by Associate Dan Masterton | Jun 22, 2026 | News Archives, News Features
Pope Leo XIV chose the papal motto in Illo uno unum, which means “in the One, we are one.” As Leo leads our Church in a modern era of political polarization and complexity, Viatorians took a day of last week’s annual Provincial Assembly to explore the role of the...
by Associate Dan Masterton | Jun 18, 2026 | News Archives
On Wednesday night of the Provincial Assembly, the Viatorian Community celebrated its three jubilarians at a special Mass (available on YouTube): Fr. Donald Wehnert, CSV, is nearing 75 years of religious life, having professed first vows on August 15, 1951, and he is...
by Associate Dan Masterton | Jun 17, 2026 | News Archives
During Mass at Provincial Assembly on Tuesday, several new associates made their initial commitments to the Viatorian Community: Associate Leslie Bottcher, Associate Dianne Marshall, and Associate Patrick McGarry from the Arlington Heights-Chicago region; and...
by Associate Dan Masterton | Jun 15, 2026 | News Archives, Podcast Alerts
For young people, summer brings family vacations, athletics camps, and summer school – and it’s also a time for deepening faith, including vacation bible school, mission trips, and, at Saint Viator High School, Service & Song. Service & Song is a long-running...
by Associate Dan Masterton | Jun 10, 2026 | News Archives
On Saturday, St. Patrick Parish in Kankakee, IL, held its Parish Festival, gathering parishioners and neighbors for a day of fun and fellowship around the church grounds. “We had a wonderful number of volunteers helping us to set up the grounds, cook and serve the...
by Associate Dan Masterton | Jun 9, 2026 | News Archives
This past weekend, young people in the Bourbonnais-Kankakee region participated in Kairos 1 at St. George Parish. It is the first retreat in the newly restarted Kairos program through the shared Viatorian youth ministry of Maternity of the Blessed Virgin Mary and St....
