FEATURE: Preparing Men for Religious Life and Lifelong Growth

by Associate Dan Masterton | Aug 18, 2025 | News Archives, News Features

Estimated read time: 7 min | click for read-aloud or scroll down to read here . A “growth mindset” embraces opportunities for learning and improving abilities through effort while a “fixed mindset” views ability as mostly unchanging. In Viatorian religious life, we...

FEATURE: St. Viator’s New and Experienced Pastor, Fr. Edgar

by Associate Dan Masterton | Jul 7, 2025 | News Archives, News Features

Estimated read time: 6 min | scroll down to read or click to listen aloud . Fr. Edgar Suárez, CSV is the new pastor for St. Viator Catholic Community in Las Vegas. Fr. Edgar brings a rich range of ministry experience as a pastor and a leader among Viatorians, along...

FEATURE: Making the Holy Spirit Our Protagonist via Synodality

by Associate Dan Masterton | Jun 25, 2025 | News Archives, News Features

Estimated read time: 7 min | enjoy this read-aloud or scroll down to read At this year’s Provincial Assembly, Viatorians learned models for Conversations in the Spirit and Theological Reflection, two approaches to practicing the “Synodal Way” emphasized by the late...

FEATURE: MBVM Offers Deacons Supportive Parish and Brothers as Mentors

by Associate Dan Masterton | Jun 9, 2025 | News Archives, News Features

Estimated read time: 6 min | Click for the read-aloud or scroll down to read here . Professed Viatorians who discern God’s invitation to priesthood spend the final year before priesthood as transitional deacons. Many of our men have served their diaconate at Maternity...

FEATURE – Public Witness: Showing What We Stand For

by Associate Dan Masterton | May 12, 2025 | News Archives, News Features

Estimated read time: 6 min | click play for read-aloud or scroll down to read + On Friday, April 18 in Arlington Heights – the Christian holy day of Good Friday and during the Jewish holy time of Passover – dozens of people of faith lined a busy intersection in the...

FEATURE: Fr. Dan Lydon on the Way to Colombia

by Associate Dan Masterton | Apr 28, 2025 | News Archives, News Features

Estimated read time: 6 min | click for audio read-aloud or scroll down to read Fr. Dan Lydon, CSV has quite a sense of humor. Last month, Fr. Dan wrote to the parishioners of Maternity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church in Bourbonnais, Illinois. He served there as...