Homecoming 2024
The Franciscan community is excited to welcome you to our 2024 Homecoming Weekend, September 27-29. We have a variety of fun events planned to bless you and your family. Please keep checking back for more detailed information.
Event Highlights
Alumni Reception and Awards Ceremony • Kelly Roggensack Memorial Races • Household Life Mass • Blessing of Animals
Hourly Schedule
Friday, September 27
- 8:00 am -
- Presidential Golf Outing
- Steubenville Country Club
- 3:30 pm - 10:00 pm
- Shuttles - Rosary Circle
- Every half hour to Steubenville hotels, every hour to Weirton hotels
- 4:45 pm -
- Household Life Mass
- Finnegan Fieldhouse
- 6:00 -
- Alumni Awards Reception
- Pope Paul VI Event Center in Christ the Teacher Hall (Reception Guests Christ the Teacher Tour Available at 4:30 PM)
- 7:00 pm -
- Alumni Awards Banquet
- Pope Paul VI Event Center in Christ the Teacher Hall
- 7:00 pm -
- Student Talent Show
- Finnegan Fieldhouse
Saturday, September 28
- 7:30 am - 10:00 pm
- Shuttles - Rosary Circle
- Every half hour to Steubenville hotels, every hour to Weirton hotels.
- 8:00 am -
- Annual Kelly Roggensack Memorial Races
- Assisi Heights Check-in
- 10:00 am -
- Homecoming Mass
- Finnegan Fieldhouse
- 12:00 pm - 3:00 pm
- Alumni Check-in Table
- Household Commons/JCWC
- 12:00 pm - 4:00 pm
- St. Francis Festival
- JCWC, Pavilion, & Rosary Circle (Food, Vendors, Inflatables (Socks Required), Kids's Kingdom Crafts/Games)
- 1:00 pm -
- Rugby Game vs Robert Morris University
- Rugby Field
- 1:00 pm -
- Life of St. Francis Play
- Christ the King Chapel Courtyard
- 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
- Alumni Beer Garden (21+)
- Rugby Field
- 1:00 pm -
- Men's Soccer
- Trinity Health System Field
- 2:30 pm -
- F.I.S.H. Internship Symposium and Open House
- Cosmas and Damian Hall
- 2:45 pm -
- Blessing of Animals
- Portiuncula Chapel
- 3:30 pm -
- Women's Soccer
- Trinity Health System Field
- 4:00 pm -
- Lord's Day Celebrations
- Various Locations
- 4:00 p.m. -
- Alumni Nuptial Blessing (Celebrating milestone anniversaries (5, 10, 15, 20 years, etc.))
- JCWC Gallery
- 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
- Alumni 4's + 9's Reunion Reception - Graduating classes ending in 4's & 9's
- Pope Paul VI Event Center, Christ the Teacher Hall
- 6:00 pm -
- Men's Alumni Lacrosse Games
- Trinity Health System Field
- 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm
- Festival of Praise
- Finnegan Fieldhouse
- 10:00 pm -
- Festival of Praise Prayer Teams
- JCWC Gallery
Sunday, October 8
- 9:00 am - 1:00 pm
- Shuttles - Rosary Circle
- Every half hour to Steubenville hotels, every hour to Weirton hotels.
- 10:00 am -
- Mass (Blessing of the Parents)
- Finnegan Fieldhouse
- 12:30 pm -
- Mass (Blessing of the Parents)
- Finnegan Fieldhouse
