by edaday | Feb 17, 2021 | News Archives
Fr. Dan Lydon, CSV, celebrated Ash Wednesday Mass at Maternity BVM Parish and in his homily he compared the 40 days of Lent to an annual retreat. “Lent is about drawing closer to God and to others,” he said. In pointing to the traditional practices of...
by edaday | Feb 16, 2021 | News Archives, Peace & Justice
Once again, Cristo Rey St. Martin College Prep opened its campus this month to help minimize the effects of the pandemic. This time, the school partnered with a local Jewel-Osco Pharmacy to provide a vaccination clinic for elderly and frontline workers in the...
by edaday | Feb 11, 2021 | News Archives
The feast of Our Lady of Lourdes holds a special place in the Viatorian Community. A replica of the grotto where Mary appeared to Bernadette in 1858 in Lourdes, France remains a sacred place on the grounds of Maternity BVM Parish in Bourbonnais, more than 100 years...
by edaday | Feb 8, 2021 | Mission Matters
In its latest Justice & Peace Alert, the Conference of Major Superiors of Men opens with news on border reform since the Biden administration took office. HOPE Border Institute has noted that President Biden’s executive order phasing out private prisons by the...
