In this episode, we take a closer look at Service and Song, an annual Saint Viator High School summer program for middle school students led by Viatorians and our high school students. Associate Ann Perez serves as the school’s Vice President of Mission and Identity, and, with Service and Song coming up next week, she shares how Service and Song is a vital way by which the school community can share and live out its mission. This happens particularly by forming its student to be servant-leaders, introducing future students to Christian service, and animating adults and young people together in proclaiming the Gospel and raising communities of faith. (This episode debuted on June 15, 2026.)

00:00 Introduction

01:28 Action-Packed Viatorian Formation

03:57 SVHS Mission and Vision

05:29 Collaboration and Partnership

09:15 Mission Integration through Action

12:10 Accompaniment & Discernment

13:44 Conclusion

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This summer and fall, 17 new associates will make their initial commitments as Viatorians. This follows a two-year period of discernment and formation, undertaken as regional cohorts with formation teams of Viatorian religious and associates. Two of our soon-to-be new members reflect on that process:

Pre-Associate Dianne Marshall is a parish faith formation director and veteran pastoral minister who met the Viatorians while ministering at Saint Viator High School in Arlington Heights, IL.

Pre-Associate Jason Valle is a media teacher at Bishop Gorman High School and works alongside Viatorians there and in volunteer youth ministry at his parish, St. Viator Catholic Community in Las Vegas.

Hear about the pre-association process as we look ahead to welcoming new members! (This episode debuted on June 1, 2026.)

00:00 Introduction

01:38 Dianne: Learning the Charism

02:54 Dianne: Prayerfully Discerning In

04:00 Dianne: Viatorian Ministry in Archdiocesan Parish

05:38 Jason: Affirming What He’s Already Doing

07:18 Jason: Call to Accompanying Youth and Sharing the Faith

09:16 Jason: Desire to Go Where He’s Needed

10:28 Conclusion

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St. George and Maternity BVM, two Viatorian parishes, are two years into a shared model of youth ministry with Coordinator of Viatorian Youth Ministry Amanda Fierce at the helm. Here, Amanda shares about these two Bourbonnais parishes; her partnership with religious education and Catholic schools to provide families full youth formation; a balanced set of offerings in youth ministry; and the lives of Viatorian service she encourages in young people. Amanda is a longtime teacher and MBVM parishioner, who also spent some years as a stay-at-home mom; she is coming up on her 2nd anniversary of beginning this role. (This episode debuted on May 18, 2026.)

00:00 Introduction

01:35 Our Two Bourbonnais Parishes

05:16 Teaching the Faith to Young People

07:25 Well-Rounded Youth Ministry

12:26 Encouraging Viatorian Lives of Service

14:26 Conclusion

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