Hatchery for local commuters
* shuttle service available back to campus, times TBD

 

Friday, June 6, 2025

7 a.m. Breakfast in The Caf
7:45 a.m. Transportation to morning prayer service atop Grandad Bluff begins
7 a.m. Welcome desk open
8:15–9 a.m. Morning prayer service
Grandad Bluff Pavilion
9:15 a.m. Transportation from Grandad Bluff back to campus begins
9:45–10:45 a.m. Breakout Session D
11 a.m. Mass with Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration (FSPA)
Mary of the Angels Chapel
11:00a.m.–noon Breakout Session E
11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. Lunch
12:30–1:30 p.m. Keynote address: Curt Meine
1:45–2:45 p.m. Breakout Session F
2:45–3 p.m. Break
Light refreshments, various locations
3–4 p.m. Keynote address: Ilia Delio, OSF
4:15 p.m. Evening Prayer | San Damiano Chapel
4:30 p.m.*

Evening along the Mississippi River
     
4:30pm - Social | Cargill Room at the Waterfront, downtown La Crosse
     6:00pm - Dinner | Cargill Room at the Waterfront, downtown La Crosse
     7:30pm - Entertainment by b2wins | next door at the Weber Center for the Performing Arts (cash bar)

* shuttle service available from campus to Cargill Room beginning at 4:30pm
* shuttle service available back to campus, times TBD

   

Saturday, June 7, 2025

7–8 a.m. Breakfast in The Caf
7:45 a.m. Morning Prayer | San Damiano Chapel 
8:15–9:15 a.m. Invited Featured Panel:  What is the function of Franciscan education in America today?
Moderator:  Sr.  Margaret Carney, OSF
Panelists:
   Dr. Rick Trietley, President, Viterbo University
   Sr. Mary Elizabeth Imler, OSF
   Fr. Garrett Galvin, OFM
9:30–10:45 a.m. Interactive session
11–11:30 a.m.

Closing Ritual
San Damiano Chapel

11:30 a.m. Lunch in The Caf
Departure