Category: Recharge – Youth Conferences

This year, we have some opportunities to recharge and enjoy some time with your friends around Franciscan University’s campus.

Recharge opportunities:

• Karaoke – Feeling the urge to have some fun singing with your friends? Join us for karaoke located on the main stage in the FFH!
• Service Project – So many kids at the Children’s Hospital in our area have no one to recognize them or pray for them.  Take a moment to write a letter to them, mentioning how you will be keeping them in your prayers throughout the rest of this weekend!
• Scavenger Hunt – Use the cell app button for the Scavenger Hunt to engage in questions and riddles taking you all over campus.  Found the answers to them all?  Go to the Transportation Tent to receive your prize!
• Sports – Frisbees will be available to use outside the J.C. Williams Center.  Basketball and volleyball will be offered above the cafeteria, next to St. Thomas More Hall.
• Campus Store – Don’t forget to stop by the campus store while you are here.  It will be open today from 7:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
• Small groups – don’t forget to continue to take time to meet in small groups.  Use a portion of this time to discuss how things have been going throughout the weekend.

Welcome to the 2024 Main Campus Scavenger Hunt!  

To get started, grab your phone to take pictures or snag a pen and some paper to write down your answers. There are three sections to this scavenger hunt. After you complete each section and show the pictures or answers to each clue, you’ll get a related prize!

Prizes can be collected at the Transportation Tent at the Rosary Circle. 

Find a friend and put your thinking caps on! Let’s do this! 

After completing each section, you can collect your prize at the Transportation Tent located at the Rosary Circle outside the J.C. Williams Center.

Section 1: Mary

Clue #1:

In this building weary students lay their heads to rest
And its name many would consider the best!
This residence hall is named after our Blessed Mother,
Mary, a woman unlike any other!

Take a picture at this place once it’s been found
Or for those without cameras, write the location name down!

Clue #2:

Behind the chapel and beyond the Stations of the Cross,
You will find a grotto with stones that are covered with moss!
Go and find this beautiful outdoor space
With a statue of Our Lady creating a prayerful place!

Take a picture at this place once it’s been found
Or for those without cameras, write the location name down!

Clue #3:

No need to travel too far for clue #3
The next destination also features Mary.
Go to the place that has the Holy Family, the animals, and the men that are wise.
Finding this memorable scene will help you win your first prize!

Take a picture at this place once it’s been found
Or for those without cameras, write the location name down!

Section 2: The Saints

Clue #4:

Now you’ll go back to another residence hall
That houses only women in the spring and the fall.
This building is named after the patron saint of politicians
Go to this hall to continue your mission!

Take a picture at this place once it’s been found
Or for those without cameras, write the building name down!

Clue #5

This saint’s name is also in our university name,
Keep following the clues and you’ll have another prize to claim!
Locate the statue of the saint who preached to the birds,
He praised God for his creations through his prayers and his words.

Take a picture at this statue once it’s been found
Or for those without cameras, write the saint’s name and location down!

Clue #6

Next find the statue of the beloved Polish pope
Who spoke on Theology of the Body and in many inspired hope!
He stands by the building where students study for hours
In a nice shady area surrounded by flowers.

Take a picture at this statue once it’s been found
Or for those without cameras, write the saint’s name and location down!

Section 3: The Church

Clue #7

The Church is the Body of Christ, yes this is true
We were made part of God’s family through baptism too!
To complete this clue, find a stranger and make them a friend
Get to know them a bit before this weekend ends!

Get a picture with your new friend
Or for those without a camera, write down their name and where they’re from!

Clue #8

At this last location, you must lift your eyes
for this monument reaches into the Steubenville sky!
Reminding us of when Jesus Christ gave us his all,
A giant metal cross stands over 50 feet tall!

Take a picture here once it’s been found
Or for those without cameras, write the name and location down!