Provincial Perspective

Year of Consecrated Life

With the words Wake Up The World, Pope Francis announced
that 2015 would be a special year celebrating Consecrated Life.
He envisioned it as a year that would highlight the many women
and men who have committed themselves to embrace the evangelical counsels of poverty, chastity and obedience for the sake of the
Reign of God and the ministry of the Church.

to a life of living the evangelical

councels in service to the Church,
the People of God.
As noted in this newsletter, the date
for the Viatorian Open House is
Sunday, July 12. Plans are being developed to invite our friends and
neighbors to come to the Province
Center in Arlinton Heights, to celebrate Mass, take a tour, and
hear about the mission and life of professed Viatorians (brothers and priests). The Province Center is the headquarters for the
Viatorians in the United States and also serves as the primary
retirement residence for our senior members. We look forward
to opening our doors and welcoming family, friends and neighbors
alike.

As Viatorians, we join with Pope Francis, by professing evangelical

counsels, and thus are consecrated persons who not only strive to
make Christ the whole meaning of our lives, but strive to reproduce in ourselves as far as possible that form of life which He, as the
Son of God, accepted when He entered this world.
We celebrate the Year of Consecrated Life filled with hope and joy.
This special year is an opportunity for all religious communities to
share their story and celebrate their unique charism with all whom
they encounter.

When Pope Francis said Wake Up The World, he called us to

shake things up, to announce the presence of the Lord in our
midst, and move from the safety of our comfort zones to the center
of the mission of Jesus Christ.

In the United States, religious congregations have been asked to

come together to celebrate this special year through three unique
opportunities:
Day of Welcome and Open House opening our doors to invite
others to see how we live and to share a day of hospitality

As Viatorians, we do this by raising up communities of faith and

embrace those who are often accounted of little importance in our
world. I believe that our founder, Fr. Louis Querbes, would rejoice
in this most special Year of Consecrated Life. We join in his prayer:
Adored and loved be Jesus.

Day of Service inviting others to join with us to serve thoseowho

are suffering and in need
Day of Prayer inviting others to join with us as we give thanks
to God for the gift of our vocation and to pray that our works
might be inspired by the Holy Spirit.
Together, we pray that the
Spirit might call forth new
members to join our
ranks as brothers, sisters
and priests committed

In St. Viator and Fr. Querbes,

Thomas R. von Behren, CSV

Provincial Province of Chicago

Provincial:
Fr. Thomas R. von Behren, CSV

In this Issue:
2 Provincials Perspective: Year of Consecrated Life
3 Consecrated Life: It Starts with an Invitation
4 Mentor of the Year: Fr. Arnold Perham, CSV
5 Q & A with Viatorian Novice Br. Peter Lamick
6 Las Vegas Principal Reaches 50 Years
in Catholic Education

7 St. Viator Parish: Reborn with Rich Diversity

and Culture

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From the Archives: Celebrating our

beginnings - 150 Years Later

Editor:
Fr. Thomas E. Long, CSV

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In Memoriam:

Director of Communications:
Eileen OGrady Daday

Associate John Berger

Rev. Robert F. Cooney, CSV

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15

Colegio San Viator Earns Four-Star Rating

16

Groundbreaking Year Continues at

Saint Viator High School

8 Celebrating Our Jubilarians

Transitions: Viatorian Pastors Begin New Terms

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Raising up Communities of Faith

www.viatorians.com

Around the Province

Friday Morning Vigils:
Praying for Immigrant Families

Editorial Board:
Fr. Thomas R. von Behren, CSV
Br. Donald P. Houde, CSV
Fr. Lawrence D. Lentz, CSV
Br. Leo V. Ryan, CSV
Eileen OGrady Daday
Barton Hisgen
Associate Joan Sweeney
Layout and Design:
Dianna Ehrenfried, Visualedge, Inc.
Email: news@viatorians.com

Consecrated Life: It Starts with an Invitation

The formula for initiating conversation with young people around the
topic of vocations is both straightforward and effective.

Ask Lots of Questions

When invited to host a conversation with grade-school children, we
begin with this question: By a show of hands, how many of you
have a vocation? When few hands go up, we rephrase the question
this way, By a show of hands, how many of you received the Sacrament of Baptism? As more hands go up, the stage is set for a lively
discussion about faith, life and everything in between. Our role in
this process is to ask questions in such a way that they recognize that
the Holy Spirit is present and active in their lives.

Keep it Simple
Our ability to take seriously the responses the young people offer
will shape both our lives and the lives of those we serve. Why is that?
People of all ages are looking for someone to help them discover the
ways in which their life and faith experiences point to God. More
than easy answers, they want someone they can trust to accompany
them on their journey. They want help discerning how God is calling
them, who God is calling them to be and what God is calling them to
do in life. As Pope Francis points out, our lives are changed through
such encounters as we make present the fragrance of Christs closeness and his personal gaze (The Joy of the Gospel, 169).

Share Your Story

To bring Jesus near in this way, we need to be ready to draw on the
many ways God encounters us throughout the day, to share how the
Holy Spirit is active in our lives today. During a recent classroom
visit, a 4th grader posed this question to a panel, What difference
does being a priest make in your daily life? The priest standing

Fr. Jason Nesbit, CSV, asks questions before offering a presentation on

vocations to a class at Bishop McNamara High School in Kankakee

beside me offered a brief encounter of the Sacrament of Reconciliation. He began, As a priest, I see God healing people who hurt
whenever I sit down and listen to their stories. He shared his story
and, in the process, he pointed those present to God. The ability
to succinctly share aspects of our current spiritual life offers an
opportunity for young people to recognize Gods Spirit in real time
through the experiences of someone they can trust.
So ask lots of questions, keep it simple and share your story! The
questions you ask, the presence you offer and the stories you tell
might just be the ones that set in motion the process of discernment
for the people you encounter.
Bart Hisgen,
Assistant Director of Vocation Ministry

Viatorian Community Open House

Ever wonder what lies beyond the gateway to the
Viatorian Provincial Center in Arlington Heights?
Now is your chance. Join members of the Viatorian
Community for an afternoon open house, when we
throw open our doors for all to learn more about
religious life.

What: Viatorian Provincial Center

Open House
When: 2-6 p.m. July 12
Where: 1212 E. Euclid Ave. in
Arlington Heights
Cost: Free

More information: www.viatorians.com

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Celebrate with members of the Viatorian

Community at an outdoor 2 p.m. Mass
Tour the Province Center building, including its
chapel with the creation stained glass windows, see
its many pieces of art work and sculpture, visit the
community garden which grows vegetables for area
food pantries, and explore the provincial grounds
Attend presentations about the congregations 150
years of ministering in this country and learn about
some of its current ministries
Meet and talk with various Viatorian associates,
brothers and priests

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Mentor of the Year: Fr. Arnold Perham, CSV

Fr. Arnold Perham, CSV, quietly reports to Saint Viator High
School every morning, settling in at its math lab, where he tutors
students and designs projects for its Querbes Scholars.
Last month, the 85-year old priest found himself front and
center before a sold-out crowd at the village of Arlington Heights
Hearts of Gold dinner, as the first award winner of the evening,
Mentor of the Year.
This was the 17th annual dinner, which was started by members
of the villages Special Events Commission as a way to celebrate
unsung heroes in the community.
Fr. Arnold Perham, CSV, left, enjoyed the awards dinner with his sister,
Faustine Perham and Fr. Thomas von Behren, CSV

Someone noticed you doing something out of the ordinary, said

Steve Fromm, chairman of the Special Events Commission. But
your actions werent ordinary; theyre exceptional.

it comes as no surprise that he has transitioned to the iPad technology just as easily.

Although Fr. Perham has been named Teacher of the Year and
drawn recognition from the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics and Math Teachers Association of Catholic High Schools
in Chicago, his daily tutoring long after he retired, has flown under
the radar.

He designs projects for Querbes Scholars that push them to use

their tablets to research projects such as the rate at which the
Transcontinental Railway was built rail by rail back in
the 1900s, and this years project, which asks them to determine
descriptor values for unusual shapes, such as a maple leaf.

I get these nomination forms every year, but I never want to

single out just one teacher. Were all educators, Mrs. Manno said.
But when I see Fr. Perham come faithfully every morning, it just
hit me how much he reflects our mission both academically
and spiritually.

Fr. Corey Brost, CSV, president of Saint Viator High School,

attended the dinner, as well as Fr. Thomas von Behren, CSV, provincial, Fr. John Milton, CSV, Br. Rob Robertson, CSV, several
teaching colleagues, and Fr. Perhams sister, Faustine Perham, a
published mathematician herself.

Fr. Perham began teaching mathematics at Saint Viator High

School in 1962, one year after it opened. While he formally retired in 2001, officials said he continues to inspire students and
colleagues alike.

I cant think of anyone who deserves this recognition more, Fr.

Brost said. You wont find a kinder, wiser, more intelligent person
in this building. He shines Gods bright light, daily.
Eileen OGrady Daday

Fr. Perham has mentored every teacher in

the department through the years,
Mrs. Manno added. His enthusiasm for
mathematics and his dedication to all
students continues to make him one of
the finest educators ever in our building.
At 85 years old, she said, his very
presence in the building challenges all of
us to be better educators and learners.
Fr. Perham embraced technology early in
his teaching career, integrating computers
into freshman and sophomore geometry,
and introducing upperclassmen to
coding used in computer
programming. Consequently,
Mrs. Eileen Manno, principal of
Saint Viator High School, nominated
Fr. Perham for the award.

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with Novice Br. Peter Lamick

Q.

Q. Youve already spent the last year as a pre-novice. What

When did you start thinking about religious life? Was

there a defining moment, or did it come about gradually?

did that entail?

A.

A. I lived in community with Viatorians at the high school,

I was in religion class as a high school senior when I had to write

a letter to my future self in 10 years. I was not sure of what to write and
just stared at the page for a while. Then I experienced this overwhelming feeling with the thought that I was meant to give my entire life to
helping others. At the time I was not quite sure what this specifically
meant. During my freshmen year of college it was a bit of a culture
shock to discover how few of my peers practiced our faith. Towards the
end of my freshmen year this realization prompted me to rethink that
moment I had as a high school senior. I thought that perhaps God was
calling me to help others as a priest. Since then this has resurfaced time
and again in different experiences.

Q.

Im guessing that it was when you attended Saint

Viator High School that you first met the Viatorians, but was
there one in particular who influenced you?

A.

Saint Viator High School has been a part of my

life since I was a young boy, but it was not until I actually
attended, that I personally met the Viatorians. I came to know
Fr. Dan Hall who was my football coach for two seasons. He
was, and still is, an important role model for me, and showed
me how faith is a central part of being a man. As I discerned
religious life I could not imagine myself not being part of the
community he was in.

Q.

What were you involved with in high school and

college? Were there any particular activities, or classes, that
helped reinforce your decision?

A.

The experiences I had playing football in high school helped

instill critical values within me. It feels odd to say that a sport has played
such an important role, but God finds a way to reach us no matter
where we are or what we are doing. In football I discovered I loved being
a part of a community with a common mission, and when you add in
Christ, in many ways this resembles religious life.

Q.

I know that you considered other religious communities as well as possibly becoming a diocesan priest. What was
it about the Viatorians that drew you to them?

A.

St. Viator Parish in Chicago, St. Thomas More Catholic

Community in Las Vegas, and Maternity BVM Parish in
Bourbonnais. I lived in each of the three regions where the
Viatorians serve in this country and was given an opportunity to
meet and get to know most of them. I was also provided opportunities to participate in a number of different ministries.
The Viatorian pre-novitiate is quite unique, since it is not
uncommon in other communities to live in one place with
exposure to one type of ministry.

Q.

What happens now that youve entered the novitiate?

How structured is it?

A.

I will be living at the Province Center with retired

Viatorians for the next year. The year is intended to provide
the space for a novice to deepen his relationship with Christ
and a deeper discernment of religious life. I have a novice
master, Fr. John Van Wiel, who will accompany me through
my personal discernment throughout the year. Some of
the retired Viatorians will teach me about the communitys
history and spirituality, along with Scripture. One day a week
I will have the opportunity to do some ministry, but the year
itself is more oriented towards contemplation rather than
active ministry.

Q.

What happens after youve completed your year and a

day in the novitiate?

A. At the end of the year I

will take my first vows

of poverty, chastity and
obedience which extend
for three years. I will also
be given my first assignment
for a year. Where or what
this ministry will be I do not
know. I do know it will be a
continuation of my
discernment, though more
focused on what ministry God
is calling me to.

My family has been connected to this community

throughout my entire life. This relationship with the Viatorian
Community played the greatest role in my discernment. My
discernment was personal but it was not private, as my family Eileen OGrady Daday
was part of the process as well. Through our conversations we
came to believe the Viatorians seemed to be the right choice for
me because of my strong connection with them through Saint
Viator High School.
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Las Vegas Principal Reaches 50 Years in Catholic Education

Fr. Richard Rinn, CSV, pastor, thanked Mrs. Daulton
at the schools fundraiser in November and he already
nominated her to be honored at this years dinner. They
arrived the same year and have worked to build the schools
academic standards and gospel values, together.
Thank you for making St. Viator School a community of faith,
knowledge and service, Fr. Rinn said, and for raising the bar
in Catholic education in Las Vegas.
When Mrs. Daulton first arrived in Las Vegas, she brought
a wealth of experience. She dates the start of her teaching
back to 1965, when the Office of Catholic Schools in the
Archdiocese of Cincinnati offered to fund two years of
college in exchange for teaching at a Catholic school for two
years.
Coming from a family of 10 children, and wanting to be a
teacher, I took the offer, Mrs. Daulton says. At that time, I
didnt know it would lead to another 48 years. I think I kept
my promise!
Mrs. Daultons first 20 years were spent teaching at St.
Lawrence School in Cincinnati, where she returned just
six years after graduating from its junior high. After
obtaining a Masters Degree in counseling in 1985, she began a
career in administration, serving as principal of Queen of Peace
School in Hamilton, Ohio.
Near the end of her career there, Mrs. Daulton was nominated by her peers to receive the National Catholic Education
Association Distinguished Principal Award, given to only one
principal in the nations 12 districts.
Mrs. Daulton next spent three years working for the
Archdiocese of Cincinnati, as assistant superintendent
of schools.
This was a slight detour in my career, but it gave me the opportunity to work in many schools, she says, and learn even
more about what it takes to be a successful Catholic school.
Her sisters decision to move to Las Vegas in 1990, proved to be
a pivotal one for Mrs. Daulton and ultimately the St. Viator
Catholic Community.
I told her I would move only if I found a ministry in a Catholic
school, Mrs. Daulton says.

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Mrs. Kathleen Daulton arrived at St. Viator Catholic Community in Las Vegas
in 1999, the same year as Fr. Richard Rinn, CSV.

Her resume found its way to the Archdiocese of Las Vegas and
the superintendent of schools, Ellen Ayobu, who told Mrs.
Daulton about the opening at St. Viator School.
Mrs. Daulton brings a wonderful blend of academic
leadership and Catholic faith to St. Viator School, says
Maddie Gugino, a parent and member of the schools
foundation board.
Parents appreciate the schools dedicated faculty as well
as support professionals, including a full-time counselor,
nurse, special education teacher and other support staff and
teaching assistants.
Mrs. Daulton has guided the school through three sccessful accreditation proceedings through the Western Catholic
Educational Association, including its most recent one in
2014, where the school was evaluated as highly effective in
nearly every domain.
Fr Rinn and I have strived to fulfill the Viatorians
educational mission, and what I believe is the mission of
all Catholic schools, Mrs. Daulton says, to provide a
quality Catholic education where the Gospel message is lived
learned and shared in a safe learning environment.
Eileen OGrady Daday

St. Viator Parish: Reborn with Rich Diversity and Culture

Some compare the Church, with its rich diversity of peoples and cultures, to a tapestry made up of many different
threads each with its unique color and texture. That image
reflects St. Viator Parish in Chicago. In the 127 years that the
Viatorians have ministered there, the area has seen many different nationalities and cultures move in and out of the area,
each with its own identity but all united in faith and religion,
expressed in the parish setting.
The most recent influx into this Northwest Chicago neighborhood has been the Spanish-speaking immigrants from Central
and South America. Among the many gifts they bring is their
deep faith expressed in lively music and animated worship.
The Sunday Spanish Mass fills the church with people enthusiastically praising God through word and song. Every
Thursday, a charismatic group meets where they deepen their
faith through Scripture, song and testimony and then reflect
their faith through various service projects within the parish.
The parish leaders, Fr. Charles Bolser, CSV, pastor, and Fr.
Moses Mesh, CSV, associate pastor, are responding to them
in making the parish a welcoming parish for all people.
Fr. Bolser is taking Spanish lessons and Fr. Mesh is a native
Spanish speaker from Belize who recently arrived from his
native country and has immersed himself fully into this new
chapter of his ministry.
Flowing from the Spanish Mass on Sunday, Fr. Moses introduced
another Spanish Mass on Wednesday evening. The first Mass had
six people attending, now it surpasses 100. The singing began a
cappella; now a group is forming a choir.

Fr. Moses Mesh, CSV, has begun teaching English as a Second Language
classes at St. Viator Parish in Chicago.

and two items surfaced: learning English and help in navigating the governmental bureaucracy. In response, the parish was
able to secure legal services from an attorney and work with
the Archdiocese to offer individual help with paperwork.
Fr. Mesh began teaching an English class, which meets twice a
week for two hours at the parish.
They are very faithful in coming and very eager to learn,
Fr. Mesh says. We strive to provide a relaxed and enjoyable
environment where learning takes place.
The class began with 18 and soon grew to 22. On one of the
other two nights, people engage in crafts while they are learning
English. Some embroider, others knit while still others crochet.
These activities build a sense of community, Fr. Mesh adds,
which gives life to the parish and to the Church as a whole.
Fr. Thomas Long, CSV

The immigration policies directly impact many parishioners.

Working in conjunction with the Archdiocese of Chicagos
Office of Immigrant Affairs, the Pastoral Migratoria program is
very active. The program provides leadership
training in such areas as public speaking
and conducting meetings. They provide
accompaniment to families who have
lost members to deportation as well
as providing information about current
governmental policies. Lastly, they
participate in activities to advocate for
human rights and comprehensive and
compassionate immigration reform.
The parish coordinator for Pastoral
Migratoria conducted a parish survey
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Celebrating our Jubilarians...

Fr. John Eck, CSV, will celebrate
60 years of religious life on Sept.
8. He entered the Viatorian Community as a graduate of Cathedral
Boys High School in Springfield,
Illinois. His years of study included
obtaining a bachelors degree in
philosophy from Loyola University
in Chicago and a masters degree
in counseling from Western Illinois University, before studying
at the Viatorian seminary, both in
Evanston, IL and Washington, D.C., in preparation for ordination.
From 1963 to 1966, Fr. Eck taught at Saint Viator High School in
Arlington Heights and at Spalding Institute in Peoria. His first long
assignment came at Alleman High School in Rock Island, where
from 1966 to 1978 he served as counselor and religion teacher. For
the next five years, he was a member of the formation team for the
Province of Chicago, before serving as a counselor and teacher, from
1983 to 1990 at the Prologue High School in Chicago. From there,
he changed the focus of his work to pastoral activities, serving at
St. Joseph Parish in Springfield, at St. Viator Parish in Chicago as
parochial vicar and finally as pastor of St. Viator in Chicago, from
2005 to 2009. He then retired to St. Patricks Parish in Kankakee,
where he continues to reside and offers sacramental help to area parishes. Throughout his years as a priest in the Viatorian Community,
Fr. Eck has been known as one who has a special calling to care for
the poor and downtrodden.

St. Viator as its pastor, from 1986 to 1996. After a sabbatical year, he
returned to St Viator in Las Vegas where he served until retiring in 2013.
Fr. Haesaert continues to minister at the Viatorian parishes in Las
Vegas and attends to the needs of his friend, Fr. Anderson.
Fr. Thomas Kass, CSV, celebrates
50 years of religious life and a
lifetime of academic pursuits. He
completed his bachelors degree
in English at Loyola University,
Chicago, in 1968, before earning
a masters degree in English language and literature and completing post graduate studies in English Literature at the University
of Chicago. Between 1973 and
1976, he completed seminary
courses for ordination at Catholic
Theological Union in Chicago, before spending a year at Harvard
doing graduate studies in educational psychology. From 1984 to 1989
he worked to obtain his doctorate in English literature and language at
Loyola University in Chicago. In between his formal studies, Fr. Kass
spent many years as a teacher, including assignments at Lincoln Land
College in Springfield, at Saint Viator High School in Arlington
Heights and at Griffin High School in Springfield. After earning his
doctorate, Fr. Kass headed east to St. Anselm College in Manchester,
NH, where he was an assistant professor of English, from 1989 to
1996, and ultimately named an associate professor. He continued to
teach at the college until 2008, when he was awarded the status of
professor emeritus. In retirement, Fr. Kass returned to Chicago and
served as director of novices and pre-novices for the Community. I
am grateful to the Viatorian Community for expanding my vision
of ministry possibilities and for supporting me in concretizing those
possibilities in my life.

Fr. William Haesaert, CSV,

celebrates 50 years of religious life
on Sept. 1. He graduated from
Alleman High School in Rock
Island, where he found his friend,
model and mentor, in Fr. Edward
Anderson, CSV. Today he says,
All that I am is a blessing from
God. My reflections sum up an
attitude of gratitude for the
support I have received from my
family and from the Viatorians, who are my second family. In
preparation for his life of ministry he completed seminary studies at
Catholic Theological Union in Chicago, from 1976 to1979, earning
a Masters of Divinity degree. In addition, he later studied at Springfield College in Illinois, St. Ambrose College in Davenport, Iowa,
and the University of Notre Dame. In between his advanced studies,
he served at Griffin High School in Springfield, Bethany Home in
Moline, II, at St. Pius X Parish in Rock Island, and St. Ambrose
Church in Milan, II. Fr. Haesaert served his deaconate year at St. Viator
Parish in Chicago and the next five years as parochial vicar at St. Viator
Catholic Community in Las Vegas. He returned to Chicago to lead

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Fr. C. Gregory Jones, CSV, will

celebrate 25 years of religious life
as a Viatorian on Aug. 6. These 25
wonderful years have flown by! One
word sums up my life as a Viatorian: blessed. His high school years
were spent at Seoul American High
School in South Korea and at Salesian High School in Detroit. For
undergraduate work, he attended
Quincy College in Quincy, Illinois,
the University of Maryland extension
in Bangkok, Thailand and Western
Michigan University in Kalamazoo. Fr. Jones completed his seminarian studies from 1979 to 1983, at Catholic Theological Union in
Chicago, where he specialized in pastoral counseling and ultimately

Transitions: Viatorian Pastors

Begin New Terms
After 14 years as pastor of more
than 6,000 families at St. Thomas
More Catholic Community in
Henderson, NV, Fr. Patrick Render,
CSV, is taking up a new challenge.
In August, he will take over as
Fr. Patrick Render, CSV
pastor of St. Viator Parish in Chicago, replacing Fr. Charles Bolser, CSV,who is retiring.

earned a Masters of Divinity degree. He returned to CTU for one

year, from 1989- 90, to do graduate work in spirituality and catechesis, before teaching at Saint Viator High School, from 1990-1995.
In 1996, he was ordained to the priesthood by Cardinal Joseph
Bernardin. Fr. Kass then served as parochial vicar at St. Viator Parish
in Chicago until 1998. For the next three years, he served as chaplain at
Southern Illinois University until 2001. He spent one year as parochial
vicar at Guardian Angel Cathedral in Las Vegas, before heading east,
where he served as director of Campus Ministry at Ohio Dominican
University in Columbus from 2002 to 2005. The last 10 years he
has worked passionately, advocating for the poorest of the poor in
an organization called Food for the Poor. Fr. Jones supplements that
role on weekends at parishes around the country, asking for funds to
help support Viatorian mission endeavors around the world.

Fr. Render will be serving with Fr. Moses Mesh, CSV, associate
pastor. In preparation for his new role, Fr. Render will attend a
Spanish immersion program in San Antonio, Texas.
St. Viator is one of the earliest parishes founded and staffed by
the Viatorians in this country, Fr. Render said to his parishioners. I will be joining a long history of Viatorians who have
served there for more than 125 years.

Fr. Edward Anderson, CSV,

celebrates 70 years of religious
life on Aug. 16. His journey began
in 1945, when he came to the
novitiate at Bourbonnais, Illinois
from New York City. He completed undergraduate studies at
St. Charles College in Maryland
and DePaul University in Chicago, where he earned a bachelors
degree in philosophy. He later did
graduate work at both Fordham
University in New York and the
University of Illinois, and earned masters degrees in education and
sacred theology from the Catholic University of America in
Washington. Between 1945 and 1969, Fr. Anderson taught at
seven schools administered by the Viatorians: St. Joseph School
for the Deaf and Stepinac High School, both in New York; Regina
Angelorum Theological Seminary in Arlington Heights, Spalding
Institute in Peoria, Cathedral Boys High School in Springfield,
Alleman High School in Rock Island and Bishop Gorman High
School in Las Vegas where he served as principal and superior. Fr.
Anderson then served as provincial of the Chicago Province; he
was the first Viatorian to be elected by his confreres and not appointed. He led them from 1969 to 1974, and during these years,
Fr. Anderson worked to change the status of the Arlington Heights
property to allow for low and middle income families. It would
become a landmark case, which ultimately went to the Supreme
Court and was voted down. Fr. Anderson also was successful in
taking advantage of an opportunity to buy into the Social Security plan that would give some retirement income to the members
of the congregation. After leading his confreres as provincial, Fr.
Anderson served as parochial vicar and pastor at St. Viator Catholic
Community in Las Vegas, from 1976 to 1980. He was then rector
of Guardian Angel Cathedral in Las Vegas from 1983 to 1990, when
he retired.
Br. Donald Houde, CSV

Fr. Mick Egan, CSV

Fr. Render leaves St. Thomas

More in good hands, however. In his place, Fr. Robert
M. Egan, CSV, will take over
as pastor, with Fr. Michael
Keliher continuing as associate
pastor, and several Viatorian
associates serving on staff.

Fr. Egan arrived at St. Thomas More in the summer of 2013, after
serving as president of Saint Viator High School for eight years.
Fr. Thomas von Behren, CSV,
provincial, also announced
that Fr. Richard Rinn, CSV,
had been reappointed as pastor of St. Viator Catholic
Community in Las Vegas for
another four years. Already, he
has led the parish and its
2,000 families for 16 years.

Fr. Richard Rinn, CSV, right with

Fr. Thomas vonBehren, CSV, and
Fr. Daniel Hall, CSV

He also announced that Fr.

John Peeters, CSV, has been reappointed pastor at St. Patrick
Parish in Kankakee, for the
next four years, after serving
there for the last eight years.
Fr. John Peeters, CSV, left, with
Associate David Surprenant

Collectively, these four pastors meet the pastoral needs of

more than 10,000 families, and strive to advance the Viatorian
mission, to announce Jesus Christ and his gospel, and to raise
up communities where faith is lived, deepened and celebrated.
Thank you for your faithful service, Fr. von Behren said in his
provincial newsletter, in the name of the Viatorian Community.
Eileen OGrady Daday

www.viatorians.com

Raising Up Communities of Faith

In the Footsteps
of Our Founder...
Pope Francis proclaimed a Year of Consecrated Life beginning
November 30, 2014 through February 2, 2016. He challenges
religious to Be Witnesses to a Different Way of Action. He
asked religious to study their origins and history and ask Are
[our ministries] suitable for todays society?
Viatorian history is one of responding to needs. Fr. Louis Querbes
confronted poverty and illiterate youth in rural France. After
prayerful reflection (1826-1830) he founded a Pious Association
of Teachers and secured approval as a diocesan community in
1831. Later, in 1838, the Papacy confirmed his community as
a Papal Congregation. Although diocesan authorities suppressed
his concept of Brothers and Aggreges (lay men and women),
Pope Gregory XVI confirmed Association in our canonical title.
Lay Associates were reconstituted within the Viatorians in 1994.
Fr. Querbes sent Viatorians to Canada in 1847 and 18 years
later (1965) a priest and two brothers to the United States. Today Viatorians mission in 16 countries. We have adapted our
ministries to local cultures, countries and customs. Our goal to
raise up communities where faith is lived, deepen and celebrated to
especially those who are accounted of no importance in our
world. (C9) (1985)
Chicago Viatorians have served the Church with parishes from the
Kankakee River Valley, Springfield, Chicago, Nevada and even
Kyoto, Japan, with missions in Colombia and Belize. We have
responded to bishops requests for elementary/secondary schools,
campus ministers, the military, VA, hospital and institutional
chaplains. Saint Viator High School offers faith formation for
youth from 21 parishes in 17 Northwest Cook and Lake Counties.
Social justice is not new to Viatorians. St. Viator College with its
Labor priests, was also noted for free scholarships and forgiving
unpaid tuition. In the early 1930s Viatorians operated a hostel for
men transitioning from prison to rehabilitation and staffed Chicago
Mercy Home for Boys (Chicago) and Star of Sea (Savannah, GA).
In 2005 the Provincial Council began aligning Viatorians with
social causes: poverty, torture, hunger, housing, and legislative
issues. Locally, the Province supports the local homeless population
through PADS at nearby St. James parish.
Pope Francis writes: No one contributes to the future alone.
Viatorians partnered with St. Marys (Lake Forest), Resurrectionists, Sisinawa Dominicans and Sisters of the Holy Child of Jesus

sponsoring a new high school, Christo Rey St. Martin College

Prep, for Waukegan Hispanic youth.
The 2012 General Chapter made social justice a Viatorian priority. In 2013, Br. Michael Gosch, CSV, was appointed Coordinator
of Justice, Peace and Integrity of Creation launching many social
initiatives.
Today immigration is our major focus. Were active in Interfaith
Committee for Detained Immigrants (ICDI) working with intergovernmental and multiple religious communities, especially
the Sisters of Mercy.
Some immigrants are directly deported; others are released to
families and others are released but delayed for future court
action. Viatorians participate in immigration deportation
day prayer services; provide pastoral care for 400 detained
immigrants in McHenry County Jail and with ICDI Post
Detention Accompaniment. They escort released immigrants to
their departure points, providing them food, clothing and a
backpack of necessities for their travel.
For detained immigrants temporary housing is an issue. Through
initiatives of Br. Gosch, Viatorian Associates and the Sisters of
Mercy, a house of hospitality for men has been established in
Cicero and a house of hospitality for women, families and young
people who just turned 18 is located at the Catholic Theological
Union (CTU).
As Pope Francis encourages, we Viatorians strive to live the
present with passion.
Br. Leo V. Ryan, CSV

www.viatorians.com

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From the Archives: Celebrating our beginnings - 150 Years Later

The year 1865 was an important one in the history of the United
States. It was the year that the war among the states came to an
end. It was also the year in which President Abraham Lincoln
was assassinated. Both these events were of great importance in
Kankakee County, since fathers and sons in the area fought and
died in the Civil War and many residents had seen and known
Lincoln of Illinois.
It was the same year that the Clerics of St. Viator came to
Bourbonnais, which would have far-reaching and lasting
effects for that area and beyond.
This summer the Viatorian Community is celebrating their founding in Bourbonnais. Maternity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church,
the cradle of the Viatorian Community in the United States, will
be hosting the 150th anniversary Mass.
Bourbonnais was a prosperous French-Canadian settlement on
the fertile prairies of northern Illinois. The village had a church,
Maternity BVM, with a resident pastor, Rev. James Cot. It also
had a girls school taught by the Sisters of the Congregation
of Notre Dame, but it lacked a parochial school for boys. The
Canadian Viatorian missioners came to fill that gap.

Centennial Mass in 1965 at Maternity BVM Church

Since those early days, the Viatorians have continued to serve in

numerous towns and institutions in the Bourbonnais/Kankakee
region, the Arlington Heights/Chicago region, the Henderson/
Las Vegas region and as missioners in Japan, Taiwan, Colombia
and Belize.

The three missioners that arrived

in 1865 from the Viatorian Province of Joliette in Canada were Fr.
Pierre Beaudoin, CSV, Br. JeanBaptiste Bernard, CSV, and Br.
Augustin Martel, CSV.
Father Cot, who had been
instrumental in bringing the Viatorians to Illinois, voluntarily resigned his pastorate. In his place,
Fr. Beaudoin then took over as
pastor of Maternity BVM Parish Br. Bernard, CSV, Rev. Father
for 35 years until 1900, as well as Beaudoin, CSV and Br. Martel,
CSV
the directorship of the Viatorians in
the U.S. until 1882 when it was established as a new province,
the Province of Chicago.
The first few years in Bourbonnais, Br. Bernard and Br. Martel
taught local boys at a public school located on a site near the
church. Fr. Beaudoin purchased the school building, in the name
of the Viatorians, and it became an independent private school.
This elementary school quickly expanded into secondary and
college levels. After the arrival of the Rev. Thomas Roy, CSV,
who was sent from Canada to be the first president, St. Viator
College was established in 1868. Before long, seminary courses
also were taught.
The schools reputation grew along with its student population.
Six years later in 1874, the college was granted a university charter
from the State of Illinois and it ranked high as an outstanding
Midwestern Catholic college for 70 years.

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Auxiliary Bishop Romeo Blanchette, in dark, gave the homily at the

centennial Mass presided over by Bishop Martin McNamara, both of Joliet.

In 1965, at the 100-year anniversary celebration at Maternity

BVM Church, Bishop Romeo Blanchette, Auxiliary Bishop of
Joliet, gave the homily at the centennial Mass.
What a change Fr. Beaudoin would find, since 1865, said Bishop
Blanchette, a native of St. George, IL, who would go on to become the bishop of Joliet from 1966-1979.Bishop Blanchettes
sentiments still ring true in 2015. The village has grown in size,
buildings on the property have come and gone, interiors redone,
yet the Viatorians have remained steadfast to the cradle of their
community, in Bourbonnais.
Source: Bourbonnais Obedience (author unknown) and the sermon
delivered on May 30, 1965 by Auxiliary Bishop Romeo Blanchette
of Joliet.
Joan Sweeney,
Viatorian Associate and Archivist

www.viatorians.com

In Memoriam...
Viatorian Associate John Berger

Rev. Robert F. Cooney, CSV

(1927-2015)
Viatorian Associate John Berger was something of a fixture at St. Viator Catholic
Community: For more than 20 years, he
walked or rode his bicycle to daily Mass. It
was only in the last few years that he made
a concession to his healthy lifestyle, and
drove to church.

When the Viatorians opened Saint Viator High

School back in 1961, they looked among their
members for someone to develop the schools
library, and one name quickly surfaced: Rev.
Robert F. Cooney, CSV.

(1927-2014)

Mr. Berger passed away Jan. 17 at

Nathan Adelson Hospice in Las Vegas, where he had volunteered as a
relief caregiver in his retirement. He was 87.
He was always positive and talked with everyone, says Fr. Richard Rinn,
CSV, pastor. When I think of John, I think of a good man. He was a
true gentleman.
Mr. Berger grew up in Bay City, MI, but he and his wife, Helene raised
their family in Denver, where he worked in sales while she taught
school. They moved to Las Vegas in 1979, after the youngest of their
five children graduated from high school.
The couple immediately joined St. Viator Catholic Community, where
Mr. Berger served as an usher and reader, and an Eucharistic minister.
They also continued to work, Helene as a teacher and John as a casino
employee.
According to family members, he often described his 10-year
career in the casino industry, as his dream job. He worked in the
poker room at the old MGM Hotel, and after three years, served as the
poker room manager before he retired in 1990.
He continued to stay busy in retirement, staying actively involved with
church ministries as well as volunteering his time with patients and their
families at Nathan Adelson Hospice and its in-patient hospice unit.
Between his religious devotion at St. Viator and his volunteer hours
with hospice patients, the Viatorian Community in Las Vegas asked
him to consider joining them as a lay associate. Mr. Berger spent the
traditional two years of preparation and discernment before making his
first commitment in 2006.
The John Berger I knew was a man who truly lived his faith both
in word and action, says Fr. Lawrence Lentz, CSV, associate pastor
at St. Viator and assistant provincial, who oversees the association
program for the Viatorian Community.
He was a Christian gentleman who modeled the best of what it means
to be an associate in simple and unassuming ways, Fr. Lentz added.
But, what impressed me most about John, was that he was truly a
holy man.
Mr. Berger was preceded in death by his wife, Helene, who passed away
in 2013, months before the couples 60th anniversary. He is survived
by his five children, 13 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
A funeral Mass took place Jan. 24 at St. Viator Catholic Community in
Las Vegas. Fr. William Haesaert, CSV, presided.

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He was and still is the only professed Viatorian with his masters in library science, and
he dutifully accepted, excited at the challenge
of establishing a new library.
Fr. Cooney led Saint Viator High Schools library for its first 10 years,
before he left to run the library at Bishop Gorman High School in
Las Vegas from 1971-1973.
His career would take him next into pastoral ministry and ultimately
as a hospital chaplain, but no matter where his ministry took him, he
was always surrounded by books.
Fr. Cooney died Dec. 12, after a long illness. He was 87.
Fr. Cooney was born Jun. 20, 1927 in Springfield, IL, the youngest
of six children of William and Florence Fitzpatrick Cooney. His first
introduction to the Viatorians came at Cathedral Boys High School
in Springfield, where he graduated in 1945.
He pronounced his first vows Feb. 5, 1951, his final vows Feb. 5, 1954
and was ordained a priest on June 9, 1957 in Techny, IL by Bishop
William OBrien.
Fr. Cooney first taught at Spalding Institute, in Peoria, as well as St.
James Trade School in Springfield and at Alleman High School, Rock
Island, before working in his profession as a librarian.
His confreres affectionately remember calling Fr. Cooney, Coo, and
that nickname resonated with students who were under his charge.
Back then, the library was also used as a study hall, says his niece,
Elizabeth Englbrecht, who teaches chemistry at Saint Viator High
School. So, it was a tall order to keep the boys in order in the reverence of a library.
Br. Donald Houde, CSV, served as assistant principal during the
schools early years and he remembers the professionalism that Fr.
Cooney brought to the library.
He wanted to establish a high quality research library, Br. Houde
says, and one that would grow with the school.
Fr. Cooney spent the next 20 years, alternating between pastoral
assignments St. Viator Parish in Chicago, Maternity BVM in
Bourbonnais and Guardian Angel Cathedral in Las Vegas with
hospital chaplaincy work at St. Johns Hospital, Springfield and
St. Marys Hospital, Kankakee.
We remember him as a great family man, said Fr. Robert Erickson,
CSV, at his funeral, and one who had a wonderfully rich diversity
of ministry.
Eileen OGrady Daday

Colegio San Viator Earns Four-Star Rating

Colegio San Viator stands at the head of the class among secondary schools
in Bogot. On Feb. 3, the colegio was the first school in Colombia to
earn a four-star rating and recognition of excellence from the European
Foundation for Quality Management, or EFQM.
The award is similar to the Blue Ribbon for Excellence award given by
the U.S. Department of Education to high achieving schools, only the
EFQM uses many of the same assessments for corporations and organizations, as it does for schools.

Fr. Vanegas will celebrate 25 years as a priest this year, and over
the years, he has held many leadership roles within the Viatorian
Community in Bogot.
Most recenly, Fr. Vanegas was named to join Fr. Frank Enciso, CSV,
Fr. Alejandro Adame, CSV, and Br. Edwin Ruiz, CSV, as council
members to advise the newly elected superior, Fr. Edgar Surez, CSV.

Its stated mission is to inspire organizations to achieve sustainable excellence by engaging its leaders to learn, share and innovate.

The EFQM commendation came during a time of major construction

at the colegio. Fr. Vanegas and his staff are nearing the completion of
a three-phase project to meet the seismic safety code required by the
Colombian government.

At the recognition ceremony, the CEO of the European Foundation in

Colombia, Gonzalo Arboleda, credited Fr. Albeyro Vanegas, CSV,
rector, with serving as the kind of leader that can transform the school
into one of excellence, and sustain it.

With its location nestled among three mountain ranges, Colombia, and
specifically Bogot, is at high risk of earthquakes. The Colombian
government was a leader among earthquake safety and released its
first seismic code in 1984.

Arboleda described Fr. Vanegas as being innovative and a consensus

builder, who surrounds himself with good faculty members, who are
committed to being efficient, effective and productive in advancing
the mission of the school.

The report implied that most of the existing buildings had been
designed with inadequate seismic requirements. The most recent
Colombian code, required buildings to come into seismic compliance
and be earthquake resistant.

Among its faculty are seven professed Viatorians serving on staff, in

campus ministry, as faculty members and in its administration.

In the case of San Viator, this has meant rebuilding the schools four
buildings and firming up their respective foundations. Last fall,
construction took place to rebuild its administration building, with
its library, chapel and faculty offices.

(Fr. Vanegas) is a mentor, a counselor, a friend who is appreciated

and respected by his collaborators, the report said, who, in exchange,
feel appreciated and respected by him.
This is Fr. Vanegas second term as rector of the school, which serves
more than 1,000 students. He also led the school from 1996-2002,
and before that taught philosophy at the colegio. Fr. Vanegas spent
the last two years of his seminarian studies in Chicago, at Catholic
Theological Union.

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The latest phase includes rebuilding all

the classrooms, which school officials
expect to finish in June. This will bring
the entire campus into compliance,
says Fr. Thomas von Behren, CSV,
provincial.
Eileen OGrady Daday

Around the Province...

This issue of Around the Province offers updates on the latest assignments of
Viatorians and highlights their ministries around the country.
It looks like Fr. Charles Bolser, CSV, finally can
put capital campaigns behind him. With the
announcement of his retirement, he leaves on
a high note, having led a two-year campaign at
St. Viator Parish in Chicago, which resulted in
a shoring up its stained glass windows, adding a
new landscaping and a plaza in front, and turning the lower church into a parish hall. All this,
after he successfully led landmark campaigns at
Bishop Gorman and Saint Viator high schools. Come Aug. 1, when
Fr. Pat Render takes over, Fr. Bolser can spend more time doing what
he loves: following his beloved White Sox.
Fr. Thomas von Behren, CSV, provincial, was acknowledged at the annual
Founders Dinner, hosted by officials
with Cristo Rey St. Martin College Prep
in Waukegan, IL. As one of the original
religious communities to help launch the
school in 2004, the Viatorians remain
a backbone of the school, which is part of the Cristo Rey network of
30 high schools across the country. At the dinner, its president, Preston
Kendall, announced the school would be moving to a larger site, and he
thanked its founders for supporting their dream.
Last month, the Viatorian Provincial Council
approved the ordination of the communitys latest priest: Br. Dan Lydon, CSV.
He will be ordained a priest on June 13
at St. Viator Parish in Chicago. Bishop
Christopher Glancy, CSV, who serves the
Diocese of Belize City in Belize and is the
only Viatorian bishop, will preside at the
ordination. The ceremony will culminate a
long history with the Viatorians that started at Saint Viator High
School, where Br. Lydon graduated in 1973. Since then, he has
worked beside Viatorians as a teacher and administrator, director
of vocations and most recently as an ordained deacon, while he
finished his studies at Catholic Theological Union.
The Viatorians commitment to accompanying recently released immigrants with nowhere else to go, continues. They continue to work
with the Interfaith Committee for Detained Immigrants, in sponsoring
houses of hospitality, accompanying men and women as they try and
access social services. Associates Don Abrahamian and Jim Thomas,
as well as Br. John Eustice, CSV, Br. Rob Robertson, CSV, Fr. Dan
Hall, CSV, and Fr. Greg Jones, CSV, all volunteered to cover the Marie
Joseph House of Hospitality for Men on Saturdays. They began attending training sessions in February. The additional volunteers will offer re-

spite to Novice Peter Lamick and Fr. Thomas Long, CSV, who already
have been volunteering for this ministry. The Viatorians are one of the
reasons the Interfaith Committee for Detained Immigrants is able to do
what it does, says Br. Michael Gosch, CSV.
Fr. Thomas Long, CSV, spends much of his
time attending to the needs of immigrants,
praying with them at detention centers and
advocating for their rights. Now, he has deepened his role: Fr. Long was asked to be on
the board of directors of the Chicago Latino
Union, which works to empower low income
immigrant workers.
In life, Fr. Donald Huntimer, CSV, hoped people would
see the beauty of God in his
paintings, and in death, his
art work still moves them. In
February, a friend of Fr. Huntimers emailed the Provincial
Center to see if he could obtain some of Fr. Huntimers
original paintings. The man described how Fr. Huntimer had helped
his family when they came to this country from India. He hoped to
display some of his work, so that his children and others would know
of the Viatorian priest who helped his family 30 years ago. Br. Don
Houde, CSV, the unofficial art historian in the community, promptly
selected a pair of oil paintings that Fr. Huntimer valued Wild
Horses and Quin Abbey, Ireland and shipped them off. His
legacy lives on.
Associate Rafael Cob continues
to advance the Viatorian charism
in Belize, of serving the poor and
caring for those accounted of little
importance. With the help of a
mission group from Dayton, Ohio,
Rafael completed building a new
house for a mother and her six children, whose husband had been murdered. Rafael also helped to buy doors, windows, and screens for the
windows of another house for a family in nearby San Narciso. This was
my 24th house, Rafael says, since I was given the opportunity by the
Viatorians to serve my people. In February, Judys Medical Missions
returned to Corozal Town to help provide care to local residents. They
have returned every year for nearly 15 years. They take their name
from Judy Glancy, the registered nurse from Moline, IL that started
the group. Her son, Bishop Christopher Glancy, CSV, was among
the first Viatorians to establish a mission in Belize.
Eileen OGrady Daday

Friday Morning Vigils: Praying for Immigrant Families

Every Friday morning, even in the dead of winter, the same scenario
plays out at the Immigrant Detention Center in Broadview, IL that
ultimately rips apart families. Members arrive before dawn to say
goodbye to their loved ones who are then shackled at their hands,
ankles and waists, loaded onto buses, driven to the airport and expelled from the United States.
The trauma of they and their family members saying goodbye, fully
aware that this may be the last time they will ever be in the same room
together, wrenches the insides of everyone and the wounds will last for
years, especially for the children who have just lost a parent.
As a sign of contradiction, Viatorian Community members join
with others every Friday in prayerful support of those being deported Emotional good-byes are traumatizing for family members. Photo by: Saverio Truglia
and their family members. While they are praying outside, trained A central tenant of the Viatorian mission statement is to reach out
volunteers are inside offering support and letting them know that to those who are counted of little importance by some. Many people
people care.
and the present governmental system consider the deportees and their
families of little importance. In response, many Viatorians, professed
At approximately mid-morning, the deportees shuffle in sinand associates, have participated in the Friday vigils, been inside the
gle file onto the buses where they begin the final journey back
center with the deportees and their families and prayed on the buses
to countries rift with violence and poverty. Many have little or
before they depart.
no money and all share the dread of journeying into the unknown while being vulnerable and defenseless. Before the journey As a Viatorian said, Silence means acceptance and not to do anybegins, Spanish-speaking ministers board the buses to offer words of thing about this situation would say that this is acceptable. The key
encouragement, tell them that people are outside praying for them Scripture verse the leaders so often refer to during the vigil is from St.
and their family members and conclude with a short prayer. The Matthew, What so ever you do to the least of my brethren, you do unto
driver then starts the engine and the dreaded trip begins.
me (25:40). We are deporting Christ.
Fr. Thomas Long, CSV
For some family members, it might be the last time they see their loved one, before he is deported.
Photo by: Saverio Truglia

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Groundbreaking Year Continues at Saint Viator High School

Construction continues at Saint Viator High School, with its new
Fr. Louis Querbes Hall nearly completed and its $3 million renovation of its fine arts facilities underway.
New growth is in the air at the school, and that was underscored
at its entrance exam in January, when Saint Viator drew 314
students to take the test, the most since 2008.
This is an incredible time for Saint Viator High School, says Fr.
Corey Brost, CSV, president.

Demolition of the old band and chorus rooms started the day
after the musical closed, back in February, before construction
started in March. The new space will include 100 seats in the band
room and possible space for private instructors, while the choral
room will allow for a studio-like recording experience in its space.

Querbes Hall is the new equivalent of the former Red Lion Room,
or to faculty and staff alike, the caf.
It is the third phase of the $14 million Shaping the Future with
Faith campaign, which included major building improvements
and an increased endowment fund. As a result, the site is transforming into a setting that promotes collaborative learning
before and after school as well as a college-style food court.

These new facilities will double the space available to our fine arts
students, Fr. Brost added, providing the latest in 3D technology to
visual arts students, and world class band and choral areas, acoustically
designed to enrich the quality of our musical program and student
development.
Bill Faltinoski, fine arts department chairman, says the impact of
technology on the arts is huge.
Were building the art room for the next 25 years, Faltinoski said.
Almost doubling in size, the 2,794 square foot space will enable us to
do things that were never before possible.

School officials are set to have the grand opening of the 500-seat,
multi-media enabled Querbes Hall, in August. Not only will we have
a food court style dining hall that you find on many college campuses
today, Fr. Brost says, but a technologically advanced space that will
allow students to work together on class assignments as well as meeting
space for our growing co-curricular activities.

To date, campaign improvements included the renovated Scanlan Center, as well as increasing the schools overall endowment to $10 million.

Steve Burks, building and grounds director at Saint Viator, thanked

faculty members for their patience and flexibility during all of the
construction.Construction on the Fr. Louis Querbes Hall is going
very well and is on time, Burks said. This is going to be a great
place for all to gather, and is a milestone achievement for the school.

These enhancements provide professional space that validates the collaborative learning style we are teaching our students, Manno says.
These techniques ensure that our students not only do well at Saint
Viator, but in college and in their professional lives.

All of which will add to the celebration at the schools Night of the
Lion gala on April 11. Thats when guests will honor Principal Eileen
Manno for her more than 30-year commitment to the school, as a
teacher, counselor and principal.

Eileen OGrady Daday