by edaday | Aug 19, 2019 | News Archives
One day before schools opened across the Bourbonnais/Kankakee region, Fr. John Peeters, CSV, carried out a beloved tradition that brought comfort to students, parents and faculty alike: a blessing of the backpacks. Near the end of Sunday Mass, Fr. Peeters...
by edaday | Aug 16, 2019 | Meet a Viatorian
From the time he was a child growing up in Medellín, Colombia, Fr. Edwin Ruiz, CSV, has known he wanted to be a teacher and a priest, making him a perfect fit for the Viatorians. It was Fr. Edgar Suarez, CSV, who introduced him to the Viatorians, in 2006. Fr. Ruiz...
by edaday | Aug 15, 2019 | News Archives, Peace & Justice
Fr. Mark Francis, CSV, serves as president of one of the largest graduate schools of theology, Catholic Theological Union in Chicago, and with its title comes responsibility. This week, Fr. Francis joined with members of the Council of Religious Leaders of...
by edaday | Aug 15, 2019 | News Archives
With the sun streaming into the chapel at the Viatorian Province Center, Viatorians gathered to celebrate the Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. “Alleluia, alleluia. Mary is taken up to heaven, a chorus of angels exults,” Fr. John...
by edaday | Aug 13, 2019 | Peace & Justice
Viatorians were among the 250 people who protested Sunday outside of the Jerome Combs Detention Center in Kankakee, including Br. Michael Gosch, CSV, and Fr. Tom Long, CSV. The protest was one of 50 around the country, timed around Tisha B’Av, the Jewish day of...
