Viatorian Voices: Conversations on the Way

Associates Ky, Tommy, and Anthony join Pre-Associate Dan Masterton from Vocation Ministry for a roundtable. Three Millennials and one Gen-Z'er talk about faith among young adults, the trends they see in the Church and lived faith among their generations, and the way association and the community life of the Viatorians are a strength of living faith. This episode was recorded during the Las Vegas D...

Associates Romeo Perez and Paul Hartz are both Viatorian associates, husbands of women who are also Viatorian associates, and dads to two teenaged kids, and their families both belong to Saint Viator Catholic Community in Las Vegas. In this episode, they offer some reflections from family life, and how their Viatorian identity informs their vocations as associates, parents, and spouses. (This epis...

This episode offers an audiobook version of excerpts from our discernment guide called Exploring God's Invitation. The episode offers a few guides and inventories meant to support people in the process of discernment. Each section has a musical cue to indicate that section has concluded, and that the listener(s) may want to pause the episode to take notes, journal, pray, or reflect. This book is a...

In this episode, we catch some fresh reflections from VYC 2022's young adult leaders. Mikey Schumaker (St. Viator High School), Deja Otto (St. Viator Catholic Community Las Vegas), and Kyle Wallisch (St. Viator High School) share some thoughts live from St. George Parish in Bourbonnais, where they are among seven young adults serving as leaders with this year's delegates. Listen in for hope-filled...

This bonus episode is an audio companion meant for the participants and leaders of the Viatorian Youth Congress (VYC 2022), who on Tuesday, July 26, will take a short driving pilgrimage through the past and present of Viatorian ministries in the Bourbonnais-Kankakee region. For those not at VYC, it could also serve as a brief history and overview of our presence in this area. Hosted on Acast. See...

Associate Curt Saindon grew up in Beaverville, Illinois, where Viatorians led his parish, St. Mary, and then has settled in Bourbonnais, where Viatorians lead his parish, St. George. Fr. Dan Belanger, CSV, encouraged Curt to explore lay association, and the formation and discernment helped Curt integrate the parts of his faith life, joining his Viatorian history with his commitment to service and...

Associate Brian Hansen is a young adult who is committed to sound discernment and being of service to others. Here, Brian reflects on his time as a Saint Viator High School student ('11), his theological studies, his ministries as a Catholic retreat minister and theology teacher, and his exploration of religious life and eventual discernment of marriage and lay association. (This episode debuted o...

Mary O'Connell graduated from Saint Viator High School in 2016 and went on to study environmental science and theology at Saint Louis University, graduating in 2020. She has since served and lived as a horticulturist at Jerusalem Farm in Kansas City, MO, an intentional Catholic community. Mary shares about growing in her faith and coming to examine social injustice while at SVHS and the ways she t...

Fr. Arnold "Arnie" Perham, CSV is living his religious life into his nineties, and his ability to reach back through these many decades of his life is chock full of perspective and wisdom. Listen in to hear stories of St. Viator Parish in Chicago back in the 1920s and 1930s, the amazing story of a Viatorian novice master freshly returned from internment by Japanese military forces in Manchuria, an...

Fr. Mick Egan, CSV has served in many places around Illinois and Nevada as a professed Viatorian. Moreover, after his brothers twice elected him Provincial and now Superior General, he has gotten to walk with lots of Viatorians, and now is tasked with setting a course with the worldwide community. Drawing on decades as a Viatorian and many miles traveled in leadership, Fr. Egan has a unique perspe...

Fr. Moses Mesh, CSV professed first vows in 2005 and was ordained a priest in 2011. He is a native of Belize, and he first encountered the Viatorians while the congregation led a foundation in the country (1998-2015). Initially, Fr. Moses served the parish that the Viatorians led, St. Francis Xavier Parish in Corazal Town, Belize. He later came to the US, where he previously served as parochial vi...

For this roundtable, we are marking Religious Brothers Day, celebrated each year on May 1 along with the feast of St. Joseph the Worker. The Viatorian Community is comprised of professed brothers and priests as well as lay associates, so today we join the Church in celebrating the religious brothers of our community and all those who serve worldwide. Our guests: Br. Rob Robertson, CSV has been in...

Viatorians founded Bishop Gorman High School in Las Vegas, NV in 1954, the first in the area and the only one until the opening of Cristo Rey St. Viator in 2019. Viatorians no longer lead the school, but some of us continue working on the faculty and staff. In this episode, we hear from Associate Connie Gerber, retired after 41 years at Bishop Gorman, including serving as its principal, and Associ...

The Viatorian Youth Congress is a place where youth and campus ministers bring delegations of high-school aged young people from all of our Viatorian communities, but this great experience only happens with the leadership and coordination of young adults! Two young adult coordinators (YACs) and several young adult leaders (YALs) team up to make the four days special and fun for the delegates. Patr...

In this roundtable, Fr. Patrick Render, CSV joins Br. John Eustice, CSV to discuss Viatorian religious life and community life across decades and generations, looking back and moving forward. The two men bring a diverse breadth of experience and offer a rich portrait of our community that will stir reflections on all that we've done as well as celebrate the potential in front of us in years to com...

Cristo Rey St. Viator opened to its first students in fall 2019, and it's now it just months away from serving four years' of high schoolers. In this episode, Associate Deborah Perez, CRSV's Director of Corporate Work Study, and Principal Melissa Gruenhagen talk about the academics, student life, and school community they are raising together with the families of the Las Vegas area. (This episode...

To mark World Day for Consecrated Life, we gathered together a panel of two sisters, one priest, and one brother, representing four religious communities. Together, they offered witness to religious life today and offered reflections and insights to the Church, with a particular eye to young people and those exploring God's invitation to religious life. (This episode debuted on February 3, 2022.)...

Fr. Jason Nesbit, CSV serves Maternity BVM Parish in Bourbonnais, IL as its pastor. As the first permanent mission of the Viatorians in the United States, it's seen as the mother church of the community in this country. In this episode, Fr. Jason shares some reflections from his perspective as pastor, from the excitement of the 175th anniversary of the parish to the fabric of parish life and youth...

VYC is set to return this summer! As we get our booster shots and continue striving to manage this virus responsibly, plans are moving ahead for VYC 2022 at St. George Parish and the Bourbonnais-Kankakee Region of the province. Join Br. John and Juliann in refreshing your memory on what VYC is all about and how we can get the ball rolling for a great event this summer! (This episode debuted on Jan...

Mary Finks and Susan Bourgeois have a lot of great things in common: both live in the Bourbonnais-Kankakee region and belong to Viatorian parishes there; both are active and joyful music ministers; and both are lay associates in the Viatorian Community. We're delighted to share their witness to Viatorian ministry and community life. (This episode debuted on November 29, 2021.) Hosted on Acast. See...

Fr. Mark Francis, CSV has a unique perspective on education ministry and servant leadership. He has served as the head of an institution of higher learning, on the leadership council of the province, and as the head of the Viatorians worldwide. In this episode, Fr. Francis draws from parts of all of these experiences to share some insights on education and leadership. (This episode debuted on Nove...

Tommy and Anthony Gugino grew up in St. Viator Catholic Community in Las Vegas, where they got to be a part of the Viatorian Youth Congress (VYC) from its early years. As they grew into young adulthood, they both explored God's invitation to association with the Viatorians, and they each have made commitments as Viatorian Associates. Hear more about their growth in faith, their discernment, and th...

In this roundtable, we listen in on a beautiful talk from one of our Viatorian Youth Connection events. In this reflection, Associate Barbara D'Urso connects our roots in founder Venerable Louis Querbes with our lives of prayer and Eucharist and points us toward a faith that seeks do serve and do justice. This episode also includes a walk-through of a valuable Scripture practice for you to try! (T...

Rosy Hartz is a Viatorian Associate and the Youth Faith Formation Coordinator for St. Viator Catholic Community in Las Vegas, NV. Her daughter, Abby, is an alumnus of St. Viator School and now attends Viatorian-founded Bishop Gorman High School. In this episode, Rosy and Abby share about their family life in a Viatorian parish, at home (Rosy's husband and Abby's dad, Paul, is also an associate!),...

In this roundtable, Fr. Tom and Br. Michael draw on their decades of religious life and their myriad experience accompanying and advocating for populations who society often accounts of little importance. Their witness, reflection, and stories serve to help us examine how we can more fully live out a faith that seeks to do social justice. This podcast is a recording of a Viatorian Vocation Ministr...