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Newsletter –Spring 2022
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Around the Province... role as principal and president at Saint Viator High School. Wherever he went, people commented that there was something different about Viatorians. In the latest roundtable episode of Viatorian Voices: Conversations on the Way, Fr. Render reflects on that question: What makes Viatorians unique? Find it in Episode 22 at Apple, Google or Spotify podcasts, or at this bitlink: bit.ly/ RenderCSV. Fr. Daniel Hall, CSV, is returning to his roots, literally. This summer, he will be one of 25 gardeners tending his plot in the newly expanded Viatorian Fr. Daniel Hall in the Viatorian Community Garden Community Garden, Br. Carlos Flórez, CSV, located on the grounds of the Province Center. It was Fr. Hall who joined with Br. Michael Gosch, CSV, in creating the garden 10 years was recognized by the ago. What started with 14 plots and roughly 10 gardeners has grown to draw gardeners from the Saint Viator High School community, the principal at Children of Abraham Coalition, neighboring faith communities and Cristo Rey St. Viator in friends of the Viatorians. In returning to the land, Fr. Hall reinforcLas Vegas for es the original mission of the garden, to feed the hungry. Each year, gardeners have produced around 1,000 pounds of vegetables for area showcasing families served by local food pantries. This year, with nearly double the the school’s Br. Carlos Florez, center, displays his award with administrators from Cristo Rey St. Viator, including Fr. Thomas von number of plots, they hope to raise much more. core value, Behren, second from right. “Have Faith.” Fr. John Van Wiel, CSV, Br. Flórez has helped build Cristo Rey St. Viator College Prep from continues to enjoy rethe ground up, literally. As the Director of Recruitment and Admistirement at the Viatorian sions, he has been instrumental in growing the school one grade level Province Center. After at a time. His efforts have the led the school more than 40 years of to this year, when the school will welcome teaching chemistry, its incoming freshman class in August, thus he now has more time realizing its dream of having all four classes to enjoy such simple (freshman - senior) enrolled in the first four pleasures as walking years of the school’s history. Fr. John Van Wiel displays a collection of bird outdoors and experiencFr. Alan Syslo, CSV, makes it his goal to walk outside for at least an hour a day during his time in retirement at the Viatorian Province Center. On these walks, every person he encounters he tells them to “pray for Ukraine.” Within his own Viatorian Community, he convinced associates, professed and staff members at the Province Center to place a sign at the entrance to the building, for the hundreds of motorists who pass it each day, to see: “We Stand with Ukraine.”
Fr. Patrick Render, CSV, has led St. Joseph Parish in Springfield, St. Thomas More in Henderson, NV, and St. Viator Parish in Chicago. And that’s not to mention his Fr. Patrick Render
paintings he created.
ing God in nature – and capturing those images on canvas in his watercolor paintings. Now, his creative side will be seen. Plans are in the works to exhibit a collection of his paintings in the meeting room of the Province Center.
