The Clerics of St. Viator in the United States look beyond Illinois after World War II. Missionaries go to Japan and Taiwan, the Chicago Province makes its first foundation in Colombia, and the first Viatorian institutions are established in Nevada. Changes are brewing at home as the novitiate moves to a new purpose-built building in Arlington Heights and Viatorians begin to examine their community in the light of Vatican II.
Rakusei High School Kyoto, Japan
1948: Establishment of the Foundation of Japan
Commitment of Viatorian Associates in Spain, 2015
1948: Founding of the Province of Spain
Spalding High School, c. 1955
1950: Viatorian ministry begins at Spalding Institute, Peoria, Ilinois (Viatorians leave 1979)
Aerial view of novitiate building in Arlington Heights (later Province Center), 1952
1951: Viatorian novitiate moves to Arlington Heights, Illinois
Wei-Tao Church, Taiwan
1953: Establishment of the Foundation of Taiwan
Alleman High School Entrance, c. 1955
1953: Viatorian ministry begins at Alleman High School in Rock Island, Illinois
Saint Viator Catholic Community, Las Vegas, Nevada
1954: Founding of St. Viator Church in Las Vegas, Nevada
Aerial view of Bishop Gorman High School, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1952
1954: Founding of Bishop Gorman High School, Las Vegas, Nevada
Installation of the Vice Delegation Council of Ivory Coast, 2022
1955: Establishment of the Foundation of Ivory Coast (Becomes Vice Delegation 2012)
Casa Cesavi, Peru, 2010
1959: Establishment of the Foundation of Peru
Saint Viator High School, Arlington Heights, Illinois, circa 1963
1961: Founding of St. Viator High School in Arlington Heights, Illinois
First Viatorian Missionaries to Colombia, 1961
1961: Establishment of the Foundation of Colombia
Viatorian Seminary, Washington, DC, c. 1965
1961: Viatorian Seminary in Washington, DC opens (closes 1972)
Clerics of St. Viator Chapel, Via Sierra Nevada, 60, Rome, 1963
1962: Viatorian General Direction moves to Rome from Canada, where it had been since World War II
Architectural rendering of Colegio San Viator in Bogota, Colombia, c. 1962
1963: Founding of Colegio San Viator in Bogotá, Colombia
Guardian Angel Cathedral, Las Vegas, Nevada
1963: Guardian Angel Shrine, later cathedral, opens in Las Vegas (Viatorians leave 2011)
Villa Desiderata, 1982
1964: Viatorian Villa (later Villa Desiderata) opens
Congress in Haiti for the foundation's 50th anniversary, 2015
1965: Establishment of the Foundation of Haiti
Clarence Biladeau, CSV
Donald Houde, CSV
Donald Lund, CSV
Christopher Marzano, CSV
1965: Viatorians in the United States initiate a Self Study in response to Vatican II
The Viatorian committee members are depicted to the left.
