That You Might Have Life: A Lenten Parish Mission for Eucharistic Revival
March 24-26 | 12:10 p.m. OR 6:30 p.m.
Lent is a time of transformation, renewal, and hope. The Eucharist, being the source and summit of our faith, has the power to change our lives. Please join Father Charles Marie Rooney and Father Luke Mary VanBerkum of the Dominican Friars as they lead us on a parish mission to better understand how the Eucharist transforms us, renews us, and fills us with hope.
The three-day program will begin with talks on Monday, March 24 and Tuesday, March 25 and culminate with a solemn Eucharistic Healing Service on Wednesday, March 26. Each day’s event will be offered following the 12:10 p.m. daily Mass and then again at 6:30 p.m. Please feel free to attend whatever time works best for you. Click here for the full schedule.
The mission will also include plentiful opportunities for Confession, Eucharistic Adoration, and praying the Rosary. Pre-registration is not required ... we look forward to seeing you there!
About Our Guests
Father Charles Marie Rooney, O.P., was born in New York, N.Y., and raised in Darien, Ct., the first of three boys. After graduating with a B.A. from Duke University in 2016 and an M.A. in philosophy from Maynooth University, Ireland, in 2017, he entered the Order of Preachers (the Dominicans). He was ordained a priest in 2024 and spent his first summer working as a chaplain at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York City. He is presently assigned in Washington, DC, where he is finishing his licentiate in sacred theology and providing local pastoral assistance in English and Spanish. For fun, he likes to run, read, and play the organ.
Father Luke Mary VanBerkum, O.P., grew up outside of Detroit, Mich. He is the second of seven children, and his older brother is also a Dominican priest. After graduating from the University of Notre Dame in 2016, he entered the Dominican novitiate and was ordained a priest in 2022 in Washington, D.C. He then spent a year finishing a licentiate in sacred theology and gaining some pastoral experience, especially with the Latino community. He now serves as parochial vicar at St. Gertrude Church in Cincinnati, Ohio. For fun, he likes to run and is currently training for his second half marathon.
