Where We Serve - United States

United States Provincial Offices: 1212 East Euclid Avenue Arlington Heights, IL 60004 Phone: 847-398-1350 Fax: 847-394-4507	International Locations Around the World General Direction: Chierici di San Viatore Casella Postale 10793 00144 Roma, Italia Website: www.csviator.net

United States Locations: Illinois | Nevada
United States Foundations: Central America | South America
International Locations: Provinces | Foundations

Illinois :
Arlington Heights | Bourbonnais | Chicago | Kankakee | McHenry | Rock Island | St. Anne | Waukegan

Arlington Heights:
St. Viator High School
1213 East Oakton Street
Arlington Heights, IL 60004
Phone: 847-392-4050
Fax: 847-392-4101
Website: www.saintviator.com

The Clerics of St. Viator founded St. Viator High School as a school for young men in 1961 in an effort to fulfill their commitment to the Christian education of youth. In 1987, Saint Viator High School merged with Sacred Heart of Mary of Rolling Meadows to become a co-educational institution.  St. Viator High School is a Catholic college preparatory community committed to providing religious formation and an academic program of excellence for young women and men of the northwest suburbs of Chicago.

Viatorians serving at SVHS: Associates Cathy and Don Abrahamian, Fr. Corey Brost, Fr. Robert (Mick) Egan, Br. John Eustice, Fr. Daniel Hall, Br. Jim Lewnard, Associate Joe Majkowski, Fr. Arnold Perham, Br. Rob Robertson, Associate Tim Schwarz, Br. Daniel Tripamer, and Fr. John Van Wiel.

Bourbonnais:
Maternity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church
308 E. Marsile Street
Bourbonnais, IL 60914
Phone: 815-933-8285
Fax: 815-933-8289
Website: www.mbvm.org

Maternity BVM is the first permanent Viatorian parish in the United States. Fr. Pierre Beaudoin, Br. Augustin Martel and Br. Jean-Baptiste Bernard, the first Viatorians, arrived in 1865.

The current church is the third church to be built on the site. The first church was a log church built in 1842; the second was built in 1851-52 to replace the log church which had become too small. This church burned in 1853 under suspicious circumstances. The third, is the present church built in 1855 by the parishioners themselves who quarried the stone and hewed the wooden beams.  Not a single nail was used in the construction of the church.

Viatorians serving at Maternity BVM: Associate Francis Chamness, Associate Euchrist Marcotte, Fr. James Michaletz, Br. Jason Nesbit, and Fr. Richard Pighini.

St. George Church
5272 E. 5000 North Road
Bourbonnais, IL 60914
Phone: 815-939-1851
Fax: 815-939-2777

The first stone structure of St. George Church was built in January 1869 and destroyed by a tornado in April that same year. In 1872, the parishioners  volunteered time and expertise to build the church, whose outer walls survive today. The church was gutted by fire in 1959, but the new church emerged within the stone walls of the 1872 church and was dedicated by Bishop McNamara in 1960. 

Viatorians serving at St. George: Fr. Richard Pighini, Associates Susan and David Surprenant, and Fr. Kenneth Yarno.

Chicago:
St. Viator Parish
4170 W. Addison Street
Chicago, IL 60641
Phone: 773-286-4040
Fax: 773-286-4122

The Viatorians founded St. Viator Church in 1888 outside the city limits of Chicago in the Irving Park neighborhood. The parish moved to its present location on Addison Street in the early 1900’s. The cornerstone of the present church, rectory and convent was laid in 1927 and and dedicated by   Cardinal George Mundelein in 1929.

 Viatorians serving at St. Viator:  Fr. John Eck.

Kankakee:
St. Patrick Church
428 S. Indiana Avenue
Kankakee, IL 60901
Phone: 815-932-6716
Fax: 815-932-2585
Website: www.stpatrickkankakee.com

St. Patrick Church began in 1891 when the Catholic Columbian Association assembled and formed a building committee which chose the lots of the present location. Church construction began in 1892 with the first service in the new building held on March 11, 1894.  The Romanesque style limestone building is 135 feet by 60 feet originally designed to seat 600 worshipers for an original cost of $35,000. The Clerics of St. Viator began serving at St. Patrick’s in 1931.

Viatorians serving at St. Patrick Church: Associates Michelle and Ken Barrie, Associate Marilyn Mulcahy, Fr. John Peeters, and Fr. Donald Wehnert.

McHenry:
Villa Desiderata Retreat Center

3015 N. Bayview Lane
McHenry, IL 60051-9641
Phone: 815-385-2264
Website: www.villadesiderata.com

Located in McHenry, IL on seven acres of serene woods on the shores of the Pistakee Bay, the Villa was originally a summer home for the Viatorians. Fr. Gene Lutz began offering retreats for inner city youth in 1965.  In the 1970’s, the Center was opened to members of recovery groups. Br. Pat Drohan has continued in Fr. Lutz’s footsteps.  He has been ministering at the Villa since 1963 and is considered the backbone of the Center.

Rock Island:
Alleman High School
1103 40th Street
Rock Island, IL 61201
Phone: 309-786-7793
Fax: 309-786-7834
Website: www.allemanhighschool.org

Viatorians began teaching at Alleman High School in 1953 and assumed responsibility for operation and administration of the school in 1967. Alleman is a Catholic college preparatory school currently administered by the Diocese of Peoria. Fr. Daniel Mirabelli, who has been on the faculty/staff for over 40 years, is the Director of Development.
 

 
St. Anne:
St. Anne Church
230 N. Sixth Avenue
P.O. Box 470
Saint Anne, IL 60964
Phone: 815-427-8265
Fax: 815-427-8267

St. Anne Church was founded in 1851, and the present church was built in 1872. The Clerics of St. Viator have been charged with the direction of the Parish since 1920.  In 1856, the founder of the Village and the Parish, Fr. Charles Chiniquy was sent to start a parish for the large number of French Canadians that had settled in the area.. After arriving, Fr. Chiniquy began to question many of the beliefs of the Catholic Church. After many difficulties he was excommunicated by the Catholic Bishop of Chicago. Fr. Chiniquy led the larger part of the parish into schism and eventually affiliated with the Presbyterian Church. Fr. Chiniquy sued in civil court for the parish church. He won the suit, and the Catholic remnant had occasional Mass in cabin homes served by a priest from Beaverville. The present church grew from that remnant. The Clerics of St. Viator were called from Montréal as orthodox Catholic teachers to combat the influence of Fr. Chiniquy. The schism at St. Anne was the moving force behind the Clerics of St. Viator’s mission to the United States. Fr. James Fanale is the current Pastor of St. Anne Church.

Waukegan:
St. Martin de Porres High School
501 S. Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue
Waukegan, IL 60085
Phone: 847-224-6895
Fax: 847-244-8237
Website: www.smdpwaukegan.org

St. Martin de Porres High school is a Catholic co-educational college preparatory school. As a Cristo Rey Network school, education is made affordable through each student’s participation in the Corporate Internship Program. Students work five days a month at a corporate partner to offset the cost of her/his education.  In turn, each student experiences a real workplace environment.

Viatorians currently serving at SMdP:  Fr. Charles Bolser, Br. Carlos Ernesto Florez, Br. Michael Gosch, and Associate Daniel Lydon.

Nevada :
Henderson | Las Vegas

Henderson:
St Thomas More Catholic Community
130 N. Pecos Road
Henderson, NV 89074
Phone: 702-361-3022
Fax: 702-361-7784
Website: www.stmlv.org

St. Thomas More Catholic Community was established in 1986 in response to the rapid population growth in Southern Nevada. The Clerics of St. Viator were invited by the local bishop  to assume the direction of this new community which is the third Viatorian Parish in the Diocese of Las Vegas.

Viatorians serving at St. Thomas More: Fr. Robert Bolser, Fr. Michael Keliher, Fr. Patrick Render, and Associate Ken Rosania.

Las Vegas:
Guardian Angel Cathedral
336 Cathedral Way
Las Vegas, NV 89109
Phone: 702-735-5241
Fax: 702-734-7086

Initially known as Guardian Angel Shrine, this parish grew out of a desire of Las Vegas hotel executives wanting their employees who worked the graveyard shift to have an opportunity for an early morning Sunday Mass. Masses were first offered in a casino lounge. A suggestion was made to build a Catholic chapel near the larger hotels. Casino executives felt this would be a benefit to employees and tourists. They offered to help fund the project.  In 1961, property was donated adjacent to the Desert Inn Hotel. St. Viator Guardian Angel Shrine became a reality on October 2, 1963. In 1978, it was designated as a cathedral parish of the Diocese of Reno-Las Vegas.

Viatorians serving at Guardian Angel Cathedral:  Fr. Larry Lentz and Sacramental Ministry - Fr. Alan Syslo.

St. Viator Church
2461 E. Flamingo Road
Las Vegas, NV 89121
Phone: 702-733-8323/733-8324
Fax: 702-733-8154
Website: www.stviator.org

In 1954, the Viatorians were granted a parish of their own. St. Viator Parish, Las Vegas was first held in homes of parishioners, then a bank, and various other locations. In 1963, fifteen acres near Flamingo and Eastern streets were procured from the Bureau of Land Management in order for the church to be built. In 1977, a new church building was completed. Las Vegas continued to have a population explosion facilitating the need for a larger church to accommodate this growing population. On September 2, 1995 the first Mass was celebrated in the current building.

Viatorians currently serving at St. Viator Church: Fr. Bill Haesaert, Br. Michael Rice, Fr. Richard Rinn, and Sacramental Ministry - Fr. Alan Syslo

Central America

Corozal Town, Belize:
St. Francis Xavier Parish
Catholic Mission Corozal
P.O. Box 34
Corozal Town
Belize, Central America
Phone: 011 501 422-2018
Fax: 011 501 422-2845

The Viatorians assumed pastoral leadership for St. Francis Xavier Parish in 1998. Approximately twenty thousand Roman Catholics live in the parish, with its main church located in Corozal Town and its 23 villages having chapels where services are held weekly. There are nineteen Roman Catholic/Public Schools under the direction of the parish with approximately 5000 students. Chunox St. Viator Vocational High School, which opened in 2004, is directed by a board of trustees appointed by the pastor.

Viatorians currently serving at St. Francis Xavier: Fr. Daniel Belanger, Fr. Brian Cooper, Fr. Chris Glancy, Associate Francisco Magaña.

South America
Bogotá

Bogotá, Colombia:
Colegio San Viator
Apartado Aéreo 102413
Bogotá 10, D.C.
Colombia, South America
Phone: 011 571 676-0957/676-0296/676-0997
Fax: 011 571 676-5883
Website: www.sanviator.edu.co

Colegio San Viator was founded in 1963 to provide a quality Catholic education for young men.  Colegio San Viator seeks the balanced development of students as a way of bringing about personal and social change. One of the goals of the school is to graduate young men with solid human and Christian values who are intellectually prepared to successfully deal with the advances taking place in the world.

Viatorians currently serving at Colegio San Viator: Fr. Alejandro Adame, Fr. Carlos Luis Claro, Br. Frank Enciso, Fr. John Pisors, Fr. Luis Eduardo López, Fr. Pedro Herrera, and Br. Fredy Santos.

San Basilio Magno Parish
Calle 80A #101-37 (Barrio Bochica)
Bogotá, D.C.
Colombia, South America
Phone: 011 571 229-2248/229-5350
Fax: 011 571 442-9267
Website: www.viatorianos.com

On March 6, 1999, the Clerics of St. Viator assumed responsibility for this parish that belongs to the Diocese of Engativá (Bogotá).  The parish is comprised of almost thirty thousand parishioners. There are currently eighteen apostolic groups, each with a specific mission, within the community. Each group strives to place its talents at the service of others. Groups include Prayer groups, altar servers, catechists, Eucharistic Ministers, Lectors, music groups, social services and youth leadership, among others.

Viatorians currently serving San Basilio Magno: Fr. Edgar Orlando Suárez, Pastor, and Br. Frank Enciso.

San Juan Maria Vianney Parish
Transversal 18 B No. 187.31
Bogotá D.C.
Colombia, South America
Phone: (011.57.1) 677-5915
FAX: (011.57.1) 674-8761

Viatorians expanded their ministry in Colombia by accepting the Administration of Parroquia San Juan Maria Vianney in January of 2008. Fr. Rafael Sanabria began serving as the first Viatorian pastor of this parish. Also serving in this ministry is Deacon Br. Fredy Santos and Fr. Felipe Montes.