by edaday | Jun 16, 2020 | Peace & Justice
The Viatorian Community supports this statement on the George Floyd murder, the anti-racism movement, and the anti-police brutality uprsing. It was posted June 15 by the Chicago Religious Leadership Network on Latin America: How long, O Lord, must I call for help? But...
by edaday | Jun 15, 2020 | News Archives
After 14 weeks of sheltering at home and keeping the church doors closed, Fr. Richard Rinn, CSV, Pastor, opened St. Viator Catholic Community in Las Vegas for its first Masses, but for a specific group: its first communicants. “It finally happened for very small...
by edaday | Jun 15, 2020 | Peace & Justice
According to the Washington-based Green America, there are an estimated 150 million children involved in child labor globally. And there are over 2 million child laborers growing the cocoa that goes into the chocolate you see on store shelves. Child laborers in cocoa...
by edaday | Jun 12, 2020 | News Archives, Peace & Justice
The Catholic peace activist who was injured during a protest in Buffalo, is a familiar name to the Viatorians. Martin Gugino is a retired IT professional, who was protesting discrimination and racism at the most recent rally, but he regularly demonstrates for justice,...
by edaday | Jun 11, 2020 | Peace & Justice
In writing for Voices for Creative Nonviolence, founder Kathy Kelly cites grim statistics of how the war in Yemen has affected its people, most alarmingly its children. “An entire generation of Yemeni children has suffered the traumas of war, many of them...