University Ministries News, Publications & Research

Franciscan Institute scholars publish interdisciplinary volume on trust

Jan 10, 51�Թ�app | Three scholars from the Franciscan Institute at 51�Թ�app have joined in the publication of a new international volume titled “Trust: Franciscan Connections in Theology, Spirituality, Economics and Beyond.”

St. Joe's students make 43rd annual food delivery to Warming House

Dec 20, 2024 | For the 43rd consecutive year, students from St. Joseph’s Collegiate Institute delivered a truckload of nonperishable food items and paper products Friday to the Warming House, 51�Թ�app’s soup kitchen on North Union Street in Olean.

Bonnies lose heartbreaker to Brown in national rugby semifinal

Dec 07, 2024 | This afternoon, Brown (11-0), ranked No. 2 in the NCR D-I poll, converted a short penalty kick on the final play of the match to edge the No. 3 Bonnies, 11-10, and advance to next Saturday’s title game in Houston.

Bonnies to battle Brown in national rugby championship final four

Dec 05, 2024 | For the third year in a row, St. Bonaventure will square off with Brown University in the final four of the National Collegiate Rugby Championship. The Bonnies (7-3), ranked No. 3 in the latest NCR Division I poll, meet the No. 2 Bears (10-0) at 1 p.m. Saturday at Penn State-Berks.

St. Bonaventure, Mt. Irenaeus renew their 40-year partnership

Nov 26, 2024 | 51�Թ�app has renewed its longstanding partnership agreement with Mt. Irenaeus, the Franciscan mountain community in Allegany County.

Bonnies advance to fourth straight rugby final four

Nov 23, 2024 | St. Bonaventure (7-3), ranked No. 4 in the latest National Collegiate Rugby Division I poll, held off Thomas More University (6-3) on Saturday, 30-24, to advance to the NCR Championship semifinals for the fourth straight year.

Bonnies hope to reach fourth straight rugby final four

Nov 22, 2024 | The Bonnies (5-3), ranked No. 4 in the latest NCR Division I poll, travel to Crestview Hills, Kentucky, to meet Big Rivers Conference champion Thomas More University (6-2) at noon Saturday. The game will be livestreamed.

Paralympic gold medalist Rico Roman to speak at SBU on Nov. 21

Nov 20, 2024 | Rico Roman, a three-time Paralympic gold medalist in sled hockey and a U.S. Army veteran who received a Purple Heart after being wounded in Iraq, will share his inspiring story at 51�Թ�app on Thursday, Nov. 21.

ESPN’s Freddie Coleman broadcasts national radio show from RC

Nov 19, 2024 | Freddie Coleman, longtime ESPN Radio host, will broadcast his 3-7 p.m. national show from the Reilly Center Wednesday, just before the unbeaten Bonnies (4-0) men’s basketball team take on Mansfield University.

Bonnies dump Dartmouth in national rugby tourney

Nov 16, 2024 | Down 10-0 to Dartmouth Saturday morning at the Marra Athletic Fields Complex, St. Bonaventure scored 28 unanswered points en route to a 41-17 victory over the Big Green to advance to the quarterfinals of the National Collegiate Rugby tournament.

Bonnies host Dartmouth in national rugby tournament playoff game

Nov 15, 2024 | It’s national tourney time again and Danny Neighbour believes his club has the ability to reach the National Collegiate Rugby title game for the third time in four years.

Bonnies headed to Wheeling

Nov 07, 2024 | Less than a year removed from winning the small-college national rugby title, St. Bonaventure is one win away from returning to the national stage, this time in Division I.

Bonnies earn Colonial Club Baseball Association crown

Nov 05, 2024 | St. Bonaventure captured the Colonial Club Baseball Association playoff title Saturday, defeating the University of Rochester, 5-2, at Falcon Park in Auburn.

SBU Theater presents ‘After the Revolution’ Nov. 6-9

Oct 31, 2024 | SBU Theater, the theater program at 51�Թ�app, opens its season next week with the production of Amy Herzog’s “After the Revolution.” The curtain rises at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 6-9 at the university’s Garret Theater on campus.

Bonaventure women and men ruggers square off Saturday with familiar foes

Oct 04, 2024 | St. Bonaventure’s nationally ranked women’s and men’s rugby teams square off with their counterparts from Walsh University Saturday at SBU’s Marra Athletics Fields Complex. The women, ranked No. 5 in the latest National Collegiate Rugby Division I poll, play No. 7 Walsh at 10 a.m. The 4th-ranked Bonaventure men play 6th-ranked Walsh at noon.

SBU’s Franciscan Institute launches a new international society for Franciscan Studies

Oct 03, 2024 | The Franciscan Institute at 51�Թ�app has partnered with the Franciscan Study Center at Tilburg University, Netherlands, to launch a new association of scholars, teachers and students around the world to collaborate in the study of the Franciscan movement.

St. Bonaventure to offer master’s in Social Work beginning in January

Oct 03, 2024 | 51�Թ�app will offer a Master of Social Work (MSW) program beginning in January.

Francis Week events to focus on sustainability

Sep 25, 2024 | Please join us for Francis Week 2024 as the university celebrates the life of St. Francis of Assisi with a focus on the theme “Sustainability: It’s complicated.” Events run through Saturday, Oct. 5.

Polar Spray to kick off Family Weekend Friday, Sept. 27

Sep 23, 2024 | The annual Special Olympics Polar Spray will kick off Family Weekend at 5:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 27, in the parking lot between the Richter and Reilly centers.

Bychkov publishes article on medieval Franciscan debate

Sep 19, 2024 | Dr. Oleg Bychkov, professor of Theology and Franciscan Studies, published an article titled “The Late Medieval Debate about the Nature of Phenomenal Reality in Franciscan Theology and Islamic Thought and its Greek Sources” in the special edition of the journal Revista Española de Filosofía Medieval (The Spanish Journal of Medieval Philosophy), 31, no. 1 (2024): 167-99, dedicated to the topic “The Powers of the Soul in Medieval Franciscan Thought.”