This school is authentically Catholic, not "Catholic in name only" like many colleges. The theology…read moredepartment is fantastic, with many well-known professors who teach here. I got a very good theology education here. Franciscan teaches Catholic truth without apology. The curriculum is grounded in names like Aquinas, not liberal theologians who interpret Catholic teaching as they see fit. Theologically they are on the conservative side - that's what makes them authentically Catholic. Most students are not only Catholic but are very serious about their faith. Many attend daily Mass (there are multiple daily Masses offered), adoration, you see students walking around campus praying the rosary, and quite a few discern a religious vocation. Franciscan is an escape from the craziness that the secular world has become these days. I took off one star for: - the town is very run down, small, with nothing to do. The campus is the only highlight. - the facilities at this school need to be updated, especially the HVAC system. Classrooms are often boiling hot even in January. - Masses are reverent (at least compared to an average parish) but could use more traditional music and more Latin. Guitars don't belong in the liturgy. Also, with so many priests living on campus, there is no excuse for their constant use of extraordinary ministers of communion.

This school is nothing but a cult. Everyone is very judgmental. The teachers here don't care about…read moretheir students and their education. You're better off at a different university such as Ohio State, Ohio University etc.. they most likely will have a better curriculum there than here.

Second year coming here! We have enjoyed both times. We ordered our tickets online and checkin was…read moreeasy. You do have to pick skate sizes when you order online but they said it doesn't matter when you get there. Skates are nice quality. They also have skate helpers for $5. There are fire pits and a watching area for those that don't skate or need a break. It isn't a large skating rink but fun for the hour and a half the ticket gets you. My only complaint is that when a number of the skate helpers get on the ice it gets a bit challenging to skate around them all. Overall, we will go back with our kids.

4.5 stars overall. Birch Creek Farmery is a family-owned farm that has been in operation for four…read moregenerations. They raise many heritage breeds of animals that existed hundreds of years before commercial breeds. Their heritage breeds include Icelandic lamb, Berkshire pork, Galloway beef, poultry such as Muscovy duck, and others. The farmers use natural farming practices. Their animals enjoy large, green pastures, and pigs aerate the soil. The farmers never give the animals any antibiotics, growth hormones, or steroids. Furthermore, the farmers strive to use all parts of the animals so that nothing goes to waste. For example, they use bones to make bone broth, and they share hides to make leather as well as fat to make cosmetics. I have made several purchases from this farm. The ground chicken was a high quality. The slice of ham was large and had a smoky flavor. The duck wings were large, and I appreciate that the farm kindly gave me instructions to properly cook the duck. I also bought a couple of medium-sized pumpkins that were lovely decorations on my front porch.

I ordered a beef share, some pork chops and bacon. Everything has exceeded expectations. The owners…read morewere extremely helpful explaining everything and going over the order sheet. I will definitely be ordering again. Thank you for providing quality, healthy meat to the local community!

Great farm. With increasing number of chemical toxic…read morefootprint in our daily food, it is imminent that health responsible people should find these ORGANIC UNBLEACHED flour product from direct producer to home. Nigel and his family is doing great job to us. We are thankful to them.

From the owner: Taste the difference Weatherbury Farm's organic flours (milled from grains grown on the farm) make!…read more The flours, ground slowly and at a low temperature on a stone mill, retain the grain's vitamins, minerals, oils and fiber giving the flours their delicious unique flavors. Weatherbury Flours are organic flours milled to order. Order 10 days prior to pickup, which are scheduled once per month. Mail orders are also available. Trace your flour back to the field were it was grown with Weatherbury Farm's Grain Tracker. Weatherbury Farm mills organic stone ground wheat, bread, rye, pastry, buckwheat, oat, spelt, einkorn and emmer flour from organic grains grown on the farm. Grass fed and finished meats are also raised and sold by pre-order.

Visited the Nutcracker Village here this year and loved it! I had been several years ago but there…read moreweren't nearly as many nutcrackers at the time from what I remember. This year we walked up and down the streets where nutcrackers were lined up and it was so fun to look at each one. Along the way we would stop into stores and browse. They also have a market set up with local vendors selling a variety of goods, crafts and yummy eats and drinks! They also had Christmas trees outside with different themes. One benefited the Humane Society and you could write your pets name on a wooden ornament. Very cute. I really recommend you stop by. I think this is a cute activity for families and children or a date night. I will continue to visit!

We're completing the Ohio county map and this was our Jefferson County stop. Neat little place and…read morevery informative. It was a nice little place to stretch

I have been here on more than a few occasions, going all the way back to school field trips as a…read morechild. Generally, it's a pretty cool place to visit and explore. This time we checked out an "Experience" from our local library, which allows free admission. This program is great, and allows you to visit Meadowcroft, plus the Heinz History Center, and the Fort Pitt Museum. In the morning, we explored the visitor center and the Native American Village. We liked throwing the Atlatl, which launches big, spear-like darts at a fake deer target to see if you can get them to stick. Afterwards, we left the site to go have lunch about 15 minutes away, and then did a short hike at Cross Creek Lake, where we saw a historic Truss Bridge from 1881. We came back to Meadowcroft, and climbed the steps to the Rock Shelter. We had seen this before, but we were able to experience some excavation work with the staff and scientists. We saw a recent discovery of a chipped flint that was 3,000 years old. Afterwards, we finished exploring the rest of the property. We liked throwing axes, playing double ball, and some other games. The old museum part was slightly disappointing, as it smelled heavily of mold, and I didn't want to stay in the buildings because of the smell. Neat old coaches and wagons in there, but I saw them before, so we were in and out quickly. Lastly, we did the Historic Covered Bridge (looks like it was re-done recently with new wood), the school, church, blacksmith shop and log cabin. All pretty cool to see. Overall, a nice day here at Meadowcroft ... Cheers!

Not too far from Pittsburgh (~1 hr) but the narrow 2 lane rural desolate Google Map route was white…read moreknuckling. All the docents were immersed in their roles. We threw spears and tomahawk. The geologist at the rock shelter was very interesting. There was a guest from Toronto who drove up from Wheeling to visit Meadowcroft. The conference center is still under construction. The bathrooms are open. Lots of stalls that are roomy. The gift shop was a great starting and ending point.