Associates Patrick and Sharon Mahoney and Joan Sweeney (Arlington Heights/Chicago region) made their initial two year commitments as associates, Associate Leona Iglinski (Henderson/Las Vegas region) renewed her commitment as an associate for a period of five years, and Associates Mary Finks, Marilyn Mulcahy, and John Ohlendorf (Bourbonnais/Kankakee) made definitive commitments as associates during a Eucharistic celebration at Saint Viator High School Alumni Chapel on July 7, 2009.  Mary, Marilyn, and John, who made their first commitments in 1999, are the first associates in the province to make a definitive commitment which is a commitment for an unlimited period of time.  A discernment process looking back over their many years of involvement as associates and the gifts they offer, as well as the ongoing support and challenge of community members, led them to this significant decision.

Sharon and Pat Mahoney have been actively involved at Saint Viator High School in Arlington Heights for the past forty years.  In addition, Sharon worked for twenty-five years as the secretary to the fire chief of Wilmette, Illinois.  Pat currently serves as Director of Development at SVHS.

Joan Sweeney serves as the archivist for the Viatorian Community, a position she has held for the past three years.  She works out of the Viatorian Province Center in Arlington Heights.  Joan was educated by the Viatorians when she attended Bishop McNamara High School in Kankakee, Illinois.

Leona Iglinski is a longtime parishioner of and volunteer at Viatorian parishes in Las Vegas Nevada. She served as a religious education teacher, parish council member, and volunteer for several pastoral ministries.

Mary Finks has been actively involved at St. Patrick parish in Kankakee, IL for the past thirty years, primarily as a cantor, part of the RCIA team, and member of the parish council.  She currently ministers as a hospice nurse for Hospice of Kankakee County.

Marilyn Mulcahy has been a pastoral associate at St. Patrick parish in Kankakee, IL for the past twenty-four years.  Prior to that, she served the parish as Coordinator of Religious Education for three years. John Ohlendorf, a former high school English teacher, is actively involved at Maternity BVM parish in Bourbonnais, IL in several pastoral ministries such as presiding at communion services, serving as lector and Eucharistic minister, and directing the parish’s Living Last Supper.