by edaday | Sep 13, 2021 | News Archives
The Viatorian Community is mourning the loss of Fr. Michael Keliher, who passed away Sept. 10 after a long battle with cancer. He was 74. Fr. Keliher was a Viatorian for 55 years — including 45 as a priest — and over those years his ministry evolved from...
by edaday | Sep 9, 2021 | News Archives
A solemn tradition returns Saturday at St. Patrick Church in Kankakee, when Fr. John Peeters, CSV, Pastor, celebrates a Blue Mass to honor police, fire and emergency medical personnel who serve in Kankakee County. After taking last year off because of the pandemic,...
by edaday | Sep 8, 2021 | News Archives, Peace & Justice
If Labor Day weekends signals the end of summer, gardeners who work in the Viatorian Giving Garden know better. The prospect of fall presents a new season of growing. “Our gardeners are interested in planting fall crops,” says Associate John Dussman who...
by edaday | Sep 7, 2021 | News Archives
With the Labor Day holiday over, school is back in session where Viatorians serve — and that means they were able to start the year off with all-school Masses. At Saint Viator High School, students and faculty gathered together as a community in its Cahill Gym...
by edaday | Sep 2, 2021 | News Archives
On the anniversary of the death of Fr. Louis Querbes, who founded the Viatorian Community, three Viatorian schools used the date — and the latest technology — to come together and learn more about one another. The virtual exchange took place Sept. 1, on...
by edaday | Sep 1, 2021 | News Archives
Viatorians around the world pause every Sept. 1 to remember their founder, the venerable Fr. Louis Querbes, who founded the congregation in 1831 in Vourles, France. He passed away Sept. 1, 1859 at the age of 66. Fr. Querbes is buried in the cemetery at Vourles, where...
