Homecoming 2023
The Franciscan community is excited to welcome you to our 2023 Homecoming Weekend, October 6-8. 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, October 6
- 10:00 am -
- Presidential Golf Outing
- Steubenville Country Club
- 3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
- Holy Hour
- Christ the King Chapel
- 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 pm -
- Alumni Awards Reception
- JCWC Atrium
- 7:00 pm -
- Alumni Awards Banquet
- JCWC Gentile Gallery
- 7:00 pm -
- Student Talent Show
- Finnegan Fieldhouse
Saturday, October 7
- 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
- 9:30 am -
- Homecoming Mass
- Finnegan Fieldhouse
- 11:30 am -
- Blessed Solanus Casey Hall Dedication
- Solanus Casey Hall
- 12:00 pm - 3:00 pm
- Alumni Check-in Table
- JCWC International Lounge
- 12:00 pm - 4:00 pm
- St. Francis Festival (Food, Vendors, Inflatables (weather permitting and socks required), Kid's Kingdom Crafts and Games)
- JCWC, Tent, & Rosary Circle
- 1:00 p.m. -
- Volleyball Game vs King's College
- Finnegan Fieldhouse
- 12:00 pm -
- Women's Alumni Lacrosse
- Turf Field
- 12:00 pm -
- Rugby Game vs Slippery Rock
- Rugby Field
- 1:00 pm -
- Life of St. Francis Play
- Christ the King Chapel Courtyard
- 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
- Alumni Beer Tent (21+)
- Rugby Field
- 2:00 pm -
- Men's Alumni Lacrosse Game
- Turn Field
- 2:45 pm -
- Blessing of Animals
- Portiuncula Chapel
- 3:00 pm -
- Women's Tennis
- Belleview Park
- 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
- School of Natural & Applied Sciences Open House
- Cosmas and Damian Hall
- 4:00 p.m. -
- Alumni Nuptial Blessing (Celebrating milestone anniversaries (5, 10, 15, 20 years, etc.))
- Christ the King Chapel
- 4:00 pm -
- Lord's Day Celebrations
- Various Locations
- 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
- Alumni 3's + 8's Reunion Reception - Graduating classes ending in 3's & 8's
- JCWC Gallery
- 8:00 pm -
- Festival of Praise
- Finnegan Fieldhouse
- 10:00 pm -
- Festival of Praise Prayer Teams
- Christ the King Chapel
Sunday, October 8
- 9:00 am - 1:00 pm
- Shuttles - Rosary Circle
- Every half hour to Steubenville hotels, every hour to Weirton hotels.
- 10:30 am -
- Mass
- Finnegan Fieldhouse