Viatorian Community

Where We Serve - Around the World

Italy
Superior General: Very Reverend Mark R. Francis, C.S.V.

Home of the International Offices of the Congregation of the Clerics of St. Viator.
General Direction: Chierici di San Viatore
Casella Postale 10793
00144 Roma, Italia
Website: www.csviator.net

Canada
Provincial: Rev. Claude Roy, C.S.V.

Les Clercs de Saint-Viateur
450, avenue Querbes
Montreal, Qc
H2V 3W5 Canada
Phone: 514-274-3624
Fax: 514-274-2366
Website: www.viateurs.ca

In 1846, Monsignor Le Bourget, Bishop of Montréal requested that Fr. Querbes send monks to help Mr. Barthélemy Joliette, who was establishing a college. In May 1847, the first three monks arrived to help at Joliette Collége, marking the beginning of the Clerics of St. Viator in Canada. Today, the Province of Canada has foundations in Burkina Faso, Haiti, Japan, Peru and Taiwan

Links: Collége Bourget – Rigaud, Canada: www.collegebourget.qc.ca
Collége Champagneur – Rawdon, Canada: www.champagneur.qc.ca

Chile
Provincial: Rev. Eduardo Millán, C.S.V.

Casilla 59, La Florida
Santiago 17
Chile, South America
Phone: 011 562 286-9188/285-2652
Fax: 011 562 513-3017
Website: www.viator.cl

In 1957, the Province of Spain established a foundation in Chile. In 2003, Chile became its own Province. The principal activity of the region is focused around the world of education in faith radiating out from the schools in which the Viatorians work. Today, the Province of Chile has established a foundation in Bolivia.

France
Provincial: Rev. Pierre Demierre, C.S.V.

N.-D. de Treize-Pierres
12200 Villefranche de Rouergue
France
Phone: 011 33 4 72 31 07 62
011 33 4 72 31 07 63

At the time of Fr. Querbes’ death (1859), the congregation numbered some 230 religious in three French provinces: Vourles, Ternes in Cantal and Rodez. The Clerics of St. Viator experienced rapid growth and apostolic fruitfulness. The Province of France’s rich history included many traps and trials that, at times, threatened its very existence. Through everything, the province has devoted its energies to serving the young, the holy altar and the poor, in marvelous faithfulness to the founding inspiration of Fr. Querbes. The Province of France has always proudly carried the torch of the Founder, Fr. Louis Querbes, never failing in its efforts to make him better known and to promote greater devotion to him. Association in the Province of France was officially born in 1982. The Province of France has established a foundation in the Ivory Coast.

Spain
Provincial: Rev. Pedro Maria Lahora, C.S.V.

Dirección Provincial
C/ Enrique Fuentes no 10
28026 Madrid, España
Phone: 011 34 91 560-9903
Fax: 011 34 91 560-1192
Website: www.csviator.es

The Viatorian Province of Spain, created in 1948, early in its existence manifested a great vitality in the mission of the Church. The Province committed all its resources to various schools and by becoming active in various Catholic Education organizations. But the extent of its mission was never limited to the Iberian Peninsula. In 1958, the Province opened a foundation in Chile, several years later, the province agreed to send missionary reinforcements to the Ivory Coast and Japan. Additionally, the Province of Spain was one of the first to develop Association beginning in 1980. In 1998, the Province of Spain established a new foundation in Jutiapa, Honduras.

Chicago (United States)
Provincial: Rev. Thomas R. von Behren, C.S.V.

Province Offices
1212 East Euclid Avenue
Arlington Heights, IL 60004
Phone: 847-398-1353
Fax: 847-637-2145
Website: www.viatorians.com

In 1841, Father Querbes sent a first group of religious to the United States to St. Louis, Missouri. For various reasons this experience did not prove successful. But in 1865, three Canadian Viatorians: Fr. Pierre Beaudoin, Br. Jean-Baptiste Bernard and Br. Augustin Martel left Canada for the United States, arriving at Bourbonnais, Illinois, to meet the specific needs of a population grappling with an uncommon religious confusion. Fr. Beaudoin became the first Viatorian Pastor of Maternity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Parish, and Brs. Martel and Bernard opened a school for boys, which in 1868 grew into St. Viator College. Viatorians were pioneers in the field of higher education in Illinois since the beginning. The Province of Chicago (United States) officially came into existence in 1882 – at the time of its creation the Province numbered thirteen members. In 1999, the first associates made a commitment to the Clerics of St. Viator. The Province of Chicago has established two foundations: Colombia in 1961 and Belize in 1998.

Foundations
Belize | Bolivia | Burkina Faso | Colombia | Haiti | Honduras | Ivory Coast | Japan | Taiwan

BELIZE, CENTRAL AMERICA
Rev. Christopher J. Glancy, C.S.V.

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

In September of 1998, Fr. Chris Glancy and Fr. Dan Hall assumed the responsibility of St. Francis Xavier Parish in Corozal Town Belize and the 23 surrounding villages. In January of 2003, the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and Our Lady of Guadalupe, who have collaborated for many years with the Viatorians in the United States, sent four religious sisters to Corozal to work in educating teachers and lay leaders, to teach religion and to support the pastoral work of the parish especially in the villages. In May of 2003, Viatorians were asked by the Corozal Southeast Area representative in the Parliament to open a high school in the Chunox Village, at that time offering thirty-five acres and a new building with three classrooms. In January 2004, Chunox St. Viator High School opened with the mission to educate students from rural communities who do not have any possibility of continuing their studies. The emphasis of the program is on agriculture and tourism, which are the two principal sources of employment in the region. In 2006, the first Viatorian Associates from Belize made their initial commitments. The Foundation of Belize is under the direction of the Province of Chicago.

BOLIVIA, SOUTH AMERICA
Rev. José Antonio Izaga, C.S.V.

Clérigos de San Viator
Vicariato apostólico de Reyes
Casilla 9215
La Paz, Bolivia
Phone: 011 5912 243-0137
Fax: 011 5912 243-0516

In 2001, the pioneer team arrived in Popoy, a village located some 155 miles northeast of Bolivia’s capital of La Paz. In November of that year the Viatorians accepted the responsibility for Holy Spirit Parish and the John Paul II Boarding School. In 2004, the Viatorians assumed responsibility for Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception in Covendo, located on the banks of the La Paz River, twenty miles from Popoy. The Foundation of Bolivia is under the direction of the Province of Chile.

BURKINA FASO, AFRICA
Brother Mathieu Bard, C.S.V.

Noviciat Saint-Viateur
Commuauté de Boassa
04 B.P. 437 Ouagadougou 04
Burkina Faso, Africa
Phone: 011 226 76 63 73 34

October 1999, five men left Canada for Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina Faso in West Africa. The founders began this foundation in July 2000, by taking over responsibility for the Ibrahim Brabangida School Group, now known as the St. Viator School Group. The Foundation of Burkina Faso is under the direction of the Province of Canada.

COLOMBIA, SOUTH AMERICA
Rev. Pedro E. Herrera, C.S.V.

Apartado Postal 22
Líbano, Tolima
Colombia, South America
Phone: 011 578 256-4131

In September 1961, three Viatorians, Fr. James Crilly, Fr. Thomas Wise and Adalbert Mayr were sent to Bogotá. The original idea of establishing a normal school for Christian educators, quickly transformed into a primary-secondary school for boys that would be noteworthy for its intermingling of students from different social classes; for its academic programs and social aspects; and for its scholarship program covering some 20% of all its students. Colegio San Viator, today, is a school widely recognized for its role in society and for its clear and definite emphasis on Christian values in its education program. Additionally Viatorians have assumed responsibility for San Basilio Magno Parish and San Juan Maria Vianney Parish in Bogotá. The Foundation of Colombia is under the direction of the Province of Chicago.

Links: www.viatorianos.com | www.bendiga.org

HAÏTI
Rev. René Pageau, C.S.V.

Villa Manrèse
Case postale 1408
Port-au-Prince, Haïti
Phone: 011 509 245-4523

The first Clerics of St. Viator arrived in Haïti in 1965 to replace the Jesuits as directors and professors at the major theological seminary. (The Jesuits had been deported by President Duvalier in 1964)
The Haïtian apostolates include:
- four elementary schools, one high school and a Women’s Training Center in Gonaïves
- A parish, with its main church and six mission chapels in Grande Goâve
- A Benevolence Center, the Villa Manrèse, the postulancy and the novitiate in Port-au-Prince
The Foundation of Haiti is under the direction of the Province of Canada.

HONDURAS, CENTRAL AMERICA
Rev. Victor Cámara Cámara, C.S.V.

Parroquia “NTRA. SRA. Del Trásito”
Apartado 579
31101 La Ceiba – Atlántida
Honduras, Central America
Phone: 011 504 443-0452
Fax: 011 504 444-4114

In January 1998, the Province of Spain sent the first Viatorians to the municipality of Jutiapa in the diocese of San Pedro Sula (Honduras). The mission of the Viatorian Community in Honduras has focused on three areas that encompass all their activities: Education, social work, and pastoral work. The Foundation of Honduras is under the direction of the Province of Spain.

IVORY COAST, AFRICA
Rev. Carlos Orduna, C.S.V.

Collège catholique St-Viateur d’Abidjan
25 B.P. 569, Abidjan 25
Côte d’Ivoire
Phone: 011 225 22 47 32 32/22 47 56 59
Fax: 011 225 22 47 46 49

The Ivory Coast, located in West Africa has been home to the Clerics of St. Viator since 1955. Despite a civil war that began in September 2002, pitting a rebel group, comprised of disenfranchised Ivorians and immigrants in the North against the government, whose offices are located mainly in the south, the Viatorians continue their educational, parochial and pastoral work. In the South, near the Atlantic Ocean, in the capital city of Abidjan, the Viatorians serve at Collége Saint-Viateur. In the North, in Ferkessédougou, they serve at Collége Saint-Charles Lwanga. But it is in centrally located Bouaké, where this Viatorian mission began and where they have their greatest involvement. Viatorians serve at Collége Saint-Viateur, Notre Dame de Nazareth Parish, Foyer Jeune Viateur Retreat Center and Le Maison des Bebes, a respite and residential center for women and babies with HIV-AIDS. At times they venture into small towns and jungle villages, sharing their presence, their love and the Word of God. The Viatorians in the Ivory Coast bring the Good News to many persons, especially those often times treated inhumanely. The explosion of African vocations has resulted in an intercommunity mission support program for Viatorian houses of formation in the Ivory Coast. The Province of Chicago (United States) pledges $25,000 annually to help underwrite the training of African Viatorians. The Foundation of the Ivory Coast is under the direction of the Province of France

JAPAN
Rev. Gaëtan Labadie, C.S.V.

Viatorian Residence
Kami Hakubaicho 5
Kitano Kitaku
Kyoto 603-8325
Japan
Phone: 011 81 75 463-0567/463-8482
Fax: 011 81 75 464-1090

The foundation of Japan was established in 1948. It has two principal apostolates:
- Saint Viator Parish (Kitashirakawa) founded in 1952 offers religious services, bible courses for Christians and catechetical sessions for non-Christians;
- St. Viator High School (Rakusei) founded also in 1952 is ranked among the twenty best schools in Japan. The Foundation of Japan is under the direction of the Province of Canada.

PERU, SOUTH AMERICA
Brother Alban Malo, C.S.V.

Casa San Viator
Collique 2 zona
Clérigos de San Viator
Apdo 10218, Lima
Peru, South America
Phone: 011 511 558-1612

In 1959, the first three Canadian Viatorians were sent to Peru accepting responsibility for a primary school and a parish. Over the years, the Viatorian presence has been in three natural geographic regions in the country: Collique – an immense neighborhood in the capital, Lima with a population of more than one hundred-thousand; Tamshiyacu, a town on the banks of the Amazon River with a population of some sixteen-thousand; and Yungay-Huacho, in the highlands in the heart of the Andes Mountains. Association came to birth in Peru in 1997. The Foundation of Peru is under the direction of the Province of Canada.

TAÏWAN
Rev. Guy Saint-Germain, C.S.V.

Viatorian Residence
161 Szeping Road
Taichung 40648
Taïwan, R.O.C.
Phone: 011 886 422 95 0471/422 91 1196
Fax: 011 886 422 91 2514

The Provincial Superior of Montréal, Canada delegated a team of two to study the situation in Taïwan in the summer of 1952. Their report and several other factors contributed to the acceptance of the principle of establishing a foundation in Taïwan. In 1953, Fr. Roger Drolet of the Province of Chicago, a veteran of Manchuria and Kyoto, was designated as founder/superior in Taichung. Several months later two confreres from Montréal and one from Joliet joined him. The foundation of Taïwan is under the direction of the Province of Canada.