Franciscan University Presents
Franciscan University Presents airs monthly on EWTN. Check your local listings for time and availability!
Episodes
Join host Fr. Dave Pivonka, TOR, panelists Dr. Regis Martin and Dr. Scott Hahn, and special guest Fr. Carter Griffin, Rector at the Saint John Paul II Seminary and Author of "Forming Families, Forming Saints", as they discuss the role of parents and family life in preparing us for our final destination.
Other Voices for this episode include:
Dr. Ron Bolster Dean of the School of Theology and Philosophy
Dr. Petroc Willey Professor o...
Join host Father Dave Pivonka, TOR, panelists Dr. Scott Hahn and Dr. Shane Owens, and special guest Dr. Regis Martin, Professor of Theology at Franciscan University of Steubenville and author of March to Martyrdom: Seven Letters on Sanctity From St. Ignatius of Antioch, as they discuss how the example of St. Ignatius of Antioch can inspire us to examine our lives.
Other Voices for this episode are excerpts from Dr. Martin's book, r...
Join panelists Father Jonathan St. André, TOR, and Dr. Scott Hahn, host Father Dave Pivonka, TOR, and special guest Dr. Paul Kengor, Professor of Political Science at Grove City College and author of The Stigmatists: Their Gifts, Their Revelations, Their Warnings, as they discuss the saints who bore the wounds of Christ, and why this should get our attention.
Other Voices for this episode include:
Dr. James Matenaer Professor of Hi...
Join panelists Dr. Regis Martin and Dr. Scott Hahn, host Father Dave Pivonka, TOR, and special guest Dr. Shane Owens, Assistant Professor of Theology at Franciscan University of Steubenville and Author of Return to the Heart: The Biblical Spirituality of St. Augustine's Confessions, as they discuss what St. Augustine can teach us about our own heart and our own spiritual journey.
Other Voices for this episode are quotes from Dr. ...
Join panelists Dr. Regis Martin and Dr. Scott Hahn, host Father Dave Pivonka, TOR, and special guest Dr. Catherine Pakaluk, associate professor in the Busch School of Business at the Catholic University of America and author of Hannah’s Children: The Women Quietly Defying the Birth Dearth, as they discuss why some women are open to having large families, despite cultural pressure.
Other Voices from this episode include:
Alicia Hern...
Join panelists Dr. Regis Martin and Dr. Scott Hahn, host Father Dave Pivonka, TOR, and special guest Dr. John Bergsma, Professor of Theology at Franciscan University of Steubenville and Author of Jesus and Jubilee: The Biblical Roots of the Year of God’s Favor, as they discuss how we can enter into this Year of Jubilee and discover what God wants to offer each of us.
ORIGINAL AIR DATE: January 2025
Other Voices for this episode inc...
Join panelists Dr. Regis Martin and Dr. Scott Hahn, host Father Dave Pivonka, TOR, and special guest Dr. Greg Bottaro, Catholic psychologist and founder of the CatholicPsych Institute, as they discuss difficult relationships and the contributions of John Paul II to modern psychology.
Other Voices featu...
Join panelists Dr. Regis Martin and Dr. Scott Hahn, and Host – and special guest – Fr. Dave Pivonka, TOR, President of Franciscan University of Steubenville and Host of the video series “My father’s Father“, as they discuss how human fatherhood reveals – but can never replace – the divine Fatherhood of God.
Other Voices for this episode include:
William McNamara, Communication Arts major
Emma Grace Brierley, Marketing major
Duran L...Join Host Father Dave Pivonka, TOR, panelists Dr. Regis Martin and Dr. Scott Hahn,, and special guest Mother Iliana, a nun of the Byzantine Catholic Christ the Bridegroom Monastery and author of the new book “The Light of His Eyes: Journeying From Self-Contempt to the Father’s Delight“, as they discuss how we know that our lives matter and that we are enough.
ORIGINAL AIR DATE: OCTOBER 2024
Other Voices for this Episode include:
Al...
Join Host Father Dave Pivonka, TOR, panelists Dr. Regis Martin and Dr. Scott Hahn,, and special guest Dr. Kevin Schmiesing, professor of Church History at Mount St. Mary’s Seminary and School of Theology and author of A Catholic Pilgrimage Through American History: People and Places that Shaped the Church in the United States, as they discuss what pilgrimage is and all of the many holy sites located throughout the United States of ...
Host Father Dave Pivonka, TOR, panelists Dr. Regis Martin and Dr. Scott Hahn, and special guest Dr. Daniel Kuebler, professor of biology at Franciscan University of Steubenville and Vice President of the Society of Catholic Scientists, as they discuss the intersection of faith and science and what the Church’s official stance on evolution is.
Want to learn more about the intersection of faith and science? Be sure to check out Dr. D...
Join Host Father Dave Pivonka, TOR, panelists Dr. Regis Martin and Dr. Scott Hahn,, and special guest Bishop Frank J. Caggiano, Bishop of the Diocese of Bridgeport, Connecticut and member of the USCCB Committee on Evangelization and Catechesis, as they discuss Catechesis and who needs it the most.
Other Voices for this episode include:
Bill Keimig, Deputy Director of the Catechetical Institute at Franciscan University of Steubenv...
Join Host Father Dave Pivonka, TOR, panelists Dr. Regis Martin and Dr. Scott Hahn, and special guest Dr. Carrie Gress, Fellow at the Ethics and Policy Center and author of The End of Woman: How Smashing the Patriarchy Has Destroyed Us, as they discuss feminism and how the abolition of patriarchy has hurt women.
The Other Voices segments for this episode are excerpts from Dr. Gress' book.
ORIGINAL AIR DATE: June 2024
Join Host Father Dave Pivonka, TOR, panelists Dr. Regis Martin and Dr. Scott Hahn,, and special guest Bishop Andrew Cozzens, Bishop of Crookston, Minnesota and Chairman of the Board for the National Eucharistic Congress, as they discuss the gift of the Holy Eucharist and the National Eucharistic Revival.
ORIGINAL AIR DATE: May 2024
Other Voice include:
Victoria Unnerstall Bio-Chemistry Major
Talia Tetmeyer Theology-Catechetics Ma...
Join Host Fr. Dave Pivonka, TOR, panelists Dr. Regis Martin and Dr. Scott Hahn, and special guest Dr. Abigail Favale, Professor in the McGrath Institute for Church Life at the University of Notre Dame and author of "The Genesis of Gender: A Christian Theory", as they discuss the gender paradigm and what the human body has to say about human personhood.
ORIGINAL AIR DATE: April 2024
Other Voices in this episode include quotes from D...
Host Father Dave Pivonka, TOR, panelists Dr. Regis Martin and Dr. Scott Hahn, and special guest Dr. Brandon Dahm, Associate Professor of Philosophy and author of “Correcting Acedia Through Wonder and Gratitude“, as they discuss what the vice of acedia is and how to overcome it.
ORIGINAL AIR DATE: March 2024
Other Voices for this episode include:
John-Paul Palladino, Accounting & Communication Arts Major
Hannah Hough, Communicat...
Join Host Fr. Dave Pivonka, TOR, panelists Dr. Regis Martin and Dr. Scott Hahn, and special guest Dr. Paul Kengor, Senior Director of the Institute for Faith & Freedom and Professor of Political Science at Grove City College, and author of the new book The Worst of Indignities: The Catholic Church on Slavery, as they discuss the long history of the Catholic Church’s vocal— and Scriptural — opposition to the institution of slave...
Join Host Fr. Dave Pivonka, TOR, panelists Dr. Regis Martin and Dr. Shane Owens, and special guest Dr. Scott Hahn, the Fr. Scanlan Professor of Biblical Theology and the New Evangelization at Franciscan University of Steubenville, and author of the new book “Catholics in Exile: Biblical Wisdom for the Journey Home“, as they discuss how we can survive – and even change – this world that is not our true home.
ORIGINAL AIR DATE: Jan...
Join Father Dave Pivonka, TOR, panelists Dr. Regis Martin and Kimberly Hahn, and special guest Immaculée Ilibagiza, Rwandan genocide survivor and author of the new book “A Blessing in Disguise: Miracles of the Seven Sorrows Rosary“, as they discuss how meditating on the Sorrows of Our Lady can help us to embrace our own sorrows – and even bring us consolation.
ORIGINAL AIR DATE: December 2023
Other Voices appearing in this episode:
...Join Host Father Dave Pivonka, TOR, panelists Dr. Regis Martin and Dr. Scott Hahn, and special guest Father Anthony Giambrone, OP, Extraordinary Professor and Vice Director of the French School of Biblical and Archaeological Research in Jerusalem, and author of the new book “The Bible and the Priesthood: Priestly Participation in the One Sacrifice for Sins“, as they discuss how the Old Testament and the Catholic priesthood are conn...
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