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Wristbands | Regulations

Participants must wear their wristbands at all times!

Participants must wear their wristbands at all times! No one will be admitted to the conference and sessions without BOTH wristbands.

Always wear your conference wristbands on your wrist. They are your access to general sessions, breakout sessions, and meals.

If you lose or break your wristband, please visit Guest Services on the upper level of the J.C. Williams Center with a chaperone to acquire another one.

Each participant must have two wristbands. Why are there two?

Colored Wristband: Allows entry to all sessions and meals; without it you will not be permitted entrance.

Silver: Adult Chaperone

Red/Yellow/Green/Blue: Youth

White Wristband: For emergency information. Write your name and allergies, as well as your Group Leader’s name and phone number on this wristband so that first-aid and conference staff will know who to call in case of an emergency.  This wristband will also indicate whether you have a food allergy, so that we can accommodate your dietary needs.

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Priests

We sincerely thank you for your service and for your beautiful testimony. We honestly could not have successful conferences without your diligent work.

Priests are asked to assist with the sacraments throughout the weekend whenever there are able. There will be sign ups on Friday evening. Please help us by signing up for as many time slots as you can in order to serve as many youth as possible.

Reconciliation: You will be asked to volunteer your time to hear confessions throughout the weekend. Please bring your own alb and stole, as we may not have enough to accommodate everyone.

Concelebrating Mass: All vesting for Mass will take place in the racquetball court, located in Finnegan Fieldhouse. You will be able to store your vestments there if you would like. If you need access to the room, please ask at Guest Services (located on the top floor of the J.C. Williams Center) and our staff will be able to assist you.

Please bring your own alb and stole, as we may not have enough to accommodate everyone. 

 

 

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Evacuation Plan

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.  

 

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Guest Services | Registration

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.

 

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Smoking

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.

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Sale of Books and Other Items

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.  

 

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WIFI | Lost & Found

INTERNET – WiFi ACCESS

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.

LOST AND FOUND

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

 

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Housing | Showers & Restrooms

Youth and Adult Chaperone Housing

Youth and chaperones will be housed in the same proximity, under the same roof, but will not be expected to share sleeping quarters (i.e. bedrooms). If your diocesan policy does not allow for youth and adults to be housed under the same roof, your group must stay off campus.

In the Evenings:

Your Housing Hosts are located on the first floor of your residence hall. They are available throughout the weekend should you need anything.

Lockdown

Make sure to take everything that you will need for the day with you when you leave for breakfast or the Morning Session, as all residence halls will be closed at 8:30 a.m. and will not open again until after the evening session.

You will not be permitted to enter the dorms during the day.

Expectations

Members of the opposite sex are not permitted in each other’s sleeping facilities.

Food in the residence halls is permitted, BUT please make sure to clean up after eating.

Do not move the furniture.

Leave a clear aisle from your door to your window for safety reasons. Additionally, do not open or otherwise touch the windows. No yelling out of or climbing through residence hall windows.

Everyone is to be in the dorms by midnight; do not leave the residence hall after this time.

Lights out is at 12:30 a.m.; Housing Hosts will announce this.

Please keep quiet after lights out. Group Leaders are responsible for the noise level of their youth.

No horseplay or excessive noise in residence hall restrooms.

No removing, damaging, or vandalizing signs or residence hall property.

Only main doors are to be used for entrance/exit throughout the weekend.

Close the curtains when changing.

Smoking and the use of candles is prohibited in all facilities.

Leave no trash behind; trash cans are available for your use during check out.

In order to abide more effectively by the Diocese of Steubenville’s Child Protection policies, all occupied rooms will be labeled with the Group Leader’s last name and the respective occupants, i.e. adult chaperone or youth. This will help us keep all participants safe and also help us find the respective Group Leaders and chaperones more quickly in case of emergency.  All guests may shower in the provided bathrooms in the assigned residence halls. Please note: Restrooms are designated by “Adult Chaperone” and “Youth” respectively, in order to adhere to Safe Environment standards.

Priest Housing

Priests will be housed separately from all other conference guests. These units are air conditioned.

Showers & Restrooms 

In the residence halls, all guests may shower in the provided bathrooms in the assigned residence halls. Please note, restrooms are designated by “Adult Chaperone” and “Youth” respectively, in order to adhere to Safe Environment standards. 

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Photography and Video

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. 

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Phones

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. 

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Parking

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.  

 

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Name Badge

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.  

 

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Lost and Found

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. 

 

 

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Keys

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. 

 

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First Aid and Security

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.  

 

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Matt Fradd

Matt Fradd is a Catholic Australian author, podcaster, and university professor. He has written and contributed to numerous books including Does God Exist? A Socratic Dialogue on the Five Ways of Thomas Aquinas, Marian Consecration with Aquinas, and The Porn Myth. Matt earned his undergraduate and graduate degrees in philosophy from Holy Apostles College & Seminary where he now teaches. He lives with his wife, Cameron, and their four children in Georgia.

 

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Jon Niven

Jon Niven is a gifted musician and songwriter who has helped usher thousands of people into the heart of Jesus with his gift for leading worship. The prayerfulness and humility he conveys in worship are unmistakable and help lead the worshiper into a deep encounter with God. As the co-founder of LIFT Ministries, Jon has led worship for countless retreats, adoration services, healing services, and Masses. He is currently the Director of Worship at St. Elizabeth Seton Parish in Naples, Florida. He resides in Naples with his wife and 2 children.

 

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Fr. Rufino Corona, TOR

Fr. Rufino Corona is a friar on the campus of his alma mater, Franciscan University of Steubenville. Shortly after his graduation, he entered the Third Order Regular of St. Francis and was ordained in 2020. Having grown up in California as a self proclaimed “conference kid,” Fr. Rufino is excited to minister at the conferences for the first time this summer.

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Derya Little

Born and raised in Muslim Turkey, Derya Little rejected her family’s Islamic faith and became an atheist after her parents’ divorce. During her stormy adolescence, she tried to convince a Christian missionary that there is no God but was converted to Christ instead. While serving as a Christian youth minister, Derya began to compare the teachings of Protestantism and Catholicism, and during her doctoral studies in England, she entered the Catholic Church. Little has an MA in history and a PhD in politics. Her books include her conversion story, From Islam to Christ, as well as A Beginner’s Guide to the Traditional Latin Mass, At His Feet: Drawing Closer to Christ, and the YA fiction series Two Fallen Worlds.

 

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Vocations Information for Northwest

Connect with your diocesan vocation office
It is tough to hear God with all the noise and distractions in our world today. And even when we do hear something, how do we know what to do about it—or if it is really God? How can we know for sure? 

It’s normal to have questions and fears. That’s why each bishop appoints at least one priest in the diocese as vocation director to help young people like you make sense of your experiences and understand how God is speaking to your heart. 

 

For more information or to speak with the vocation director, visit www.SpokaneVocations.org. If you are from outside the Diocese of Spokane, we will be happy to connect you with the vocation director in your own diocese.  

Vocations Information for Northwest 

https://www.spokanevocations.org/  

http://seattlevocations.com/  

https://archdpdxvocations.org/  

http://dioceseofbaker.org/vocations.htm  

https://www.catholicidaho.org/Vocations 

http://www.diocesegfb.org/Vocations/Vocationsmain.html 

 

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Curtis Martin

Curtis Martin is the Founder and CEO (Chief Evangelization Officer) of the Fellowship of Catholic University Students (FOCUS). Curtis holds a Master’s degree in Theology and is the author of the best-selling book Made for More. In 2004, Curtis serves as a Consulter to the Pontifical Council of the New Evangelization. Curtis and his wife, Michaelann, live in Westminster, CO. They have been blessed with nine children.