by edaday | Oct 1, 2020 | News Archives, Peace & Justice
During one of its recent site visits, Sr. Simone Campbell, SSS, executive director of Network, a Catholic social justice lobby noted for its Nuns on the Bus event, interviewed some Chicago area advocates for her regular bus blog: Br. Michael Gosch, CSV, director of...
by edaday | Sep 30, 2020 | News Archives
Kankakee attorney Dave Baron vividly remembers accompanying his youth ministry group to Pembroke — in 1999 — one of the poorest counties in the nation located 20 miles south of Kankakee. “I went to a community known for its poor conditions,” Baron says,...
by edaday | Sep 30, 2020 | News Archives
Parishioners at St. Viator Catholic Community in Las Vegas learned this week that Deacon Associate Mike Underwood will join the staff as a full-time deacon and pastoral associate. Deacon Mike and his wife, Kathy, are Viatorian associates. They met working with RCIA...
by edaday | Sep 30, 2020 | Peace & Justice
Over the weekend, Pope Francis marked the World Day of Migrants and Refugees in his address to the faithful in St. Peter’s Square. He reaffirmed the emphasis on internally displaced persons during a time of persistent vulnerability due to COVID-19, conflict, and...