Cristo Rey St. Martin College Prep Wins Emmy Award

Cristo Rey St. Martin College Prep Wins Emmy Award

Viatorians have known it all along, but now the secret is out. A documentary about Cristo Rey St. Martin College Prep and its innovative work study model won an Emmy Award last month for Outstanding Achievement for Public/Current Affairs Programming. The award came...
Let the Little Children Come Unto Me

Let the Little Children Come Unto Me

A tradition took place on Christmas Eve at St. Patrick Church in Kankakee that seems to personify the motto of the Viatorians, embossed on their community seal: “Let the little children come unto me.” Ever since Fr. John Peeters, CSV, took over as pastor 10 years ago,...
Longtime Saint Viator High School Teacher Passes Away

Longtime Saint Viator High School Teacher Passes Away

Longtime faculty members and alumni alike are mourning the passing of Robert “Strez” Strezewski who taught English for 41 years at Saint Viator High School. “He was an institution,” says Fr. John Milton, CSV, a former physics teacher at Saint Viator, who taught with...
Looking Back on the Impact of “The Search”

Looking Back on the Impact of “The Search”

Some 60 years after the Clerics of St. Viator produced The Search, its director is remembered as an innovative vocations director, whose love of the fine arts still impacts Viatorians — and the people they serve, to this day. Fr. Francis T. Williams, CSV, led...
Christmas Blessings from the Viatorians

Christmas Blessings from the Viatorians

Glory to God In the highest, And peace to God’s People on earth! (This image of a 15th century medallion of Madonna and Child, sculpted in glazed terra-cotta by Andrea dell Robbia, can be found hanging in the Viatorian Province Center. It is a cherished part of...