Sister Margaret Fagbamigbe, SSMA, ’93
I was one of the four Nigerians who came to study in 1989. We were picked from the airport by the University’s van and were given a first-class warm welcoming. During our congregational feast, Father Michael Scanlan, TOR, was always present. The lectures prepared me for onward studies in theology. Happy anniversary to us. Sister Margaret […]
Motives: 1) To thank the TOR Franciscans who founded a college to benefit veterans. 2) To thank Professor Humberto Belli, a different kind of veteran, who had quite an impact on an 82nd Airborne Division veteran in a Steubie U classroom on a cold October morning in 1988. Relevant Military Background: In June 1988, I […]
I would like to speak to an unsung hero right there on Franciscan’s campus: Professor James Gaston. When I showed up as a freshman in the fall of 1992, I had no idea what major I wanted to choose. I had no “call” to a particular vocation or mission. After listening to Professor Gaston’s enthusiastic […]