by edaday | Apr 23, 2014 | News Archives
With numbers of vocations down dramatically, religious communities are having to re-examine their methods. That’s what prompted members of the Viatorian Community to work with the Archdiocese of Chicago’s Office of Mission Education for the New...
by edaday | Apr 17, 2014 | News Archives
“One of you will betray me.” With those words, parishioners at Maternity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church in Bourbonnais began thir 30th annual living Last Supper production on Palm Sunday. Church members put it on every other year and once again it...
by edaday | Apr 16, 2014 | News Archives
I am surprised that he is not heavier. Strong, but slight of build, he was not at all like me. I’m a big woman, heavy in bone and flesh, toughened by years of hard work in house and field. I’m 50 now, but still strong enough to carry him. How many years...
by edaday | Apr 15, 2014 | News Archives
It’s a tradition rooted in the early church, the Chrism Mass. That’s when the bishop blesses the holy oils — the oil of catechumens, oil of the sick, and oil of Chrism — to be used during the sacraments for the rest of the year. On Monday of...
by edaday | Apr 14, 2014 | News Archives
Back in 1973, graduating seniors at Saint Viator High School voted Jim Bristol to receive the Erdmann Award, as the student who most personified the spirit of Saint Viator. More than 40 years later, he still personifies that spirit and the entire Viatorian...
by edaday | Apr 11, 2014 | News Archives
The Chicago Wolves professional hockey team rolled out the red carpet on Sunday for Saint Viator High School senior Tim Gruensfelder, before the entire team congratulated him on the ice. The occasion? Tim was awarded the Tim Breslin Memorial Scholarship, which...
