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Welcome! My name is Dr. John Bergsma and I am a Full Professor of Theology at the Franciscan University of Steubenville, in Steubenville, Ohio. I served as a Protestant pastor for four years before entering the Catholic Church in 2001 while pursuing a Ph.D. in...
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Community of Catholic Scholarship Join our academic mission to generate a culture whose members “see life in its deeper meaning, its beauty and its invitation to freedom and responsibility” (Evangelium vitae, 83). The mission of the Pontifical John Paul II Institute...
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About Us History In 1974 Father Joseph Fessio, SJ returned to the United States from then-West Germany, where he had completed his doctoral studies in theology under then-Professor Joseph Ratzinger (who would later become Pope Benedict XVI). Previously Father Fessio...
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Our Charism In imitation of St. Francis of Assisi, we seek to follow in the footsteps of Jesus, as a prophetic witness that life is a pilgrimage to the Father, of faith, hope, and love of God and neighbor, made possible by the Holy Spirit. We participate in Christ’s...
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Every day, The Heritage Foundation is building an America where freedom, opportunity, prosperity, and civil society flourish. Heritage’s mission is to formulate and promote public policies based on the principles of free enterprise, limited government, individual...