by edaday | Sep 26, 2023 | News Archives
Nearly three months into his fulltime job as Director of Vocation Ministry, Br. Peter Lamick, CSV, has hit the ground running. In the last two weeks alone, he has participated in retreats at Bishop Gorman High School and St. Viator Catholic Community in Las Vegas, as...
by edaday | Sep 25, 2023 | News Archives
The tradition of paying tribute to first responders at a Blue Mass, goes back to the mid-1930s in Washington DC. At St. Patrick’s Church in Kankakee, Fr. John Peeters, CSV, pastor, brought the tradition to the parish 15 years ago, and it continues to be a...
by edaday | Sep 21, 2023 | News Archives, Peace & Justice
There are lots of traditions that surround homecoming at Bishop McNamara Catholic School in Kankakee, but increasingly one of them is community service. The idea started in 2017, and for the past five years Associate Michelle Barrie, working in her role as Office of...
by edaday | Sep 20, 2023 | News Archives
The Rev. Mark R. Francis, CSV, International Program has supported students from different countries at Saint Viator High School for more than 10 years and increasingly those countries are more diverse. This year, the program serves more than 35 students from nine...
by edaday | Sep 19, 2023 | News Archives
Fr. John Pisors, CSV, arrived at Colegio San Viator in 1967, or four years after it opened and one year before the first students would graduate. Over the next four decades, he served in many capacities at the school, teaching religion, math and English; as an...
by edaday | Sep 18, 2023 | News Archives
A rich tradition at Maternity BVM Parish started again this week, when young people led all aspects of the 11 a.m. Mass. This latest youth Mass — which happens every month — took place Sunday, when students uplifted the congregation as cantors, Eucharistic ministers,...
