by edaday | Apr 5, 2022 | News Archives
One unique aspect to Maternity BVM Parish in Bourbonnais is that every month the parish devotes a Sunday Mass to young people. High school students do everything from serving as ushers, greeters, and readers, to cantors, musicians and Eucharistic ministers. But...
by edaday | Apr 4, 2022 | News Archives
Fr. Bill Haesaert, CSV, served as associate pastor at St. Viator Catholic Community from 1996 to 2013. Now retired, he is a frequent visitor to the school, where students in all grade levels think of them as their good shepherd. Here’s why: On Friday, he...
by edaday | Apr 1, 2022 | News Archives
Tables and representatives spread out across the Boler Multipurpose Athletic Center Friday at Saint Viator High School. Yet, this was no career fair or college fair, for that matter. No, it was a vocations fair. That’s right. Representatives from 14 religious...
by edaday | Mar 31, 2022 | News Archives, Peace & Justice
Thanks to the leadership of Associate Curt Saindon, St. George Parish in Bourbonnais is working to help Fortitude Community Outreach build a new homeless shelter in Kankakee. As part of its “Build a Fort” campaign, the parish will match donations up to...
by edaday | Mar 30, 2022 | News Archives
Viatorians in the Arlington Heights/Chicago region gathered Sunday for a unique Lenten prayer service. In the intimate setting of the Province Center chapel, they went through the Beatitudes and prayed for people affected by each one — and those who embody them....
by edaday | Mar 29, 2022 | News Archives
What started out as a casual Friday night outing, turned into something of a celebrity sighting last week at the Knights of Columbus Hall in Kankakee. This Lent, the hall’s annual fish fry returned after a two-year hiatus caused by mitigations from COVID-19....