by edaday | Aug 19, 2019 | News Archives
One day before schools opened across the Bourbonnais/Kankakee region, Fr. John Peeters, CSV, carried out a beloved tradition that brought comfort to students, parents and faculty alike: a blessing of the backpacks. Near the end of Sunday Mass, Fr. Peeters...
by edaday | Aug 15, 2019 | News Archives, Peace & Justice
Fr. Mark Francis, CSV, serves as president of one of the largest graduate schools of theology, Catholic Theological Union in Chicago, and with its title comes responsibility. This week, Fr. Francis joined with members of the Council of Religious Leaders of...
by edaday | Aug 15, 2019 | News Archives
With the sun streaming into the chapel at the Viatorian Province Center, Viatorians gathered to celebrate the Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. “Alleluia, alleluia. Mary is taken up to heaven, a chorus of angels exults,” Fr. John...
by edaday | Aug 13, 2019 | News Archives
A portrait of Blessed Cardinal John Henry Newman moved into a place of prominence today at the Viatorian Province Center. In light of the Vatican announcement that Cardinal Newman would be canonized Oct. 13 in Rome, his formal painting moved into the main lobby. The...
by edaday | Aug 12, 2019 | News Archives
A core principle of the Viatorian vision statement is to “minister to and with young people in the church.” That commitment was on full display at a recent Sunday Mass at Our Lady of the Wayside Church in Arlington Heights, where Fr. Corey Brost, CSV, is a...
by edaday | Aug 8, 2019 | News Archives, Peace & Justice
As members of the Conference of Major Superiors of Men, Viatorians add their voice to a statement calling for immediate legislation on gun violence and a national examination of conscience, in response to the loss of more than 30 lives killed in the shootings in El...
