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RELIGIOUS BROTHERS

Brother John J. Dodd, CSV
Chief Financial Officer, Catholic Center
336 Cathedral Way
Las Vegas, NV 89109
(702) 735-7865

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Brother Dan Belanger, CSV

St. Thomas More Catholic Community

130 N. Pecos Road

Henderson, NV 89074

(702)361-3022

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Brother Andre LeMay, OFM
Shrine of the Most Holy Redeemer
55 E. Reno Avenue
Las Vegas, NV 89119
(702) 891-8600

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Brother Michael Rice, C.S.V.
Administrative Assistant
St. Viator Catholic Community
2461 E. Flamingo Road
Las Vegas, NV 89121

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Brother John Dodd, C.S.V.

Brother John Dodd graduated from Loyola University Chicago with a Bachelors Degree in Business in 1964 and then completed a Masters Degree in Economics from George Washington University in 1965. His first teaching assignment was at St. Viator High School where he taught religion for one year. Then, he was reassigned to Spalding Institute in Peoria, Illinois at the start of the 1966 school year. For the next seven years Brother Dodd worked in various ministerial roles at the school — business teacher and treasurer. In his last four years in Peoria, Bishop O’Rourke appointed him comptroller of the three Catholic high schools and the ten Catholic elementary schools. In 1973 Brother Dodd was appointed Treasurer of the Province of Chicago by the Provincial, Fr. Kenneth Morris. He was elected a provincial counselor shortly thereafter and served in both roles until 1994. After nearly 20 years working in provincial administration Brother Dodd took a sabbatical year at De Paul University, before accepting the position of Chief Financial Officer for the Diocese of Las Vegas in 1995. He is currently serving as the CFO of the Diocese.

Brother Dan Belanger, CSV

Brother Belanger is from Glendora, CA and lived in Las Vegas, NV, where he became acquainted with the ministry of the Viatorian’s in the Las Vegas area - three local parishes (Guardian Angel Cathedral, St. Viator and St. Thomas More). After a period of interaction and discernment with the Viatorian’s, he entered the community in 1993.

For the next thirteen years, Bother Belanger divided his time between working in various Viatorian ministries and pursing graduate studies. His ministerial experience includes teaching religion at St. Viator Grade School, Chicago and at Maternity BVM School, Bourbonnais, IL where he was also the parish director of youth ministry.

Brother Belenger earned a Master of Religious Education degree from Looyola University, Chicago; a Master in the Art of Teaching degree (Social Science) from Dominican University; and a Master of Divinity from the Catholic Theological Union, Chicago, where he spent the last three years in theological studies.

Brother Belanger will serve his deacon year at St. Thomas More Catholic Community in Henderson, NV for the following year and in the spring will request ordination to the Priesthood from his Religious Community. Brother Belanger is one of five boys and joins his family who lives in Henderson, NV and CA. His mother is a parishioner of St. Thomas More Parish.

Brother Andre LeMay, OFM

Brother Andre LeMay entered the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Province of Franciscan Friars in 1966. His education includes Certified Child-Care Supervisor, an Associate degree in Arts and Sciences, a B.A. in Social Science and Community Studies with a specialization in Social Welfare as well as a Master of Arts in Education. His employment included working with the mentally & physically handicapped in Green Bay, Wisconsin, a Child Care Worker/Teacher in Bartlett, Illinois, a Teacher at St. Albert the Great in Reno, Nevada and at Our Lady of Las Vegas, Las Vegas, Nevada. Currently he is the Manager of the Gift Shop at the Shrine of the Most Holy Redeemer, Las Vegas, Nevada.

Brother Michael A. Rice, C.S.V.

Brother Michael Rice graduated from Loyola University Chicago in 1969. His first full time teaching assignment was at Bishop Griffin High School in Springfield, Illinois. He taught Latin and Religion until he moved into administration in 1973 after completing a Masters Degree in Counseling. He served as an Assistant Principal at the school until 1980 when he left the United States for a new assignment in Bogota, Colombia. He worked at Colegio San Viator for three years as Director of the Viatorian Foundation in Colombia and Business Manager. He returned to high school ministry in 1986, after completing the M.Div. program at the Catholic Theological Union in Chicago. He served as assistant principal and principal at St. Francis High School in Wheaton, Illinois until 1994 and then as Principal of St. Viator High School in Arlington Heights from 1994-1999. He moved into parochial ministry when he received a new assignment in 1999 at St. Viator Parish in Las Vegas, Nevada. He is currently the Plant Manager of the parish.

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God Calls to Religious Life

When we were baptized into the Church, we were given the equal dignity to be called God’s sons and daughters. Each of us, in our own unique way, also has received a “vocation” or call from God. God calls us to holiness and calls us to service – to continue the mission of Jesus Christ by preaching the Good News and building the Kingdom of God.

Each vocation or call from God can be lived out in various lifestyles: single, married, priest, brother, sister, or deacon. The lifestyle one chooses is the fundamental way a person decides to relate to God and other people. There are two ways to live as a vowed Viatorian. As a vowed Viatorian, a man can serve as a brother or a priest.

The Viatorians came to Nevada at the invitation of Bishop Robert J. Dwyer in 1954 to teach at Bishop Gorman High School. Over the past half century Viatorian brothers have ministered in Las Vegas at St. Viator Catholic Community, Bishop Gorman High School, and The Catholic Center (chancellery).

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Former Brothers of the Diocese

Brother Corey Brost, C.S.V.

Brother Corey Brost’s first ministerial assignment was in 1989-1990 as a lawyer assisting low income women on the west side of Chicago with legal problems. The following year he earned a Masters Degree in Pastoral Studies from Loyola University Chicago. With his new degree in hand Brother Brost moved to Springfield, Illinois and began to work at St. Joseph Parish as a Youth Minister until 1994. When an opportunity arose to do high school youth ministry, Brother Brost accepted the position as Campus Minister at Bishop Gorman High School in 1994 and continued in that same position through the 1998 school year. During this time he was influential in starting numerous service projects for students and leading retreats for youth. Because of his successful work with young people, the Viatorian Provincial asked Brother Brost to serve as Vocation Director. He did so for four years, creating opportunities for Viatorians to connect with high school and college age students. After leaving vocation ministry, Brother Brost worked at St. Viator High School for one year, 2002-2003, focusing his attention on creating a faith formation program for faculty, parents and alumni. In 2003 he started theological studies at the Catholic Theological Union in Chicago and was ordained a deacon in September 2005. Brother Brost will be ordained a priest on April 28, 2006 at St. Viator Parish in Chicago and looks forward to his first assignment in a Viatorian parish as a priest.

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Brother Dale Barth, C.S.V.

Brother Dale Barth’s first assignment was in 1963 at the Viatorian retreat center in Pistakee Bay, Illinois. At that time the Retreat House had weekly retreats for Catholic high school students. Brother Barth spent three years there until he was assigned to the Provincial House in Evanston, Illinois from 1965-1967 where he served as the house buyer. His next ministry assignment took him to St. Viator High School. Brother Barth gave 23 years of dedicated service to St. Viator students from 1967-1990. During those years he had different responsibilities. Early in his career at the high school he was the book store manager, later he became the Assistant Dean of Students and taught Religion, and his last six years he was the Building Manager. In 1990 he left the high school and started a new assignment that took him to the Viatorian Province Center in Arlington Heights, working in the office of the treasurer. His duties for the next six years included oversight of building maintenance and grounds, besides being the office bookkeeper. His experience working in the business office was the training ground for his next assignment in 1996 as the parish business manager at St. Viator Parish, Las Vegas, Nevada. When he returned to Illinois in 1999 after working three years in Las Vegas, Brother Barth took a one-year sabbatical and prepared himself for a new ministry, the Ministry of Care. After completing the program at the Archdiocese of Chicago he moved to Maternity BVM Parish and worked as a pastoral care minister from 2000-2003. In 2003 he was ordained a permanent deacon for the Diocese of Joliet, Illinois. Brother Barth was asked to serve as assistant novice master, working with Viatorian novices at St. Patrick Parish in Kankakee, Illinois. Since returning to the Chicagoland area, Brother Barth is serving as a deacon at St. Viator Parish in Chicago.

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† Brother Joseph Drolet, C.S.V.

The first Viatorian brother to serve in what was known then as the Diocese of Reno was Brother Joseph Drolet. Brother Drolet arrived in Las Vegas in 1954 to teach at Bishop Gorman High School. For the next 18 years Brother Drolet taught Band. In 1972 Brother Drolet was ordained a permanent deacon by Bishop Joseph Green and for served for the next seven years as administrator of parishes in Fallon and Gabbs, Nevada. In 1979 Brother Drolet retired to the Pincecrest residence in Las Vegas. He died on February 13, 1995 at Silvercrest Nursing Home in Las Vegas.

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Brother Michael Gosch, C.S.V.

Brother Michael Gosch, after receiving his Bachelors Degree in English from Loyola Chicago, joined the faculty of St. Viator High School in 1979. Brother Gosch taught high school English for three years before completing a Masters Degree in Social Work from the University of Illinois in 1985. He also earned a MTS from the Catholic Theological Union in 1986 during that same time. After completing his MSW, he joined the Howard Community Center in Chicago, Illinois as a social worker in 1985 and remained there until 1994 when he returned to CTU for a year of theological updating.

In 1995 Brother Gosch returned to teaching and moved to Las Vegas, Nevada and joined the faculty of Bishop Gorman High School. He taught English and Religion at Gorman High School that year. The following year he returned to the Howard Community Center for one year before returning to Bishop Gorman High School to teach English for two years, 1997-1999. Brother Gosch, who is an alumnus of St. Viator High School, received a new assignment in 1999 to teach English at St. Viator High School in Arlington Heights, Illinois. When he left St. Viator after the 2004 school year, he accepted a teaching position in a new Catholic high school opening that fall at St. Martin De Porres High School in Waukegan, Illinois. He is currently a part time English teacher at Martin De Porres and also serves as Assistant Provincial for the Viatorians.

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Brother Rob Robertson, C.S.V.

Brother Rob Robertson’s teaching career started in 1980 at Bishop Griffin High School in Springfield, Illinois. When he started teaching full time at Griffin in the Business Department, Brother Robertson was a layman. He became a Viatorian affiliate in 1985 and a novice a year later. After he took first vows in 1987, he was assigned to Bishop Gorman High School where he was a business teacher. After returning from Las Vegas the first time, he attended the Loyola IPS program for a year and earned a Master of Religious Education degree. Then, he joined the St. Viator High School staff as a Campus Minister and remained on the faculty until 1993. His next assignment took him back to Gorman to teach Religion and manage the school book store. After five years of service to the Gorman community, Brother Robertson moved back to Illinois in 1999 to teach Religion at St. Viator. He has been teaching Religion classes at the high school in Arlington Heights for the past seven years, and also directing school retreats and serving as a campus minister and counselor.