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What is Lumen Christi?Lumen Christi is a group committed to illuminating our school with the Light of Christ: the only Light that brings true light, peace, beauty, love and goodness. Those who are part of Lumen Christi commit themselves to first receiving the Light of Christ through prayer, Confession and especially the Eucharist. Thereby, they then become carriers and givers of this Light: authentic Christian witnesses – Bright Lights of Christ – that shine in this school, transforming the lives of those around them with their light. They become living candles, bringing light into the darkness.
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Commitments of Lumen Christi Members
Each Lumen Christi Member makes a commitment in each of the following areas. Each person individually chooses which level within the area that he or she will commit to. Throughout the year, Lumen Christi members will prayerfully consider whether or not they would like to commit to a higher level.
Mass Commitment: I commitment myself to going to daily Mass (other than Sunday Mass):
Adoration Commitment: I commitment myself to going to Adoration (in a chapel with Jesus, exposed or reposed in the tabernacle):
Confession Commitment: I commit myself to going to Confession:
Moral Commitment: I commit myself to promoting and upholding Catholic values and teachings in my personal and public life; to living a life of virtue, of being an authentic Christian witness to my family, friends and peers.
Mass Commitment: I commitment myself to going to daily Mass (other than Sunday Mass):
- At least once a month
- At least twice a month
- At least once a week
- Daily Mass
Adoration Commitment: I commitment myself to going to Adoration (in a chapel with Jesus, exposed or reposed in the tabernacle):
- 1-10 minutes a week
- 10-25 minutes a week
- 25 or more minutes a week
- 1 hour or more a week
Confession Commitment: I commit myself to going to Confession:
- Once every 6 months
- Once every 3 months
- Once a month
- Every other week
Moral Commitment: I commit myself to promoting and upholding Catholic values and teachings in my personal and public life; to living a life of virtue, of being an authentic Christian witness to my family, friends and peers.
Prayer for Lumen Christi Members
Heavenly Father, we adore you who are Light itself. We give you thanks for your Light, your Light that has broken into the darkness of our own hearts, healing us and bringing new life. We pray Lord for the students, faculty and staff of Peoria Notre Dame – make us, Lord, a luminous ‘city on a hill’ that shines for many to see. Make us, Lord, a luminous and warm presence in the midst of this world so in need of your warmth and Light. Give us courage and conviction to be authentic, mature, humble and generous Christian witnesses in our homes, our school, in the Church, and in the world. May your Blessed Mother be our model, teacher, guide, and mother…she who let your Light shine fully in and through her. May your presence in the Eucharist be our strength and the source of our Light. May your forgiveness and healing in the Sacrament of Reconciliation root out the darkness in our hearts so that we may be brighter and more luminous lights for you. May we ardently seek holiness daily. Thank you, Lord, and we love you. Amen.
Patron Saint - Bl. Chiara Luce Badano
“I must not tell about Jesus, but give Jesus with my behavior.”
After trying to have a child for 11 years, Chiara’s parents finally became pregnant with a daughter, whom they felt was gift from Our Lady. Chiara grew up in Italy, and she joined the Focolare movement when she was nine years old after she saw the example of a friend’s faith. Chiara was a generous, extroverted and outgoing young girl. Like other girls, she enjoyed singing, swimming, and tennis. At the age of 17, she was diagnosed with a painful and aggressive cancer. In the midst of her suffering, she continually said, “It’s for you, Jesus; if you want it, I want it too.” While sick, she moved people by her constant joy and acceptance. When in the hospital, she would reach out to comfort people despite her own intense pain. For example, setting aside her own need to rest, she spent time walking around the wards with a drug-dependent girl suffering from serious depression. This meant getting out of bed despite the pain caused by the huge growth on her spine. “I’ll have time to rest later,” she says. One of her friends commented, “At first we thought we would visit Chiara Luce to keep her spirits up, however, we soon realized that in fact, we were the ones who needed her. Her life was like a magnet drawing us towards her.” At 17 years old she lost full use of her legs and was confined to bed. Although she experienced more and more pain as death drew near, she refused to take morphine, saying: “It reduces my lucidity…and there’s only one thing I can do now: to offer my suffering to Jesus because I want to share as much as possible in his suffering on the cross.” She confided to a friend: “I no longer ask Jesus to come and take me away to heaven. I don’t want to give him the impression that I don’t want to suffer any longer.” As she prepared for her death at eighteen, she said to her mother, “Don’t shed any tears for me. I’m going to Jesus.” She wrote to her friends, “Previously I felt another world was awaiting me and the most I could do was to let go. Instead now I feel enfolded in a marvelous plan of God which is slowly being unveiled to me.”
She planned her ‘wedding celebration’ (her funeral) with her mom, saying, “At my funeral, I don’t want people crying, but singing with all their hearts.” Chiara passed away peacefully in the midst of family and friends on Oct. 7, 1990. She was beatified September 25, 2010. Her feast day is celebrated Oct. 29.
Patron Saint - Bl. Pier Giorgio Frassati
“When you are totally consumed by the Eucharistic fire, then you will be able more consciously to thank God, who has called you to become part of His family. Then you will enjoy the peace that those who are happy in this world have never experienced.”
Bl. Pier Giorgio was born in Turin, Italy in 1901 into a wealthy family. He was dedicated to works of social action, charity, prayer and community. He was involved with Catholic youth and student groups, the Apostleship of Prayer, Catholic Action, and was a third order Dominican. He would often say, "Charity is not enough; we need social reform." He helped establish a newspaper entitled Momento, whose principles were based on Pope Leo XIII's encyclical: Rerum Novarum.
Despite his family's enormous wealth and power, Frassati's father was austere and never gave his children too much spending money. Frassati, however, donated most or all of his money to people he saw as more "needy" than him, and as a result he became accustomed to giving his train-fare to the poor and running back home or riding in third class.
Pier Giorgio died in 1925 of poliomyelitis. His family expected Turin's elite and political figures to come to offer their condolences and attend the funeral; they naturally expected to find many of his friends there as well. They were surprised, however, to find the streets of the city lined with thousands of mourners as the cortege passed by - poor people who he helped during his lifetime. Poor people from the city petitioned the Archbishop of Turin to begin the cause for canonization. The process was opened in 1932 and he was beatified on 20 May 1990. Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati's feast day is 4 July.
Despite his family's enormous wealth and power, Frassati's father was austere and never gave his children too much spending money. Frassati, however, donated most or all of his money to people he saw as more "needy" than him, and as a result he became accustomed to giving his train-fare to the poor and running back home or riding in third class.
Pier Giorgio died in 1925 of poliomyelitis. His family expected Turin's elite and political figures to come to offer their condolences and attend the funeral; they naturally expected to find many of his friends there as well. They were surprised, however, to find the streets of the city lined with thousands of mourners as the cortege passed by - poor people who he helped during his lifetime. Poor people from the city petitioned the Archbishop of Turin to begin the cause for canonization. The process was opened in 1932 and he was beatified on 20 May 1990. Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati's feast day is 4 July.
