Words from our Principal Dear Families and Friends of Lumen, The Feast of Christ the King this past Sunday was followed by Monday’s Feast of the Presentation of Mary. According to Church tradition, Mary’s parents, Joachim and Anne, were – after years of barrenness – so grateful for Mary’s birth that they offered her to God...Read More

Words from our Principal Dear Families and Friends of Lumen, On November 9, the Church celebrated the Feast of the Dedication of the Lateran Basilica, the official cathedral of the diocese of Rome – in other words, the true cathedral of the Pope! You can virtually tour this remarkable basilica on the Vatican’s website, or you can...Read More

Words from our Principal Dear families and friends of Lumen, Sunday’s first reading came from 2 Maccabees 7:1-14 and told the story of the martyrdom of a mother and her seven sons, who had been arrested for refusing to eat pork (and thereby show their obedience and loyalty to Antiochus IV Epiphanes, the pagan Seleucid...Read More

Words from our Principal Dear families and friends of Lumen, On Friday, October 28 (which also happens to be the birthday of our beloved chaplain Fr. Riley!), our Church celebrated the Feast of Sts. Simon and Jude. Though we have already reflected on the Honor Code principle of genuinely seeking the moral, spiritual, and intellectual...Read More