by edaday | Nov 18, 2021 | News Archives
Harvest Sunday has become a well-honored tradition in the Bourbonnais/Kankakee region that families know to expect. The first Sunday of November, they receive flyers about a food drive for area food pantries, in order to stock shelves before the holidays. One week...
by edaday | Nov 17, 2021 | News Archives
He has served in multiple leadership roles with the Viatorians, from Rome to Bogotá and back in the United States. Yet Fr. Mark Francis, CSV, still boils down his vocation to the Viatorians who taught him at Saint Viator High School. “I saw in the priests and...
by edaday | Nov 15, 2021 | News Archives
The future of the Catholic church is in good hands, if the monthly youth Masses at Maternity BVM Parish in Bourbonnais are any indication. The latest one took place Sunday, timed with Harvest Sunday, when teens of the parish not only participated in all aspects of the...
by edaday | Nov 10, 2021 | News Archives
You’ve heard of speed dating, but what about speed dating for vocations? The Sheil Catholic Center at Northwestern University is sponsoring just that today, as part of National Vocations Awareness Week. Br. John Eustice, CSV, director of vocation ministry for...
by edaday | Nov 9, 2021 | News Archives
An emotional tradition returned this year to Saint Viator High School: its Alumni Memorial Mass. After taking place virtually last year, this year’s Mass — held back in the confines of the Alumni Memorial Chapel — was all the more powerful....
by edaday | Nov 8, 2021 | News Archives
Actor Hugh Jackman has nothing on Fr. Daniel Belanger, CSV. This multi-talented priest — celebrating 25 years as a Viatorian this year — took to the stage, dressed as the ringmaster, at Bishop McNamara Catholic School’s annual dinner auction on Nov....
