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Ministry building to open in February

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By Jessica Dillon News Assignment Editor The McGinley-Carney Center for Franciscan Ministry is on track to have a certificate of occupancy by Feb. 28. Phil Winger, associate vice president for facilities, said things will proceed rapidly from this point forward. “A good deal of what was happening all summer long was that the concrete was…

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Merton Center prepares for renovations

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By ALEXIS YOUNG Contributing Writer In January, University Ministries will move to the John J. Murphy Professional Building as renovations to the Thomas Merton Ministry Center begin. A donation of $2 million from John R. “Jack” McGinley Jr. made the renovations, announced in the summer of 2015, possible. The renovation will include a complete demolition…

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Alumni unite to host event for cancer-stricken classmate

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By Amelia Kibbe Managing Editor   Through the ups and downs in his life, John Hyland’s college friends have been by his side and full of support. So when doctors diagnosed Hyland, who graduated from St. Bonaventure University in December of 1989, with chronic myelomonocytic leukemia (CMML) this past fall, it didn’t take long for…

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In Loving Memory: Friar honors a fallen brother

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Bob’s office was next to mine in the Merton Center and that allowed a lot of my ability to have a window in on his life. Bob preferred to be called Brother Bob to Father Bob, even though he was a friar and a priest. Brother Bob felt that the title of “Father” removed him…

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