by edaday | Mar 7, 2018 | News Archives
Vatican leaders made the announcement official today: Pope Francis recognized the second miracle of five people, including most prominently Pope Paul VI and Blessed Oscar Romero, bishop and martyr. Now, all that awaits is their date of canonization. They already had...
by edaday | Mar 6, 2018 | News Archives
The Vatican announced last week that the Church will celebrate the Blessed Virgin Mary in her role as “Mother of the Church” every year on the Monday after Pentecost — May 21st this year — as a way to foster Marian piety and the maternal sense of the...
by edaday | Mar 5, 2018 | News Archives
Viatorian priests and brothers were on hand for the Night of the Lion gala Saturday, that raised money for its tuition assistance fund. In attendance were: Fr. Charles Bolser, chaplain; Fr. Mick Egan, provincial and former president; Fr. Dan Hall, vice president of...
by edaday | Mar 2, 2018 | News Archives
John 2: 13-25 What kind of image do you have of Jesus? Apart from Jesus on the cross, most people naturally call to mind comforting images of Jesus as the Good Shepherd or Jesus of the Sacred Heart. These images invite us to contemplate God’s mercy in Christ that...
by edaday | Mar 1, 2018 | News Archives
It has been more than 50 years since Erik Blanc and Tom Wake graduated from Spalding Institute in Peoria, but they vividly remember the impact of their Viatorian teachers. They returned recently to the Viatorian Province Center to thank their former teachers —...
by edaday | Feb 28, 2018 | News Archives
Pope Francis has named Bishop George Thomas as the new bishop of Las Vegas. He replaces Bishop Joseph Pepe who is retiring after leading the Las Vegas Diocese for the last 17 years. Bishop Thomas has been serving as the bishop of Helena for the last 14 years, where he...