University Ministries

As the nation's first Franciscan university, St. Bonaventure affirms the unique dignity of every person and invites everyone into a community of  acceptance and understanding. All are welcome here.

University Ministries is the focal point for forging these loving bonds of belonging, and for extending this sense of community beyond our campus borders. We strive to share God's unconditional love, particularly with marginalized populations — the needy, ignored and excluded.

We're located in the McGinley-Carney Center for Franciscan Ministry (pictured), located in the center of campus. Opened in 2017, the center houses offices, an interdenominational prayer tower, a great room for student gatherings, and kitchen facilities.

We are committed to transforming the lives of our students inside and outside of the classroom, inspiring in them a lifelong commitment to service and citizenship.

Our liturgical life, centered around Sunday Eucharist, invites all members of the Bonaventure community to join in various liturgical ministries and many prayer opportunities.

Mass Card Requests

Mass intentions to honor the living and remember the deceased may be ordered online.

Positive Ripples reaches milestone: safe water to 300,000

Jun 29, 2026 | Positive Ripples, a nonprofit organization with roots at St. Bonaventure University, has reached a significant milestone: 300,000 people now have daily access to safe drinking water through wells the organization has helped build or repair in Haiti.

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Six to be inducted into SBU’s Rugby Hall of Fame Sept. 11

Jun 26, 2026 | Six alumni whose contributions helped shape the tradition, culture and success of St. Bonaventure University rugby will be inducted Sept. 11 into the SBU Rugby Hall of Fame during the university’s annual Rugby Alumni Weekend.

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Friars mark 800th anniversary of the death of St. Francis

Jun 17, 2026 | More than 70 Franciscan friars from the three branches of the First Order — the Order of Friars Minor Conventual, the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin and the Order of Friars Minor — gathered at St. Bonaventure University for “Transitus in an Era of Epochal Change,” a celebration and study days marking the 800th anniversary of the death of St. Francis of Assisi.

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