by edaday | Jun 16, 2020 | Peace & Justice
Since the onset of COVID-19, Polaris has been tracking data reported to the U.S. National Human Trafficking Hotline. According to our analysis, the impact of the pandemic and subsequent quarantine may already be leading to an escalation of sex and labor trafficking....
by edaday | Jun 16, 2020 | News Archives
After nearly three months of restrictions and a closed church, Fr. Dan Belanger, CSV, Pastor, welcomed his parishioners back to St. George Church in Bourbonnais, for Mass. “People were very interested to come home,” Fr. Dan said of the first in-person...
by edaday | Jun 16, 2020 | Peace & Justice
The Viatorian Community supports this statement on the George Floyd murder, the anti-racism movement, and the anti-police brutality uprsing. It was posted June 15 by the Chicago Religious Leadership Network on Latin America: How long, O Lord, must I call for help? But...
by edaday | Jun 15, 2020 | News Archives
After 14 weeks of sheltering at home and keeping the church doors closed, Fr. Richard Rinn, CSV, Pastor, opened St. Viator Catholic Community in Las Vegas for its first Masses, but for a specific group: its first communicants. “It finally happened for very small...
by edaday | Jun 15, 2020 | Peace & Justice
According to the Washington-based Green America, there are an estimated 150 million children involved in child labor globally. And there are over 2 million child laborers growing the cocoa that goes into the chocolate you see on store shelves. Child laborers in cocoa...
