{"id":423,"date":"2014-11-12T21:28:04","date_gmt":"2014-11-12T21:28:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/archives-news.viatorians.com\/?p=423"},"modified":"2019-09-18T11:24:57","modified_gmt":"2019-09-18T16:24:57","slug":"veterans-day-2014-featured-viatorian-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archives-news.viatorians.com\/?p=423","title":{"rendered":"Veteran’s Day 2014 – Featured Viatorian"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Stephenson_0002_edit\"<\/a>William J. Stephenson (1875-1932) was born in London and came to this country at an early age. Before becoming a Viatorian priest, Stephenson served in the trenches for his adopted country.<\/p>\n

He served in the U.S. Army artillery between 1893 and 1896.\u00a0At the start of the Spanish-American War in 1898, he re-enlisted in the artillery division and served another six months.<\/p>\n

Stephenson studied at St. Viator College in Bourbonnais, joined the Viatorian order and was ordained in 1915. He remained at the college for a few years teaching English and history.<\/p>\n

When the United States entered World War I, Fr. Stephenson volunteered in August, 1917 as a chaplain for the Knights of Columbus. He was stationed first at Camp Custer in Battle Creek, MI, a military training facility.\"Stephenson_0001_edit\"<\/a><\/p>\n

In October, 1917, Fr. Stephenson was assigned to Camp Green in Charlotte, NC, and in March, 1918, to Camp Wadsworth in Spartanburg, SC.\u00a0 After a short stay there, he was assigned overseas and served in France until the end of the war.<\/p>\n

Fr. Stephenson was discharged from the Army in September, 1919 and returned to his duties at St. Viator College.<\/p>\n

Later in his religious life from 1927-1929, Fr. Stephenson became the chaplain at Hines Veteran\u2019s Hospital in Maywood, IL, a very large institution with hundreds of disabled war veterans.<\/p>\n

As a veteran who served veterans, Fr. William Stephenson embodied patriotism in the name of the Lord, Our God.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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