Footer widgets not working at all

Hello, I fully appreciate the versatility and simplicity of the Lucinda theme. I have been using it for a while now and I would like to make full use of the footer widget area but none of the widgets that I setup on the widget page will show up on the actual site. This is the case for all widgets. They work in the primary and secondary sidebars but not in the footer area. I have looked through my custom css just to make sure I did not accidentally hide the footer area and everything looks fine. I have not made any footer file modifications either. May you please help with this?