BY: JULIA BEARDSLEY, STAFF WRITER With Francis Week 2026 underway, many free events and opportunities are taking place inside and surrounding the Franciscan center for social concern. One of which was a pop-up display of Clare’s Closet. Clare’s Closet is a mainly student-run initiative as a part of the Franciscan Justice Circle. Members of the…
By Lauren Zazzara Features Editor Before this year, no student has graduated from St. Bonaventure University with a Franciscan studies minor. Now, four seniors, biology majors Dennis Kurian, Jeffrey Georgiades and Lori Kim, and psychology major Melissa Misenheimer, plan to graduate with the minor. Jean François Godet-Calogeras, a professor of Franciscan Studies who has been…
By Lauren Zazzara and Kailyn Jennings St. Bonaventure has multiple St. Francis statues, yet none of St. Clare, said Jean François Godet-Calogeras, professor of Franciscan studies. He added there should be a statue of Clare on campus. “The Franciscan movement would be incomplete without Clare,” he said. “Clare brought the women into the movement to…
