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2025 Association of Franciscan Colleges and Universities Symposium

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Wednesday, June 4
noon Registration Fine Arts Center Atrium
5:30–6 p.m. Opening Prayer

At Dancing Francis in Assisi Courtyard
6–8 p.m. Opening Reception Assisi Courtyard
Thursday, June 5
7 a.m. Breakfast The Caf
7 a.m. Registration/Welcome Desk Open Fine Arts Center Atrium
8–9 a.m.

Opening Liturgy
Celebrant: The Most Reverend William P. Callahan, Emeritus Bishop of the La Crosse Diocese. 

 San Damiano Chapel
9–9:30 a.m. Sponsor Booths Fine Arts Center FSPA Lobby
9:30–10:15 a.m. Opening keynote address – The Very Reverend Michael A. Perry, OFM Nursing Center room 196
10:15–10:30 a.m. Break with light refreshments Various locations
10:15–10:30 Sponsor Booths Fine Arts Center FSPA Lobby
10:30–11:45 a.m. Breakout Session A Nursing Center 101, 104, 205, 207, Brophy Center 123, 124
11:45 a.m.–1:15 p.m. Lunch Assisi Courtyard
12:30–1 p.m.

Optional Visit and Prayer at Maria Angelorum Chapel – No formal tours; visitors are invited to view and stop for prayer during this time

Enter the main entrance of St. Rose Convent on Franciscan Way (directly across from the Student Union)

 Mary of the Angels Chapel
1:30–2:45 p.m. Breakout Session B Nursing Center 101, 104, 202, 205, 207, Brophy Center 123, 124
2:45–3 p.m. Break with light refreshments Various locations
2:45–3 p.m. Sponsor Booths Fine Arts Center FSPA Lobby
3–4:15 p.m. Breakout Session C Nursing Center 101, 104, 202, 207, Brophy Center 123
4:15 p.m. Evening Prayer San Damiano Chapel
5:30 p.m.

Choose Your Own Evening Adventure

 Various locations
Friday, June 6
6:30 a.m. Breakfast The Caf
7 a.m. Welcome Desk Open Fine Arts Center Atrium
8:15–9 a.m. Morning Prayer Service Grandad Bluff Pavilion
9–9:45 a.m. Sponsor Booths Fine Arts Center FSPA Lobby
9:45–10:45 a.m. Breakout Session D Nursing Center 101, 104, 202, 205, 207, Brophy Center 123
10:45–11 a.m. Break with light refreshments Various locaions
10:45–11 a.m. Sponsor Booths Fine Arts Center FSPA Lobby
11 a.m. Optional Daily Mass Mary of the Angels Chapel
11 a.m.–noon Breakout Session E Nursing Center 101, 104, 207, Brophy Center 123, 124
11:15 a.m.–12:30 p.m. Lunch The Caf
12:30–1 p.m.

Optional Visit and Prayer at Maria Angelorum Chapel – No formal tours; visitors are invited to view and stop for prayer during this time

Enter the main entrance of St. Rose Convent on Franciscan Way (directly across from the Student Union)

 Mary of the Angels Chapel
12:30–1:30 p.m. Keynote address – Curt Meine Nursing Center room 196
1:45–2:45 p.m. Breakout Session F Nursing Center 101, 104, 202, 205,
2:45–3 p.m. Break with light refreshments Various locations
2:45–3 p.m. Sponsor Booths Fine Arts Center FSPA Lobby
3–4 p.m.

Keynote address – Ilia Delio, OSF
"Thinking Towards Wholeness:  Ecology, Complexity and the Franciscan Path of Knowledge"

 Nursing Center room 196
4:15 p.m. Evening Prayer San Damiano Chapel
4:30 p.m. Evening Along the Mississippi River Downtown La Crosse
Saturday, June 7
7 a.m. Breakfast The Caf
7:45 a.m. Morning Prayer Service 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. Richard Trietley, Viterbo University
  • Sr. Mary Elizabeth Imler, OSF, University of St. Francis
  • Fr. Garrett Galvin, OFM, Franciscan School of Theology
 Fine Arts Center FSPA Lobby
9:30–10:45 a.m. Interactive Session Fine Arts Center FSPA Lobby
11–11:30 a.m. Closing Ritual San Damiano Chapel
11:15 a.m. Lunch The Caf