Your MATCHED Gift Will Provide Numerous Students With a Transformative Education and Life-Shaping Catholic Formation

For so many young Catholics, college is the turning point: where faith is either strengthened for life or slowly set aside. The result is a generation walking away from the Church like never before.

At Franciscan University of Steubenville, real Catholic formation isn’t left behind. Students are equipped to excel in their careers and boldly live out their faith. Through daily Mass, perpetual adoration, spiritual direction, and friendships rooted in Christ, they are growing in holiness and preparing to bring Christ’s light to a world in desperate need of him. But 90% of students count on scholarships and financial aid to make this possible.

That’s why today, Franciscan’s fourth annual Giving Day, is so important.

For the next 24 hours, we’re rallying as many faithful supporters as we can to the St. Michael Scholarship Fund. And thanks to a generous $100,000 match, your gift today will be DOUBLED!

But midnight is the deadline! When you become one of the donors we need today, your generosity does more than provide a student with a degree—it ensures each one is also formed in the faith, equipped to answer God’s call, and prepared to carry Christ into the world.

Your gift, DOUBLED in impact, makes this possible:

• You root students in a personal and vibrant sacramental life. From daily Mass to adoration, confession, and spiritual direction, students live out their faith every day.

• You surround them with real Catholic community. Through friendships rooted in Christ, discipleship groups, and a campus-wide commitment to holiness, students form lifelong bonds.

• You send them out into the world as bold witnesses for Christ. Whether leading missions, serving the poor, or evangelizing on campus, students are equipped to be on fire for Christ and fully in the world.

And here is a special match for alumni of Franciscan University: For the next 24 hours, the first 500 alumni who make a gift of $20 or more will have an additional $100 directed to their first chosen fund, and another $100 tithed to the St. Michael Scholarship Fund. Plus, the first 250 alumni who give will have another $100 tithed to the St. Michael Fund by a generous donor! (Be sure to check the box that you are an alumni!)

And if your gift is to the St. Michael Scholarship Fund, it will be DOUBLED by the $100,000 match! That means a $100 gift could have 4X the impact today, but midnight is the deadline!

And here’s what’s most encouraging of all: For 24 hours, you’re not only combining your generosity alongside a campus-wide initiative here in Steubenville, Ohio—your impact is made alongside faithful Catholic alumni and friends of the University who are rallying throughout the country for this special day! If you believe these young Catholic men and women will shape the future of the Church and become the messengers our world needs to encounter Christ, will you make your gift to Franciscan’s St. Michael Scholarship Fund today so it can be doubled by the $100,000 Match?

Thank you so much for your generosity and consideration in this mission. You can use the secure form below to DOUBLE your gift before 11:59 p.m. tonight!