Category: xxxDefending the Faith

Confessions

We do our best to schedule confessors during each conference, but lines may be long when confession is available. If you are unable to receive the sacrament during a conference, you are encouraged to go to confession at your home parish.

The Diocese of Steubenville has granted faculties to hear confessions  and concelebrate Masses for all priest guests who hold faculties and are in good standing in their home diocese and have submitted a Letter of Good Standing to the Conference Office. A copy of the letter is on file in the Christ the King Chapel office.

If you have purchased a meal plan, your name badge will be necessary for admission into all meals. If you have not purchased a meal plan, breakfast, lunch, and dinner can be purchased in Antonian Hall for $9, $12, and $15, respectively. Otherwise, please consider visiting Cupertino’s Café or the Pub (both located in the J.C. Williams Center) or the retailers at Franciscan on the Square (near the University’s entrance) for food and beverages. See “Cafe and Campus Store Hours” under the “Information” button for the hours of operations for the Cupertino’s Café and the Pub.

• Meal Location Information
  • If you have been with us in the past, you would know that we have had very long lines for food throughout this conference.  To alleviate these long lines, we have added a second location for food service.  If you have a meal plan, your two options for lunch and dinner throughout the weekend are the Cafeteria or the Tent.
  • At the Cafeteria, we have staggered entrance times to alleviate long lines there.  These times are posted on signs throughout campus.  We will also have push notifications identifying these times.  Please honor these times based on the sticker that is on your nametag (blue and yellow).  These times only apply to lunch and dinner at the cafeteria.  The tent will not have staggered times, and the mealtimes for the tent are the same as the cafeteria.  
  • If you do not have a meal plan and want to eat on campus, you can only purchase food at the retail locations on campus and at the Tent.  Only those with meal plans can eat at the cafeteria.  
• For those that are waiting for their time to go to dinner, we would encourage you to visit our bookstore which includes titles from many of the presenters this weekend or to visit the Port Chapel area which includes the Tomb of the Unborn Child, Our Lady of Guadalupe image, Stations of the Cross and Marian Grotto.

Members of the media, please contact John Romanowsky in the Marketing and Communications Department at 740-284-5893 or jromanowsky@franciscan.edu before conducting interviews or publishing reports. No commercial use of conference activities may be made without authorization. 

In case of an emergency, please listen to our staff and security personnel and follow their directions.

Throughout the conference weekend, conference staff will be monitoring the weather.    

In the case of a declared weather WARNING in Jefferson County, an emergency will automatically be declared.  The evacuation procedures (whether during a session or otherwise) will be immediately implemented.  

COVID-19 Protocols & Policies 

COVID-19 protocols and policies can be found at steubenvilleconferences.com/covid.

Guest Assistance

Our staff and student workers are eager to help you and can be identified with applicable attire. For general conference questions, please ask someone wearing a staff shirt or call 740-283-6801. For nighttime on-campus needs, contact your Housing Host. Student hosts are available on the main floor of each residence hall.

Registration Office

On opening day of each event, Registration Check In, located in the St. Joseph Center Seminar Room, is open from noon to 8:00 p.m. To contact the Registration Team, please call 740-283-6315 or email conferences@franciscan.edu. The Registration Office is closed on Sundays.

The Ohio Smoke-Free Workplace Act prohibits smoking in all buildings/tents on the campus of Franciscan University and in areas adjacent to building entrances. Smoking is also prohibited outdoors within 30 feet of all building entrances and open windows where smoke may enter a building and in any other designated outdoor nonsmoking area. Please respect those around you by complying with these mandates. Ohio State Law also prohibits the purchase, possession, and use of tobacco products by anyone under the age of 21. Please help us by obeying this law.

The sale of any books, pamphlets, CDs, artwork, etc. is permitted only through the Franciscan University Campus Store. Please contact the Campus Store at 740-283-6271 for more information.  

To learn more about the items available in the store, please visit its website at  store.franciscan.edu/home or send questions to campusstore@franciscan.edu.  

Video or audio recordings may NOT be made of liturgies, speakers, or music. This material is copyrighted and subject to all copyright laws. Flash photography is not allowed during liturgy in the Diocese of Steubenville. Portions of this conference are being photographed and recorded in video and audio format. By attending this conference, you give Franciscan University your consent to use these images and recordings without restriction in publications, advertisements, videos, websites, web-streaming video, and other uses. 

Please silence your cell phones during ALL sessions. This includes Liturgy, Main Sessions, and Workshop Sessions. House phones (for internal use only) are located in the J.C. Williams Center at the Information Desk. 

Our staff will help you find parking upon arrival. We ask that you not park in spaces reserved for service vehicles,  residence directors, conference team members, or in marked fire lanes. Use of handicapped parking spaces requires proper license plates and/or hang tags.  

The name badge you received serves as your conference pass, which allows you to attend the sessions. Please wear your name badge each day of the conference.  

The Lost and Found is located at the J. C. Williams Center Information Desk throughout the scheduled conference. Items in the Lost and Found must be claimed within two weeks of the close of the conference. After that time, return of lost items is not guaranteed. If you realize after the conference that you have lost something, please call 740-283-3771. 

Please keep your room locked when you are not in it. At the conclusion of the conference, please return your key to the appropriate key box located in the lobby of your residence hall. There is a $50 charge for lost keys. 

Access to the University’s wireless network, “BaronNet-Guest,” is available to all conference guests. If you experience any trouble, call Guest Services at 740-283-6801.

The University provides emergency first-aid care on the upper floor of the J. C. Williams Center during conference hours. Please follow the signs or locate a staff member for directions.  

Medication requiring refrigeration should be checked in with the medical staff and can be kept in the first-aid area.  We are not authorized to dispense medicines, including Tylenol and Advil.  Anyone needing these medicines can purchase them in the Campus Store located in the lower level of the J.C. Williams Center.   Only the most basic service can be provided in the First-Aid Center.  Anyone requiring more than one hour of medical attention will be sent to a local hospital.  

In case of a life-threatening emergency, call (9)-911 from a campus phone or 911 from a cell phone. (Please note that some campus phones require dialing “9” to access an outside line.) In case of an emergency that is not life-threatening, call Security at 740-283-6911 (or at Extension 6911 from a campus phone), the University operator (0), or locate a staff member. The general number for security is 740-283-6333.