{"id":254,"date":"2018-01-09T09:56:20","date_gmt":"2018-01-09T15:56:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stfrancis100.org\/?page_id=254"},"modified":"2025-01-06T11:17:15","modified_gmt":"2025-01-06T17:17:15","slug":"st-francis","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/stfrancis.edu\/st-francis\/","title":{"rendered":"Franciscan Higher Education"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"254\" class=\"elementor elementor-254\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-53f21d4 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"53f21d4\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8ea1560\" data-id=\"8ea1560\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-82816ab elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"82816ab\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Franciscan Higher Education<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-12edfe2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"12edfe2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The University of St. Francis proudly stands in the Catholic tradition of liberal learning of thought, letters and art. It is in this culture that students are encouraged to incorporate these Franciscan values in their life and work<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-29dc4451 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"29dc4451\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6fd104c1\" data-id=\"6fd104c1\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-77a7d56 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"77a7d56\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Characteristics of a Franciscan Education<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e017e69 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e017e69\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-size: 1.25rem;\"><strong>As a member of the Association of Franciscan Colleges and Universities USF holds certain characteristic of Franciscan higher education and\u00a0 give witness to the following common attributes&#8230;<\/strong><\/em><\/p><p>1) The Franciscan Tradition holds a <strong>sacramental<\/strong> view of the world and of the human person as a reflection of God\u2019s overflowing goodness. Thus, a Franciscan education:<\/p><ul><li>celebrates diversity as an expression of God\u2019s generous love <strong>incarnate<\/strong> first in Jesus Christ and the human family,<\/li><li>emphasizes responsibility for <strong>creation<\/strong> honoring the dignity of every creature as a particular gift of God with special care for those suffering\/marginalized,\u00a0and<\/li><li>provides opportunities to contemplate and communicate the reality of God\u2019s abundant <strong>goodness <\/strong>and<strong> beauty<\/strong>.<a href=\"#_edn3\" name=\"_ednref3\"><\/a><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/li><\/ul><p>2) The Franciscan Tradition emphasizes <strong>relationships<\/strong> building communion from a stance of <em>minoritas<\/em>.\u00a0 Thus, a Franciscan education:<em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p><ul><li>works from a stance of <strong>minority<\/strong>\/humility, accountability, transparency and <strong>poverty<\/strong>\/simplicity,<\/li><li>promotes <strong>peacemaking<\/strong>, seeking to heal divisions through a sense of familial communion, and<\/li><li>engages the world through a culture of social responsibility with attitude of <strong>justice<\/strong> to \u201crepair God\u2019s house.\u201d<\/li><\/ul><p>3) The Franciscan Tradition, balancing both orthodoxy and orthopraxy, is grounded in <strong>Gospel<\/strong> values. Thus, a Franciscan education:<\/p><ul><li>supports every person on their lifelong journey of <strong>conversion <\/strong>(maturation\/search for truth),<\/li><li>contributes an <strong>intellectual tradition<\/strong> that reflects an acknowledgement of faith and an ethical and moral response to God\u2019s love, and<\/li><li>encourages\/models a response to the personal call to<strong> leadership through service <\/strong>(Jesus\u2019 witness in the gospels).<a href=\"#_edn9\" name=\"_ednref9\"><\/a><\/li><\/ul><p><strong><em>The Franciscan Tradition has a distinctive approach to reality.\u00a0 As an educational institution these characteristics shape and define policies, practices, activities, interactions, programs, speakers, celebrations, prayer opportunities, service projects, course offerings, professional preparation, resolution of conflicts, orientations, and other interactions.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d612301 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d612301\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Our Four Values<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dba53b3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"dba53b3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>USF is first and foremost a community, because community is fundamental to the Catholic Gospel tradition. In the language of our Franciscan Tradition, we call it\u00a0<em>fraternitas<\/em>, united through the salvific action of our brother Jesus. We are all children connected by &#8220;our Father.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-b87b1f7 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b87b1f7\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-3433531\" data-id=\"3433531\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-50e3c06 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"50e3c06\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"126\" height=\"165\" src=\"https:\/\/stfrancis.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/respect2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-2692\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-cbdf8c8\" data-id=\"cbdf8c8\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ab9a8ca elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ab9a8ca\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<b>WE ARE A COMMUNITY OF RESPECT\n<\/b>\n<p>We hold reverence for all life and all humankind as children of God, we are brothers and sisters to all peoples\u2014races and beliefs. We strive to show a reverence for all human life and life of all forms. Dignity and respect for all drive our efforts in working for the common good. In the spirit of charity, we support each other. We live daily with a reverence for all creation.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-7d1b4c6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7d1b4c6\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-55f093e\" data-id=\"55f093e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f8e08fa elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"f8e08fa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"126\" height=\"165\" src=\"https:\/\/stfrancis.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/compassion2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-2690\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-57c16df\" data-id=\"57c16df\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-28f0cf0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"28f0cf0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>WE ARE A COMMUNITY OF COMPASSION<\/strong> <br \/>We have compassion for all people, always aware of the call to love our neighbors as ourselves, we strive to open our hearts to all others. We seek to form loving relationships thereby promoting empathy, forgiveness and peace in the global community. We work to build up God\u2019s people everywhere, to bring reconciliation, and to act as instruments of change for future generations.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-2fbc2b7 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2fbc2b7\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-9f3677b\" data-id=\"9f3677b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-808d046 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"808d046\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"126\" height=\"165\" src=\"https:\/\/stfrancis.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/service2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-2693\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-1272061\" data-id=\"1272061\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1d6c711 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1d6c711\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>WE ARE A COMMUNITY OF SERVICE<\/strong> <br \/>In the Spirit of St. Francis, we strive to serve all people, especially the poor and powerless. Knowing our own dependence on God and on others, we engage in active service to the poor and to those with special needs. In order to accomplish our mission, we seek also to exercise a wise stewardship of the university\u2019s resources.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-e47accb elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e47accb\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-f51ba29\" data-id=\"f51ba29\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-865c012 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"865c012\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"126\" height=\"165\" src=\"https:\/\/stfrancis.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/integrity2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-2691\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-259f3ca\" data-id=\"259f3ca\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b782902 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b782902\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>WE ARE A COMMUNITY OF INTEGRITY<\/strong> <br \/>In our work and interaction, we commit ourselves in honesty and excellence in our work, and seek to experience high ethical standards in our lives. We accept personal responsibility for our actions. We are well aware of concern for the challenges of Christian living in a modern world. The university attempts to assist students, faculty and business people to achieve greater understanding of ethical dimensions of professional life.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3042d58 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3042d58\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Prayer of St. Francis<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4cff7334 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4cff7334\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em><strong>This prayer is associated with St. Francis of Assisi<\/strong><\/em><\/p><p>Lord, make me an instrument of Thy peace;<\/p><p>where there is hatred let me sow love;<br \/>where there is injury, pardon;<br \/>where there is doubt, faith;<br \/>where there is despair, hope;<br \/>where there is darkness, light;<br \/>and where there is sadness, joy.<\/p><p>O Divine Master,<br \/>grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled, as to console;<br \/>to be understood, as to understand;<br \/>to be loved, as to love;<br \/>for it is in giving that we receive,<br \/>it is in pardoning that we are pardoned,<br \/>and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life.<\/p><p><strong>-St. Francis of Assisi<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7438545 elementor-widget elementor-widget-sidebar\" data-id=\"7438545\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"sidebar.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"textwidget\"><h2 class=\"sidebar-title\" style=\"font-size: 24px;\">Top Links<\/h2>\n<ul style=\"font-size: 16px; margin-left: 20px;\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/stfrancis.edu\/about-us\/our-mission\/\">Our Mission<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/stfrancis.edu\/st-francis\">Franciscan Education &amp; Values<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/stfrancis.edu\/centennial\/\">History and the USF Centennial<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jolietfranciscans.org\/\">The Sisters of St. Francis of Mary Immaculate<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jolietfranciscans.org\/our-foundress\/\">About Mother Alfred Moes, OSF<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vaticannews.va\/en\/saints\/10\/04\/st--francis-of-assisi--founder-of-the-franciscan--order--patron-.html\">About St. Francis of Assisi<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vaticannews.va\/en\/saints\/08\/11\/st--clare-of-assisis--virgin--foundress-of-the-poor-ladies.html\">About St. Clare of Assisi<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/stfrancis.edu\/ministry\">University Ministry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/certificate-in-franciscan-studies\/\">USF&#8217;s Certificate in Franciscan Studies<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Franciscan Higher Education The University of St. Francis proudly stands in the Catholic tradition of liberal learning of thought, letters and art. 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