by edaday | Dec 21, 2023 | News Archives
As Advent wanes and we ready our houses and hearts for Christmas, let’s pause to think of the many places in the world that seem far removed from the joy of this holiday. We offer a prayer for all those afflicted by violence and war and in...
by edaday | Dec 19, 2023 | News Archives
The third Sunday of Advent is referred to as Gaudete Sunday, or rejoice and be filled with joy. Confirmation students at Maternity BVM Parish in Bourbonnais took that message to heart over the weekend and shared their Christmas joy with parishioners. Accompanied by...
by edaday | Dec 14, 2023 | News Archives
Darkness into light. That familiar image underscored a prayer service, held on the second Sunday of Advent, as Viatorian associates, brothers and priests — in the Arlington Heights/Chicago region — reflected on ways to bring light into a broken world....
by edaday | Dec 13, 2023 | News Archives
The stirring image of red roses, set up in front of an image of Our Lady of Guadalupe, turned up in a variety of Viatorian institutions. No matter where the celebration, each was filled with all the hope and joy on her feast day, just as the flowers did more than 450...
by edaday | Dec 12, 2023 | News Archives
Br. Carlos Flórez, CSV, professed his first vows as a Viatorian on Dec. 8, 1993, the Feast of the Immaculate Conception. He professed his vows in the chapel at Colegio San Viator in Bogotá, his native Colombia, where he started as a teacher and eventually directed...
by edaday | Dec 11, 2023 | News Archives
Members of the Bourbonnais/Kankakee region gathered for an Advent prayer service last week, and not surprisingly they opened the morning by singing an adaptation of Mary’s Magnificat. Br. John Eustice, CSV, and Br. Jhobany Orduz, CSV, designed the guided...
