by dmasterton | Apr 14, 2025 | News Archives, News Features
Estimated read time: 6 min | click for audio read-aloud or scroll down to read Viatorians have served the Bourbonnais-Kankakee area since taking stewardship of Maternity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church in 1865 as our first permanent ministry in the US. To serve...
by dmasterton | Apr 11, 2025 | News Archives
In spring of 1972, the Viatorians who were administering Bishop Gorman High School needed to look for a new Director of Student Activities. The vacancy would not have been unusual, but the reason might have been: Mr. Nolan, an alumnus of the Class of 1966, was...
by dmasterton | Apr 10, 2025 | Peace & Justice
Organized Communities Against Deportation (OCAD) shares: Abel Orozco was on his way home from buying tamales for his family on January 26 when U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers stopped him on the street in Lyons, Illinois, and detained him...
by dmasterton | Apr 10, 2025 | Peace & Justice
World Relief shares, “On January 20, 2025, President Trump issued an Executive Order suspending USRAP but called for the Secretaries of Homeland Security and State to submit a report to the President within 90 days to recommend either the resumption of the...
by dmasterton | Apr 9, 2025 | Peace & Justice
JubileeUSA shares, “‘The US Conference of Catholic Bishops and Jubilee USA Network wrote President Trump encouraging him to build on debt relief efforts from his first term to address poverty and stabilize food and fuel prices. Debt relief and...
