Lumen Christi, meaning Light of Christ, is a missionary program that seeks to form Lifelong Catholic Missionary Disciples Through God’s Love. These missionaries are trained and sent out throughout the Diocese of Sioux Falls in order to give witness to the love of Christ in their lives and to share that love with those they meet.
The Lumen Christi Missionary Program is an effort of the Office of Discipleship & Evangelization for the Catholic Diocese of Sioux Falls. It started in the Summer of 2021.
For Parishes & Schools
Our mission is to support the work of discipleship and evangelization in parishes and schools around the diocese through outreach, events, bible studies, 1-on-1 discipleship, and more. We’ve established this “in house” program in our diocese in order to be able to fully customize the training, availability, and formation of our missionaries to most directly meet the needs around the diocese. Lumen Christi is interested in connecting anyone who has a desire to serve in a missionary capacity with needs around the Diocese. If you know someone who is seeking an opportunity for a mission of any size, shape or form we would love to visit with them.
While we do not have a traveling team this year, we encourage parishes who are seeking a retreat team for your youth to consider NET ministries. (Find out about them at netusa.org). Please keep our missionaries in your prayers this year.
Follow along
Lumen Christi has it’s own social media channels now! Give us a follow to stay up to date on all that is happening with the missionaries throughout the year. We can be found on Facebook here: facebook.com/lumenchristisf Or on Instagram using the handle @lumenchristisf
Help us recruit
Please join our efforts of recruiting young people to serve as missionaries for the summer of 2024. Personal invitation has given us the best results so we rely on your help! Youth who have just graduated high school to those still in college are encouraged to apply. You can reach out to our office for a flyer or more information at discipleship@sfcatholic.org
Frequently Asked Questions
The Lumen Christi program is funded almost entirely through donations. These donations come through Mission Partners who support the missionaries personally, through one-time and monthly gifts, from individuals who have been impacted by the ministry of the missionaries, and through donations from parishes and schools that our missionaries serve.
Interested in supporting a missionary or the program in general? Check out our Support Page here.
While we offer some great programming and opportunities around the diocese, Lumen Christi is firstly a formation program for young adults in our diocese. Most people who apply to be missionaries do so because they desire to be formed deeply in prayer, discernment, friendship, and service of the Lord.
Our missionaries are individuals who are hungry for the love of God and desirous to share that love with others.