If you’ve ever been in the bookstore at Steubenville, you’ve probably noticed Francie Gosser. She is one of the many bookstore volunteers; this year will be her fourth time working there. Francie is a lifelong member of St. Peter’s Parish in Kirkwood, Missouri.
She loves working in the Steubenville bookstore as a cashier. She gets to encourage today’s teens to be fearless in their Catholic identity. Francie says it is a grace from God to help the teenagers in the checkout line of the bookstore as a form of evangelization. She loves being able to compliment a teenage girl on the choice of religious jewelry that she picked out, or encourage a teenage guy to buy a book he is interested in. Francie has many favorite items in the bookstore; she loves everything from certain t-shirts, to religious bracelets and medals, to the foam kneeling pads (which you better buy quickly, before they run out!)
When Francie isn’t at Steubenville, she is spending time with her husband of 20 years, Brian, and her eight children – two girls and six boys. Six of their kids are currently teenagers! She enjoys attending her kid’s different activities, as well as homeschooling her two youngest children. Francie also enjoys doing ecclesiastical embroidery as a somewhat newfound hobby. She loves embroidering scapulars and hand embroidering pieces for priestly vestments.
Francie also has a blast driving the bookstore golf cart around campus!
Quotable:
“Steubenville is about learning to let go of all the gunk and muck that we carry around, sometimes for years. It’s about learning to love ourselves as Jesus loves us, and to love others as Jesus loves them.”
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