{"id":2854034,"date":"2025-11-10T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-10T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stfrancis.edu\/?p=2854034"},"modified":"2026-01-05T14:59:42","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T20:59:42","slug":"welcomes-diocese-of-joliet-bishop-ronald-hicks-for-annual-mass-for-college-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stfrancis.edu\/welcomes-diocese-of-joliet-bishop-ronald-hicks-for-annual-mass-for-college-students\/","title":{"rendered":"USF Welcomes Diocese of Joliet Bishop Ronald Hicks for Annual Mass for College Students"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"2854034\" class=\"elementor elementor-2854034\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f2e4385 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f2e4385\" 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-822bca4\" data-id=\"822bca4\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-8106c68 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8106c68\" 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-40bbf0d\" data-id=\"40bbf0d\" 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-6c03cd8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6c03cd8\" 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>Joliet, Ill. \u2014 The University of St. Francis (USF) welcomed Diocese of Joliet Bishop Ronald Hicks to campus on Thursday, October 30, 2025 for the annual Diocesan Mass for College Students. Students from USF, Benedictine University, and Lewis University were in attendance.<\/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<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-c9ce341\" data-id=\"c9ce341\" 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-ae814ca elementor--h-position-center elementor--v-position-middle elementor-widget elementor-widget-slides\" data-id=\"ae814ca\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;navigation&quot;:&quot;none&quot;,&quot;autoplay_speed&quot;:3000,&quot;autoplay&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;pause_on_interaction&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;infinite&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;transition&quot;:&quot;slide&quot;,&quot;transition_speed&quot;:500}\" data-widget_type=\"slides.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-swiper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-slides-wrapper elementor-main-swiper swiper\" role=\"region\" aria-roledescription=\"carousel\" aria-label=\"Slides\" dir=\"ltr\" data-animation=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-wrapper elementor-slides\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-repeater-item-c4c34d2 swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\"><div class=\"swiper-slide-bg\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Annual Diocesan Mass for College Students Slide-1\"><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide-inner\" ><div class=\"swiper-slide-contents\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"elementor-repeater-item-d5297e1 swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\"><div class=\"swiper-slide-bg\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Annual Diocesan Mass for College Students Slide-2\"><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide-inner\" ><div class=\"swiper-slide-contents\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"elementor-repeater-item-6b1f503 swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\"><div class=\"swiper-slide-bg\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Annual Diocesan Mass for College Students Slide-4\"><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide-inner\" ><div class=\"swiper-slide-contents\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"elementor-repeater-item-e9705c4 swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\"><div class=\"swiper-slide-bg\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Annual Diocesan Mass for College Students Slide-5\"><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide-inner\" ><div class=\"swiper-slide-contents\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\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\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-8106a85 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8106a85\" 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>Bishop Hicks started the day in USF&#8217;s WCSF 88.7FM radio station, where he was interviewed by students\u00a0Priscilla Bonilla and Patrycja Mrowca. He\u00a0talked about putting faith into action, newly canonized saints St. Carlo Acutis and St. Pier Giorgio Frassati, and his new pastoral letter, \u201cMAKE.\u201d<\/p><p>Later in the day, prior to the 7 p.m. Mass, Bishop Hicks talked to the audience about the pastoral letter, which focuses on taking action and living faith boldly. In his letter, he urges us to\u00a0<i>be\u00a0<\/i>disciples, then to \u201cgo and\u00a0<i>make<\/i> disciples.\u201d Special thanks to Bishop Hicks for spending time with college students from the Diocese!<\/p><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/stfrancis.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Bishop_Hicks_Interview_mixdown.wav\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here to hear the interview with Bishop Hicks on WCSF 88.7FM.\u00a0<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/make.diojoliet.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here to read Bishop Hicks\u2019s pastoral letter.<\/a><\/li><\/ul><p>: :<\/p><p>The University of St. Francis, in Joliet, Ill., serves close to 3,000 students nationwide and offers undergraduate, graduate, doctoral and certificate programs in the arts and sciences, business, education, nursing and social work. There are over 54,000 USF alumni across the globe. For information, call 800-735-7500 or visit <a href=\"https:\/\/stfrancis.edu\/\">stfrancis.edu<\/a>.<\/p><p>University of St. Francis: Bigger thinking. 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