by edaday | Oct 12, 2020 | News Archives
In a world faced with all sorts of restrictions , the new Viatorian Youth Connection hit all the right notes. The one-day event — created to fill the void of the Viatorian Youth Congress, which had to be scuttled this year — took place for the second time...
by edaday | Oct 8, 2020 | News Archives
Leaders of the Conference of Major Superiors of Men offered a brief synopsis of the 90-page, third encyclical of Pope Francis to its members, which includes the Viatorian Community. Here is a portion of it: “The much anticipated pastoral letter Fratelli Tutti...
by edaday | Oct 7, 2020 | News Archives
Parishioners at St. George Church in Bourbonnais value their sacred outdoor space almost as much as inside the church. That’s why its Art & Environment Committee worked with members of the St. George Garden Club to create an altar of remembrance —...
by edaday | Oct 5, 2020 | News Archives
It has been three years since a gunman opened fire at a Las Vegas music festival, killing 58 and wounding more than 400 others. On the third anniversary, school children at St. Viator Parish School in Las Vegas turned to prayer as they remembered the day. Students...
by edaday | Oct 1, 2020 | News Archives, Peace & Justice
During one of its recent site visits, Sr. Simone Campbell, SSS, executive director of Network, a Catholic social justice lobby noted for its Nuns on the Bus event, interviewed some Chicago area advocates for her regular bus blog: Br. Michael Gosch, CSV, director of...
by edaday | Sep 30, 2020 | News Archives
Kankakee attorney Dave Baron vividly remembers accompanying his youth ministry group to Pembroke — in 1999 — one of the poorest counties in the nation located 20 miles south of Kankakee. “I went to a community known for its poor conditions,” Baron says,...
