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

    As Viatorians, we join with Pope Francis, by professing evangelicalcounsels, and thus are consecrated persons who not only strive tomake Christ the whole meaning of our lives, but strive to repro-duce in ourselves as far as possible that form of life which He, as theSon of God, accepted when He entered this world.

    We celebrate the Year of Consecrated Life lled 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 whomthey encounter.

    In the United States, religious congregations have been asked tocome together to celebrate this special year through three uniqueopportunities: Day of Welcome and Open House opening our doors to invite

    others to see how we live and to share a day of hospitality Day of Service inviting others to join with us to serve thoseowhoare 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 worksmight be inspired by the Holy Spirit.Together, we pray that theSpirit might call forth newmembers to join ourranks as brothers, sistersand priests committed

    to a life of living the evangelicalcouncels in service to the Church,the People of God.

    As noted in this newsletter, the datefor the Viatorian Open House isSunday, July 12. Plans are being de-veloped to invite our friends andneighbors to come to the ProvinceCenter in Arlinton Heights, to celebrate Mass, take a tour, ahear about the mission and life of professed Viatorians (broers and priests). The Province Center is the headquarters for Viatorians in the United States and also serves as the primretirement residence for our senior members. We look forwto opening our doors and welcoming family, friends and neighb

    alike.

    When Pope Francis said Wake Up The World, he called usshake things up, to announce the presence of the Lord in omidst, and move from the safety of our comfort zones to the cenof the mission of Jesus Christ.

    As Viatorians, we do this by raising up communities of faith aembrace those who are often accounted of little importance in

    world. I believe that our founder, Fr. Louis Querbes, would rejin this most special Year of Consecrated Life. We join in his praAdored and loved be Jesus.

    In St. Viator and Fr. Querbes,

    Thomas R. von Behren, CSVProvincial Province of Chicago

    Provincial Perspective

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    Provincial:Fr. Thomas R. von Behren, CSV

    Editor : Fr. Thomas E. Long, CSV

    Director of Communications:Eileen OGrady Daday

    Editorial Board:Fr. Thomas R. von Behren, CSVBr. Donald P. Houde, CSVFr. Lawrence D. Lentz, CSVBr. Leo V. Ryan, CSVEileen OGrady DadayBarton Hisgen

    Associate Joan Sweeney

    Layout and Design:Dianna Ehrenfried, Visualedge, Inc.

    Email: [email protected]

    In this Issue:

    2 Provincials Perspective: Year of Consecrated Life3 Consecrated Life: It Starts with an Invitation4 Mentor of the Year: Fr. Arnold Perham, CSV 5 Q & A with Viatorian Novice Br. Peter Lamick6 Las Vegas Principal Reaches 50 Years

    in Catholic Education

    7 St. Viator Parish: Reborn with Rich Diversityand Culture

    8 Celebrating Our Jubilarians Transitions: Viatorian Pastors Begin New Terms

    10 Raising up Communities of Faith

    11 From the Archives: Celebrating our

    beginnings - 150 Years Later

    12 In Memoriam: Associate John BergerRev. Robert F. Cooney, CSV

    13 Colegio San Viator Earns Four-Star Rating14 Around the Province 15 Friday Morning Vigils:

    Praying for Immigrant Families

    16 Groundbreaking Year Continues atSaint Viator High School

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

    Ask Lots of QuestionsWhen invited to host a conversation with grade-school children, we

    egin with this question: By a show of hands, how many of youave a vocation? When few hands go up, we rephrase the questionhis way, By a show of hands, how many of you received the Sacra-

    ment of Baptism? As more hands go up, the stage is set for a livelyiscussion about faith, life and everything in between. Our role inhis process is to ask questions in such a way that they recognize thathe Holy Spirit is present and active in their lives.

    Keep it Simple Our ability to take seriously the responses the young people offerwill 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. Morehan easy answers, they want someone they can trust to accompanyhem on their journey. They want help discerning how God is callinghem, who God is calling them to be and what God is calling them too in life. As Pope Francis points out, our lives are changed throughuch encounters as we make present the fragrance of Christs close-ess 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 themany ways God encounters us throughout the day, to share how theHoly Spirit is active in our lives today. During a recent classroom

    isit, a 4th grader posed this question to a panel, What differenceoes being a priest make in your daily life? The priest standing

    beside me offered a brief encounter of the Sacrament of Reconation. He began, As a priest, I see God healing people who h

    whenever I sit down and listen to their stories. He shared his sand, in the process, he pointed those present to God. The abilto succinctly share aspects of our current spiritual life offeropportunity for young people to recognize Gods Spirit in real tthrough the experiences of someone they can trust.

    So ask lots of questions, keep it simple and share your story! questions you ask, the presence you offer and the stories youmight just be the ones that set in motion the process of discernmfor the people you encounter.

    Consecrated Life: It Starts with an Invitation

    Viatorian Community Open HouseEver wonder what lies beyond the gateway to t Viatorian Provincial Center in Arlington HeighNow is your chance. Join members of the ViatoCommunity for an afternoon open house, whenthrow open our doors for all to learn more aboureligious life. Celebrate with members of the Viatorian

    Community at an outdoor 2 p.m. Mass Tour the Province Center building, including

    chapel with the creation stained glass windowits many pieces of art work and sculpture, vicommunity garden which grows vegetables ffood pantries, and explore the provincial grou

    Attend presentations about the congregation years of ministering in this country and learnsome of its current ministries

    Meet and talk with various Viatorian associabrothers and priests

    What: Viatorian Provincial CenterOpen House

    When: 2-6 p.m. July 12Where: 1212 E. Euclid Ave. in

    Arlington HeightsCost: Free

    More information: www.viatorians.com

    Fr. Jason Nesbit, CSV, asks questions before offering a presentationvocations to a class at Bishop McNamara High School in Kankake

    Bart Hisgen, Assistant Director of Vocation Minis

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    Fr. Arnold Perham, CSV, quietly reports to Saint Viator HighSchool every morning, settling in at its math lab, where he tutorsstudents 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 HeightsHearts of Gold dinner, as the rst award winner of the evening,Mentor of the Year.

    This was the 17th annual dinner, which was started by membersof the villages Special Events Commission as a way to celebrateunsung heroes in the community.

    Someone noticed you doing something out of the ordinary, saidSteve Fromm, chairman of the Special Events Commission. Butyour actions werent ordinary; theyre exceptional.

    Although Fr. Perham has been named Teacher of the Year anddrawn recognition from the National Council of Teachers of Math-ematics and Math Teachers Association of Catholic High Schoolsin Chicago, his daily tutoring long after he retired, has own underthe radar.

    I get these nomination forms every year, but I never want tosingle out just one teacher. Were all educators, Mrs. Manno said.But when I see Fr. Perham come faithfully every morning, it justhit me how much he reects our mission both academicallyand spiritually.

    Fr. Perham began teaching mathematics at Saint Viator HighSchool in 1962, one year after it opened. While he formally re-tired in 2001, ofcials said he continues to inspire students andcolleagues alike.

    Fr. Perham has mentored every teacher inthe department through the years,Mrs. Manno added. His enthusiasm formathematics and his dedication to allstudents continues to make him one ofthe nest educators ever in our building.

    At 85 years old, she said, his very

    presence in the building challenges all ofus to be better educators and learners.

    Fr. Perham embraced technology early inhis teaching career, integrating computersinto freshman and sophomore geometry,and introducing upperclassmen tocoding used in computerprogramming. Consequently,

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

    He designs projects for Querbes Scholars that push them their tablets to research projects such as the rate at whiTranscontinental Railway was built rail by rail bthe 1900s, and this years project, which asks them to detedescriptor values for unusual shapes, such as a maple leaf.

    Fr. Corey Brost, CSV, president of Saint Viator High Scattended the dinner, as well as Fr. Thomas von Behren, CSVvincial, Fr. John Milton, CSV, Br. Rob Robertson, CSV, seteaching colleagues, and Fr. Perhams sister, Faustine Perpublished mathematician herself.

    I cant think of anyone who deserves this recognition moBrost said. You wont nd a kinder, wiser, more intelligent in this building. He shines Gods bright light, daily.

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    Mentor of the Year: Fr. Arnold Perham, CSV

    Fr. Arnold Perham, CSV, left, enjoyed the awards dinner with hFaustine Perham and Fr. Thomas von Behren, CSV

    Mrs. Eileen Manno, principal ofSaint Viator High School, nominatedFr. Perham for the award.

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    Q. When did you start thinking about religious life? Wasthere a dening moment, or did it come about gradually?

    A. I was in religion class as a high school senior when I had to writea 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 overwhelm-ing feeling with the thought that I was meant to give my entire life tohelping others. At the time I was not quite sure what this specicallymeant. During my freshmen year of college it was a bit of a cultureshock to discover how few of my peers practiced our faith. Towards theend of my freshmen year this realization prompted me to rethink thatmoment I had as a high school senior. I thought that perhaps God wascalling me to help others as a priest. Since then this has resurfaced timeand again in different experiences.

    Q.Im guessing that it was when you attended Saint

    Viator High School that you rst met the Viatorians, but wasthere one in particular who inuenced you?

    A. Saint Viator High School has been a part of mylife since I was a young boy, but it was not until I actuallyattended, that I personally met the Viatorians. I came to knowFr. Dan Hall who was my football coach for two seasons. He was, and still is, an important role model for me, and showedme how faith is a central part of being a man. As I discernedreligious life I could not imagine myself not being part of thecommunity he was in.

    Q. What were you involved with in high school andcollege? Were there any particular activities, or classes, thathelped reinforce your decision?

    A. The experiences I had playing football in high school helpedinstill critical values within me. It feels odd to say that a sport has playedsuch an important role, but God nds a way to reach us no matterwhere we are or what we are doing. In football I discovered I loved beinga part of a community with a common mission, and when you add inChrist, in many ways this resembles religious life.

    Q. I know that you considered other religious communi-ties as well as possibly becoming a diocesan priest. What wasit about the Viatorians that drew you to them?

    A. My family has been connected to this communitythroughout my entire life. This relationship with the ViatorianCommunity played the greatest role in my discernment. Mydiscernment was personal but it was not private, as my family was part of the process as well. Through our conversations wecame to believe the Viatorians seemed to be the right choice forme because of my strong connection with them through Saint

    Viator High School.

    Q. Youve already spent the last year as a pre-novice. Wdid that entail?

    A. I lived in community with Viatorians at the high schoSt. Viator Parish in Chicago, St. Thomas More CatholCommunity in Las Vegas, and Maternity BVM Parish Bourbonnais. I lived in each of the three regions where Viatorians serve in this country and was given an opportunitymeet and get to know most of them. I was also provided oportunities to participate in a number of different ministrieThe Viatorian pre-novitiate is quite unique, since it is nuncommon in other communities to live in one place wiexposure 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 retirViatorians for the next year. The year is intended to provithe space for a novice to deepen his relationship with Chand a deeper discernment of religious life. I have a novmaster, Fr. John Van Wiel, who will accompany me througmy personal discernment throughout the year. Some the retired Viatorians will teach me about the communityhistory and spirituality, along with Scripture. One day a weI will have the opportunity to do some ministry, but the yeitself is more oriented towards contemplation rather thactive ministry.

    Q. What happens after youve completed your year and aday in the novitiate?

    A. At the end of the year Iwill take my rst vowsof poverty, chastity andobedience which extendfor three years. I will alsobe given my rst assignment

    for a year. Where or whatthis ministry will be I do notknow. I do know it will be acontinuation of mydiscernment, though morefocused on what ministry Godis calling me to.

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    Fr. Richard Rinn, CSV, pastor, thanked Mrs. Daultonat the schools fundraiser in November and he alreadynominated her to be honored at this years dinner. Theyarrived 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 barin Catholic education in Las Vegas.

    When Mrs. Daulton rst arrived in Las Vegas, she broughta wealth of experience. She dates the start of her teachingback to 1965, when the Ofce of Catholic Schools in the Archdiocese of Cincinnati offered to fund two years ofcollege in exchange for teaching at a Catholic school for twoyears.

    Coming from a family of 10 children, and wanting to be ateacher, I took the offer, Mrs. Daulton says. At that time, Ididnt know it would lead to another 48 years. I think I keptmy promise!

    Mrs. Daultons rst 20 years were spent teaching at St.Lawrence School in Cincinnati, where she returned justsix years after graduating from its junior high. Afterobtaining a Masters Degree in counseling in 1985, she began acareer in administration, serving as principal of Queen of Peace

    School in Hamilton, Ohio.Near the end of her career there, Mrs. Daulton was nominat-ed by her peers to receive the National Catholic Education Association Distinguished Principal Award, given to only oneprincipal in the nations 12 districts.

    Mrs. Daulton next spent three years working for the Archdiocese of Cincinnati, as assistant superintendentof schools.

    This was a slight detour in my career, but it gave me the op-

    portunity to work in many schools, she says, and learn evenmore about what it takes to be a successful Catholic school.

    Her sisters decision to move to Las Vegas in 1990, proved to bea pivotal one for Mrs. Daulton and ultimately the St. ViatorCatholic Community.

    I told her I would move only if I found a ministry in a Catholicschool, Mrs. Daulton says.

    Her resume found its way to the Archdiocese of Las Vegas the superintendent of schools, Ellen Ayobu, who told MDaulton about the opening at St. Viator School.

    Mrs. Daulton brings a wonderful blend of academleadership and Catholic faith to St. Viator School, saMaddie Gugino, a parent and member of the schoolfoundation board.

    Parents appreciate the schools dedicated faculty as was support professionals, including a full-time counsenurse, special education teacher and other support staff ateaching assistants.

    Mrs. Daulton has guided the school through three scceful accreditation proceedings through the Western CatholEducational Association, including its most recent one

    2014, where the school was evaluated as highly effectivnearly every domain.

    Fr Rinn and I have strived to fulll the Viatorianeducational mission, and what I believe is the missionall Catholic schools, Mrs. Daulton says, to providequality Catholic education where the Gospel message is lilearned and shared in a safe learning environment.

    Las Vegas Principal Reaches 50 Years in Catholic Educatio

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

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    St. Viator Parish: Reborn with Rich Diversity and Culture

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    Some compare the Church, with its rich diversity of peo-ples and cultures, to a tapestry made up of many differentthreads each with its unique color and texture. That imagereects St. Viator Parish in Chicago. In the 127 years that the

    Viatorians have ministered there, the area has seen many dif-ferent 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 inux into this Northwest Chicago neighbor-hood has been the Spanish-speaking immigrants from Centraland South America. Among the many gifts they bring is theirdeep faith expressed in lively music and animated worship.

    The Sunday Spanish Mass lls the church with people en-thusiastically praising God through word and song. EveryThursday, a charismatic group meets where they deepen theirfaith through Scripture, song and testimony and then reecttheir 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 themin making the parish a welcoming parish for all people.Fr. Bolser is taking Spanish lessons and Fr. Mesh is a nativeSpanish speaker from Belize who recently arrived from hisnative country and has immersed himself fully into this newchapter of his ministry.

    Flowing from the Spanish Mass on Sunday, Fr. Moses introducedanother Spanish Mass on Wednesday evening. The rst Mass hadsix people attending, now it surpasses 100. The singing began acappella; now a group is forming a choir.

    The immigration policies directly impact many parishioners. Working in conjunction with the Archdiocese of ChicagosOfce of Immigrant Affairs, the Pastoral Migratoria program isvery active. The program provides leadershiptraining in such areas as public speakingand conducting meetings. They provideaccompaniment to families who havelost members to deportation as wellas providing information about currentgovernmental policies. Lastly, theyparticipate in activities to advocate forhuman rights and comprehensive andcompassionate immigration reform.

    The parish coordinator for PastoralMigratoria conducted a parish survey

    and two items surfaced: learning English and help in naviga

    ing the governmental bureaucracy. In response, the parish waable to secure legal services from an attorney and work withe Archdiocese to offer individual help with paperwork.

    Fr. Mesh began teaching an English class, which meets twice week for two hours at the parish.

    They are very faithful in coming and very eager to learnFr. Mesh says. We strive to provide a relaxed and enjoyabenvironment where learning takes place.

    The class began with 18 and soon grew to 22. On one of theother two nights, people engage in crafts while they are learninEnglish. Some embroider, others knit while still others croche

    These activities build a sense of community, Fr. Mesh addswhich gives life to the parish and to the Church as a whole.

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

    Fr. Thomas Long, CSV

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    Fr. John Eck, CSV , will celebrate60 years of religious life on Sept.8. He entered the Viatorian Com-munity as a graduate of CathedralBoys High School in Springeld,Illinois. His years of study includedobtaining a bachelors degree inphilosophy from Loyola Universityin Chicago and a masters degreein counseling from Western Illi-nois University, before studyingat the Viatorian seminary, both inEvanston, IL and Washington, D.C., in preparation for ordination.From 1963 to 1966, Fr. Eck taught at Saint Viator High School inArlington Heights and at Spalding Institute in Peoria. His rst longassignment came at Alleman High School in Rock Island, where

    from 1966 to 1978 he served as counselor and religion teacher. Forthe next ve years, he was a member of the formation team for theProvince of Chicago, before serving as a counselor and teacher, from1983 to 1990 at the Prologue High School in Chicago. From there,he changed the focus of his work to pastoral activities, serving atSt. Joseph Parish in Springeld, at St. Viator Parish in Chicago asparochial vicar and nally as pastor of St. Viator in Chicago, from2005 to 2009. He then retired to St. Patricks Parish in Kankakee,where he continues to reside and offers sacramental help to area par-ishes. Throughout his years as a priest in the Viatorian Community,Fr. Eck has been known as one who has a special calling to care forthe poor and downtrodden.

    Fr. William Haesaert, CSV ,celebrates 50 years of religious lifeon Sept. 1. He graduated fromAlleman High School in RockIsland, where he found his friend,model and mentor, in Fr. EdwardAnderson, CSV. Today he says,All that I am is a blessing fromGod. My reections sum up anattitude of gratitude for thesupport I have received from myfamily and from the Viatorians, who are my second family. Inpreparation for his life of ministry he completed seminary studies atCatholic Theological Union in Chicago, from 1976 to1979, earninga Masters of Divinity degree. In addition, he later studied at Spring-eld College in Illinois, St. Ambrose College in Davenport, Iowa,and the University of Notre Dame. In between his advanced studies,he served at Grifn High School in Springeld, Bethany Home inMoline, II, at St. Pius X Parish in Rock Island, and St. AmbroseChurch in Milan, II. Fr. Haesaert served his deaconate year at St. ViatorParish in Chicago and the next ve years as parochial vicar at St. ViatorCatholic Community in Las Vegas. He returned to Chicago to lead

    St. Viator as its pastor, from 1986 to 1996. After a sabbatical yeareturned to St Viator in Las Vegas where he served until retiring in 2Fr. Haesaert continues to minister at the Viatorian parishes inVegas and attends to the needs of his friend, Fr. Anderson.

    Fr. Thomas Kass, CSV , celebrates50 years of religious life and alifetime of academic pursuits. Hecompleted his bachelors degreein English at Loyola University,Chicago, in 1968, before earninga masters degree in English lan-guage and literature and complet-ing post graduate studies in Eng-lish Literature at the Universityof Chicago. Between 1973 and

    1976, he completed seminarycourses for ordination at CatholicTheological Union in Chicago, before spending a year at Hardoing graduate studies in educational psychology. From 1984 to he worked to obtain his doctorate in English literature and languaLoyola University in Chicago. In between his formal studies, Frspent many years as a teacher, including assignments at LincolnCollege in Springeld, at Saint Viator High School in ArlinHeights and at Grifn High School in Springeld. After earnindoctorate, Fr. Kass headed east to St. Anselm College in ManchNH, where he was an assistant professor of English, from 1981996, and ultimately named an associate professor. He continue

    teach at the college until 2008, when he was awarded the statprofessor emeritus. In retirement, Fr. Kass returned to Chicagoserved as director of novices and pre-novices for the Communiam grateful to the Viatorian Community for expanding my viof ministry possibilities and for supporting me in concretizing possibilities in my life.

    Fr. C. Gregory Jones, CSV , willcelebrate 25 years of religious lifeas a Viatorian on Aug. 6. These 25

    wonderful years have own by! One word sums up my life as a Viatori-an: blessed. His high school years

    were spent at Seoul American HighSchool in South Korea and at Sale-sian High School in Detroit. Forundergraduate work, he attendedQuincy College in Quincy, Illinois,the University of Maryland extensionin Bangkok, Thailand and WesternMichigan University in Kalamazoo. Fr. Jones completed his snarian studies from 1979 to 1983, at Catholic Theological UnioChicago, where he specialized in pastoral counseling and ultim

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    earned a Masters of Divinity degree. He returned to CTU for oneyear, from 1989- 90, to do graduate work in spirituality and cateche-is, before teaching at Saint Viator High School, from 1990-1995.n 1996, he was ordained to the priesthood by Cardinal Joseph

    Bernardin. Fr. Kass then served as parochial vicar at St. Viator Parishn Chicago until 1998. For the next three years, he served as chaplain at

    Southern Illinois University until 2001. He spent one year as parochialvicar at Guardian Angel Cathedral in Las Vegas, before heading east,where he served as director of Campus Ministry at Ohio DominicanUniversity in Columbus from 2002 to 2005. The last 10 years hehas worked passionately, advocating for the poorest of the poor inan organization called Food for the Poor. Fr. Jones supplements thatole on weekends at parishes around the country, asking for funds to

    help support Viatorian mission endeavors around the world.

    Fr. Edward Anderson, CSV ,

    celebrates 70 years of religiousife on Aug. 16. His journey begann 1945, when he came to the

    novitiate at Bourbonnais, Illinoisrom New York City. He com-

    pleted undergraduate studies atSt. Charles College in Marylandand DePaul University in Chi-cago, where he earned a bachelorsdegree in philosophy. He later didgraduate work at both FordhamUniversity in New York and the

    University of Illinois, and earned masters degrees in education andacred theology from the Catholic University of America in

    Washington. Between 1945 and 1969, Fr. Anderson taught ateven schools administered by the Viatorians: St. Joseph Schoolor the Deaf and Stepinac High School, both in New York; Regina

    Angelorum Theological Seminary in Arlington Heights, Spaldingnstitute in Peoria, Cathedral Boys High School in Springeld,

    Alleman High School in Rock Island and Bishop Gorman HighSchool in Las Vegas where he served as principal and superior. Fr.Anderson then served as provincial of the Chicago Province; hewas the rst Viatorian to be elected by his confreres and not ap-pointed. He led them from 1969 to 1974, and during these years,Fr. Anderson worked to change the status of the Arlington Heightsproperty to allow for low and middle income families. It wouldbecome a landmark case, which ultimately went to the SupremeCourt and was voted down. Fr. Anderson also was successful inaking advantage of an opportunity to buy into the Social Securi-y 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 CatholicCommunity in Las Vegas, from 1976 to 1980. He was then rectorof Guardian Angel Cathedral in Las Vegas from 1983 to 1990, whenhe retired.

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    After 14 years as pastor of morethan 6,000 families at St. ThomasMore Catholic Community inHenderson, NV, Fr. Patrick Render,CSV, is taking up a new challenge.In August, he will take over as

    pastor of St. Viator Parish in Chi-cago, replacing Fr. Charles Bolser, CSV,who is retiring.

    Fr. Render will be serving with Fr. Moses Mesh, CSV, asspastor. In preparation for his new role, Fr. Render will atteSpanish immersion program in San Antonio, Texas.

    St. Viator is one of the earliest parishes founded and stafthe Viatorians in this country, Fr. Render said to his paioners. I will be joining a long history of Viatorians whserved there for more than 125 years.

    Fr. Render leaves St. Tho

    More in good hands, hever. In his place, Fr. RoM. Egan, CSV, will take as pastor, with Fr. MicKeliher continuing as assopastor, and several Viatoassociates serving on staff.

    Fr. Egan arrived at St. Thomas More in the summer of 2013,serving as president of Saint Viator High School for eight ye

    Fr. Thomas von Behren, CSV,provincial, also announcedthat Fr. Richard Rinn, CSV,had been reappointed as pas-tor of St. Viator CatholicCommunity in Las Vegas foranother four years. Already, hehas led the parish and its2,000 families for 16 years.

    He also announced that John Peeters, CSV, has beeappointed pastor at St. Pat

    Parish in Kankakee, fornext four years, after sethere for the last eight yea

    Collectively, these four tors meet the pastoral need

    more than 10,000 families, and strive to advance the Viatmission, to announce Jesus Christ and his gospel, and toup communities where faith is lived, deepened and celebr

    Thank you for your faithful service, Fr. von Behren said provincial newsletter, in the name of the Viatorian Commun

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    Fr. John Peeters, CSV, left, with Associate David Surprenant

    Fr. Patrick Render, CSV

    Fr. Mick Egan, CSV

    Fr. Richard Rinn, CSV, right withFr. Thomas vonBehren, CSV, andFr. Daniel Hall, CSV

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    Pope Francis proclaimed a Year of Consecrated Life beginningNovember 30, 2014 through February 2, 2016. He challengesreligious to Be Witnesses to a Different Way of Action. Heasked 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 Querbesconfronted poverty and illiterate youth in rural France. Afterprayerful reection (1826-1830) he founded a Pious Associationof Teachers and secured approval as a diocesan community in1831. Later, in 1838, the Papacy conrmed his community as

    a Papal Congregation. Although diocesan authorities suppressedhis concept of Brothers and Aggreges (lay men and women),Pope Gregory XVI conrmed Association in our canonical title.Lay Associates were reconstituted within the Viatorians in 1994.

    Fr. Querbes sent Viatorians to Canada in 1847 and 18 yearslater (1965) a priest and two brothers to the United States. To-day Viatorians mission in 16 countries. We have adapted ourministries to local cultures, countries and customs. Our goal toraise up communities where faith is lived, deepen and celebrated toespecially those who are accounted of no importance in our

    world. (C9) (1985)

    Chicago Viatorians have served the Church with parishes from theKankakee River Valley, Springeld, Chicago, Nevada and evenKyoto, Japan, with missions in Colombia and Belize. We haveresponded to bishops requests for elementary/secondary schools,campus ministers, the military, VA, hospital and institutionalchaplains. Saint Viator High School offers faith formation foryouth from 21 parishes in 17 Northwest Cook and Lake Counties.

    Social justice is not new to Viatorians. St. Viator College with itsLabor priests, was also noted for free scholarships and forgivingunpaid tuition. In the early 1930s Viatorians operated a hostel formen transitioning from prison to rehabilitation and staffed ChicagoMercy Home for Boys (Chicago) and Star of Sea (Savannah, GA).

    In 2005 the Provincial Council began aligning Viatorians withsocial causes: poverty, torture, hunger, housing, and legislativeissues. Locally, the Province supports the local homeless populationthrough PADS at nearby St. James parish.

    Pope Francis writes: No one contributes to the future alone.Viatorians partnered with St. Marys (Lake Forest), Resurrection-ists, Sisinawa Dominicans and Sisters of the Holy Child of Jesus

    sponsoring a new high school, Christo Rey St. Martin CollPrep, for Waukegan Hispanic youth.

    The 2012 General Chapter made social justice a Viatorian prity. In 2013, Br. Michael Gosch, CSV, was appointed Coordinaof Justice, Peace and Integrity of Creation launching many soinitiatives.

    Today immigration is our major focus. Were active in InterfaCommittee for Detained Immigrants (ICDI) working with itergovernmental and multiple religious communities, especithe Sisters of Mercy.

    Some immigrants are directly deported; others are releasefamilies and others are released but delayed for future caction. Viatorians participate in immigration deportatiday prayer services; provide pastoral care for 400 detaimmigrants in McHenry County Jail and with ICDI PoDetention Accompaniment. They escort released immigranttheir departure points, providing them food, clothing andbackpack of necessities for their travel.

    For detained immigrants temporary housing is an issue. Throuinitiatives of Br. Gosch, Viatorian Associates and the SisterMercy, a house of hospitality for men has been establishedCicero and a house of hospitality for women, families and yopeople who just turned 18 is located at the Catholic TheologUnion (CTU).

    As Pope Francis encourages, we Viatorians strive to livepresent with passion.

    Br. Leo V. Ryan, CSV

    Raising Up Communities of Faith

    In the Footstepsof Our Founder...

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    From the Archives: Celebrating our beginnings - 150 Years

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    The year 1865 was an important one in the history of the UnitedStates. It was the year that the war among the states came to anend. It was also the year in which President Abraham Lincoln

    was assassinated. Both these events were of great importance inKankakee County, since fathers and sons in the area fought and

    died in the Civil War and many residents had seen and knownLincoln of Illinois.

    It was the same year that the Clerics of St. Viator came toBourbonnais, which would have far-reaching and lastingeffects for that area and beyond.

    This summer the Viatorian Community is celebrating their found-ing in Bourbonnais. Maternity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church,the cradle of the Viatorian Community in the United States, willbe hosting the 150th anniversary Mass.

    Bourbonnais was a prosperous French-Canadian settlement onthe fertile prairies of northern Illinois. The village had a church,Maternity BVM, with a resident pastor, Rev. James Cot. It alsohad a girls school taught by the Sisters of the Congregationof Notre Dame, but it lacked a parochial school for boys. TheCanadian Viatorian missioners came to ll that gap.

    The three missioners that arrivedin 1865 from the Viatorian Prov-ince of Joliette in Canada were Fr.Pierre Beaudoin, CSV, Br. Jean-Baptiste Bernard, CSV, and Br.

    Augustin Martel, CSV.

    Father Cot, who had beeninstrumental in bringing the Via-torians to Illinois, voluntarily re-signed his pastorate. In his place,Fr. Beaudoin then took over aspastor of Maternity BVM Parishfor 35 years until 1900, as well asthe directorship of the Viatorians inthe U.S. until 1882 when it was established as a new province,the Province of Chicago.

    The rst few years in Bourbonnais, Br. Bernard and Br. Marteltaught local boys at a public school located on a site near the

    church. Fr. Beaudoin purchased the school building, in the nameof the Viatorians, and it became an independent private school.

    This elementary school quickly expanded into secondary andcollege levels. After the arrival of the Rev. Thomas Roy, CSV,

    who was sent from Canada to be the rst president, St. ViatorCollege was established in 1868. Before long, seminary coursesalso were taught.

    The schools reputation grew along with its student population.Six years later in 1874, the college was granted a university charterfrom the State of Illinois and it ranked high as an outstandingMidwestern Catholic college for 70 years.

    Since those early days, the Viatorians have continued to servenumerous towns and institutions in the Bourbonnais/Kankakeregion, the Arlington Heights/Chicago region, the Henderson

    Las Vegas region and as missioners in Japan, Taiwan, Colomband Belize.

    In 1965, at the 100-year anniversary celebration at MaternitBVM Church, Bishop Romeo Blanchette, Auxiliary Bishop

    Joliet, gave the homily at the centennial Mass.

    What a change Fr. Beaudoin would nd, since 1865, said BishoBlanchette, a native of St. George, IL, who would go on to be

    come the bishop of Joliet from 1966-1979.Bishop Blanchettesentiments still ring true in 2015. The village has grown in sizbuildings on the property have come and gone, interiors redonyet the Viatorians have remained steadfast to the cradle of thecommunity, in Bourbonnais.

    Source: Bourbonnais Obedience (author unknown) and the sedelivered on May 30, 1965 by Auxiliary Bishop Romeo Blanof Joliet.

    Joan Sweeney,Viatorian Associate and Archivist

    www.viatorians

    Br. Bernard, CSV, Rev. FatherBeaudoin, CSV and Br. Martel,CSV

    Centennial Mass in 1965 at Maternity BVM Church

    Auxiliary Bishop Romeo Blanchette, in dark, gave the homily at centennial Mass presided over by Bishop Martin McNamara, bot

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    Viatorian Associate John Berger was some-thing of a xture 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 madea concession to his healthy lifestyle, anddrove to church.

    Mr. Berger passed away Jan. 17 atNathan Adelson Hospice in Las Vegas, where he had volunteered as arelief 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 atrue gentleman.

    Mr. Berger grew up in Bay City, MI, but he and his wife, Helene raisedtheir family in Denver, where he worked in sales while she taughtschool. They moved to Las Vegas in 1979, after the youngest of theirve children graduated from high school.

    The couple immediately joined St. Viator Catholic Community, whereMr. Berger served as an usher and reader, and an Eucharistic minister.They also continued to work, Helene as a teacher and John as a casinoemployee.

    According to family members, he often described his 10-yearcareer in the casino industry, as his dream job. He worked in thepoker 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 withchurch ministries as well as volunteering his time with patients and theirfamilies 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 askedhim to consider joining them as a lay associate. Mr. Berger spent thetraditional two years of preparation and discernment before making hisrst commitment in 2006.

    The John Berger I knew was a man who truly lived his faith bothin word and action, says Fr. Lawrence Lentz, CSV, associate pastorat St. Viator and assistant provincial, who oversees the associationprogram for the Viatorian Community.

    He was a Christian gentleman who modeled the best of what it meansto be an associate in simple and unassuming ways, Fr. Lentz added.But, what impressed me most about John, was that he was truly aholy man.

    Mr. Berger was preceded in death by his wife, Helene, who passed awayin 2013, months before the couples 60th anniversary. He is survivedby his ve children, 13 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.

    A funeral Mass took place Jan. 24 at St. Viator Catholic Community inLas Vegas. Fr. William Haesaert, CSV, presided.

    When the Viatorians opened Saint Viator HighSchool back in 1961, they looked among their

    members for someone to develop the schoolslibrary, and one name quickly surfaced: Rev.Robert F. Cooney, CSV.

    He was and still is the only professed Via-torian with his masters in library science, andhe dutifully accepted, excited at the challengeof establishing a new library.

    Fr. Cooney led Saint Viator High Schools library for its rst 1before he left to run the library at Bishop Gorman High SchLas Vegas from 1971-1973.

    His career would take him next into pastoral ministry and ulti

    as a hospital chaplain, but no matter where his ministry took h 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 Springeld, IL, the yoof six children of William and Florence Fitzpatrick Cooney. Hintroduction to the Viatorians came at Cathedral Boys High in Springeld, where he graduated in 1945.

    He pronounced his rst vows Feb. 5, 1951, his nal vows Feb. and was ordained a priest on June 9, 1957 in Techny, IL by

    William OBrien.

    Fr. Cooney rst taught at Spalding Institute, in Peoria, as we James Trade School in Springeld and at Alleman High SchooIsland, before working in his profession as a librarian.

    His confreres affectionately remember calling Fr. Cooney, Cothat nickname resonated with students who were under his cha

    Back then, the library was also used as a study hall, says hElizabeth Englbrecht, who teaches chemistry at Saint ViatoSchool. So, it was a tall order to keep the boys in order in thence of a library.

    Br. Donald Houde, CSV, served as assistant principal durischools early years and he remembers the professionalism

    Cooney brought to the library.He wanted to establish a high quality research library, Br.says, and one that would grow with the school.

    Fr. Cooney spent the next 20 years, alternating between passignments St. Viator Parish in Chicago, Maternity BBourbonnais and Guardian Angel Cathedral in Las Vegas hospital chaplaincy work at St. Johns Hospital, SpringeSt. Marys Hospital, Kankakee.

    We remember him as a great family man, said Fr. Robert ErCSV, at his funeral, and one who had a wonderfully rich dof ministry.

    Viatorian Associate John Berger(1927-2015)

    In Memoriam...

    Rev. Robert F. Cooney, CSV(1927-2014)

    Eileen OGrady

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    Colegio San Viator Earns Four-Star Rating

    Colegio San Viator stands at the head of the class among secondary schoolsn Bogot. On Feb. 3, the colegio was the rst school in Colombia to

    earn a four-star rating and recognition of excellence from the EuropeanFoundation for Quality Management, or EFQM.

    The award is similar to the Blue Ribbon for Excellence award given byhe U.S. Department of Education to high achieving schools, only theEFQM uses many of the same assessments for corporations and organi-zations, as it does for schools.

    ts stated mission is to inspire organizations to achieve sustainable excel-ence by engaging its leaders to learn, share and innovate.

    At the recognition ceremony, the CEO of the European Foundation inColombia, Gonzalo Arboleda, credited Fr. Albeyro Vanegas, CSV,ector, with serving as the kind of leader that can transform the schoolnto one of excellence, and sustain it.

    Arboleda described Fr. Vanegas as being innovative and a consensusbuilder, who surrounds himself with good faculty members, who arecommitted to being efcient, effective and productive in advancinghe mission of the school.

    Among its faculty are seven professed Viatorians serving on staff, incampus ministry, as faculty members and in its administration.

    (Fr. Vanegas) is a mentor, a counselor, a friend who is appreciatedand respected by his collaborators, the report said, who, in exchange,eel appreciated and respected by him.

    This is Fr. Vanegas second term as rector of the school, which servesmore than 1,000 students. He also led the school from 1996-2002,and before that taught philosophy at the colegio. Fr. Vanegas spenthe last two years of his seminarian studies in Chicago, at Catholic

    Theological Union.

    Fr. Vanegas will celebrate 25 years as a priest this year, anthe years, he has held many leadership roles within the ViaCommunity in Bogot.

    Most recenly, Fr. Vanegas was named to join Fr. Frank Enciso,

    Fr. Alejandro Adame, CSV, and Br. Edwin Ruiz, CSV, as comembers to advise the newly elected superior, Fr. Edgar Surez

    The EFQM commendation came during a time of major construcat the colegio. Fr. Vanegas and his staff are nearing the completa three-phase project to meet the seismic safety code required Colombian government.

    With its location nestled among three mountain ranges, Colombiaspecically Bogot, is at high risk of earthquakes. The Cologovernment was a leader among earthquake safety and relearst seismic code in 1984.

    The report implied that most of the existing buildings had designed with inadequate seismic requirements. The most rColombian code, required buildings to come into seismic compand be earthquake resistant.

    In the case of San Viator, this has meant rebuilding the schoolbuildings and rming up their respective foundations. Lasconstruction took place to rebuild its administration building,its library, chapel and faculty ofces.

    The latest phase includes rebuilding allthe classrooms, which school ofcialsexpect to nish in June. This will bringthe entire campus into compliance,says Fr. Thomas von Behren, CSV,provincial.

    Eileen OGrady Daday

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    It looks likeFr. Charles Bolser, CSV , nally canput capital campaigns behind him. With the

    announcement of his retirement, he leaves ona high note, having led a two-year campaign atSt. Viator Parish in Chicago, which resulted ina shoring up its stained glass windows, adding anew landscaping and a plaza in front, and turn-ing the lower church into a parish hall. All this,after he successfully led landmark campaigns atBishop Gorman and Saint Viator high schools. Come Aug. 1, whenFr. Pat Render takes over, Fr. Bolser can spend more time doing whathe loves: following his beloved White Sox.

    Fr. Thomas von Behren, CSV, provin-

    cial, was acknowledged at the annualFounders Dinner, hosted by ofcials

    with Cristo Rey St. Martin College Prepin Waukegan, IL. As one of the originalreligious communities to help launch theschool in 2004, the Viatorians remain

    a backbone of the school, which is part of the Cristo Rey network of30 high schools across the country. At the dinner, its president, PrestonKendall, announced the school would be moving to a larger site, and hethanked its founders for supporting their dream.

    Last month, the Viatorian Provincial Council

    approved the ordination of the commu-nitys latest priest:Br. Dan Lydon, CSV. He will be ordained a priest on June 13at St. Viator Parish in Chicago. BishopChristopher Glancy, CSV , who serves theDiocese of Belize City in Belize and is theonly Viatorian bishop, will preside at theordination. The ceremony will culminate along history with the Viatorians that started at Saint Viator HighSchool, where Br. Lydon graduated in 1973. Since then, he hasworked beside Viatorians as a teacher and administrator, directorof vocations and most recently as an ordained deacon, while henished his studies at Catholic Theological Union.

    The Viatorians commitment to accompanying recently released im-migrants with nowhere else to go, continues. They continue to workwith the Interfaith Committee for Detained Immigrants, in sponsoringhouses of hospitality, accompanying men and women as they try andaccess social services. Associates Don Abrahamian and Jim Thomas,as well as Br. John Eustice, CSV, Br. Rob Robertson, CSV, Fr. DanHall, CSV, and Fr. Greg Jones, CSV, all volunteered to cover the MarieJoseph House of Hospitality for Men on Saturdays. They began attend-ing training sessions in February. The additional volunteers will offer re-

    spite toNovice Peter Lamick and Fr. Thomas Long, CSV, who alreadhave been volunteering for this ministry. The Viatorians are one of

    reasons the Interfaith Committee for Detained Immigrants is able to what it does, saysBr. Michael Gosch, CSV .

    Fr. Thomas Long, CSV, spends much of histime attending to the needs of immigrants,praying with them at detention centers andadvocating for their rights. Now, he has deep-ened his role: Fr. Long was asked to be onthe board of directors of the Chicago LatinoUnion, which works to empower low incomeimmigrant workers.

    In life, Fr. Donald Huntim-er, CSV, hoped people wousee the beauty of God in hpaintings, and in death, hart work still moves them. February, a friend of Fr. Hunimers emailed the ProvincCenter to see if he could otain some of Fr. Huntimer

    original paintings. The man described how Fr. Huntimer had helphis family when they came to this country from India. He hopeddisplay some of his work, so that his children and others would kn

    of the Viatorian priest who helped his family 30 years ago.Br. DonHoude, CSV , the unofcial art historian in the community, promptselected a pair of oil paintings that Fr. Huntimer valued WHorses and Quin Abbey, Ireland and shipped them off. Hlegacy lives on.

    Associate Rafael Cob continuesto advance the Viatorian charismin Belize, of serving the poor andcaring for those accounted of littleimportance. With the help of amission group from Dayton, Ohio,Rafael completed building a newhouse for a mother and her six children, whose husband had been mdered. Rafael also helped to buy doors, windows, and screens for

    windows of another house for a family in nearby San Narciso. Thismy 24th house, Rafael says, since I was given the opportunity byViatorians to serve my people. In February, Judys Medical Missreturned to Corozal Town to help provide care to local residents. Thhave returned every year for nearly 15 years. They take their nfrom Judy Glancy, the registered nurse from Moline, IL that starthe group. Her son, Bishop Christopher Glancy, CSV , was amonthe rst Viatorians to establish a mission in Belize.

    is issue of Around the Province offers updates on the latest assignments Viatorians and highlights their ministries around the country.

    Around the Province...

    Eileen OGrady Dada

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    Friday Morning Vigils: Praying for Immigrant Families

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    Every Friday morning, even in the dead of winter, the same scenarioplays out at the Immigrant Detention Center in Broadview, IL thatultimately rips apart families. Members arrive before dawn to saygoodbye to their loved ones who are then shackled at their hands,

    ankles and waists, loaded onto buses, driven to the airport and ex-pelled from the United States.

    The trauma of they and their family members saying goodbye, fullyaware that this may be the last time they will ever be in the same roomtogether, wrenches the insides of everyone and the wounds will last foryears, especially for the children who have just lost a parent.

    As a sign of contradiction, Viatorian Community members joinwith others every Friday in prayerful support of those being deportedand their family members. While they are praying outside, trainedvolunteers are inside offering support and letting them know that

    people care.At approximately mid-morning, the deportees shufe in sin-gle le onto the buses where they begin the nal journey backto countries rift with violence and poverty. Many have little orno money and all share the dread of journeying into the un-known while being vulnerable and defenseless. Before the journeybegins, Spanish-speaking ministers board the buses to offer words ofencouragement, tell them that people are outside praying for themand their family members and conclude with a short prayer. Thedriver then starts the engine and the dreaded trip begins.

    A central tenant of the Viatorian mission statement is to reachto those who are counted of little importance by some. Many pe

    and the present governmental system consider the deportees and families of little importance. In response, many Viatorians, profand associates, have participated in the Friday vigils, been insidcenter with the deportees and their families and prayed on the bbefore they depart.

    As a Viatorian said, Silence means acceptance and not to do thing about this situation would say that this is acceptable. TheScripture verse the leaders so often refer to during the vigil is froMatthew, What so ever you do to the least of my brethren, youme(25:40). We are deporting Christ.

    For some family members, it might be the last time they see their loved one, before he is deported.Photo by: Saverio Truglia

    Emotional good-byes are traumatizing for family members. Photo by: Sav

    Fr. Thomas Long, C

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    Clerics of St. Viator 212 E. Euclid Avenue

    Arlington Heights, IL 60004-5799

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    Construction continues at Saint Viator High School, with its newFr. Louis Querbes Hall nearly completed and its $3 million reno-vation of its ne 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 314students to take the test, the most since 2008.

    This is an incredible time for Saint Viator High School, says Fr.Corey Brost, CSV, president.

    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 millionShaping the Future withFaith campaign, which included major building improvementsand an increased endowment fund. As a result, the site is trans-forming into a setting that promotes collaborative learning before and after school as well as a college-style food court.

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

    Steve Burks, building and grounds director at Saint Viator, thankedfaculty members for their patience and exibility during all of theconstruction.Construction on the Fr. Louis Querbes Hall is goingvery well and is on time, Burks said. This is going to be a great

    Demolition of the old band and chorus rooms started the dafter the musical closed, back in February, before constructstarted in March. The new space will include 100 seats in the baroom and possible space for private instructors, while the ch

    room will allow for a studio-like recording experience in its spThese new facilities will double the space available to our nestudents, Fr. Brost added, providing the latest in 3D technologyvisual arts students, and world class band and choral areas, acoustidesigned to enrich the quality of our musical program and studdevelopment.

    Bill Faltinoski, ne arts department chairman, says the impactechnology on the arts is huge.

    Were building the art room for the next 25 years, Faltinoski sAlmost doubling in size, the 2,794 square foot space will enable udo things that were never before possible.

    To date, campaign improvements included the renovated Scanlan Cter, as well as increasing the schools overall endowment to $10 mil

    All of which will add to the celebration at the schools Night ofLion gala on April 11. Thats when guests will honor Principal EiManno for her more than 30-year commitment to the school, ateacher, counselor and principal.

    These enhancements provide professional space that validates thelaborative learning style we are teaching our students, Manno sThese techniques ensure that our students not only do well at SaViator, but in college and in their professional lives.

    Groundbreaking Year Continues at Saint Viator High Schoo