St. Luke University Parish & GVSU Catholic Campus Ministry

"A beautiful campus Parish. Everything from the architecture to the congregation to the priest makes you feel comfortable."

"Love going to new churches for mass. Looks very new and clean, but not sterile. Love hearing the Word!"

"St. Luke's has been a huge blessing for our family this last year. When Covid restrictions prevented our daughter's troop from meeting in their normal location, this church opened their doors and welcomed us. Thank you so much for the use of your facilities, classrooms and kitchen. God bless you all and the ministries you support."

"Me and my family just joined this parish a few months ago and its incredibile. There are numerous parishoners that are very nice, reverent, and care about the faith. Most importantly, Fr. Bill is good hearted, faithful, speaks Truth in his homilies, and doesn't coward away from very modern day to day controversial topics, that many priests unfortunatly do not cover anymore. We recently had to move away from another parish that was once our home parish and is now run by many lukewarm/liberal catholics, so it was really heart breaking to me and my family to leave. However, I have no regrets because St. Lukes is an amazing parish with a traditional catholic bases to it, which loves God, cares about His church, and follows His will. I'm happy to be a parishoner and can't wait to go to Mass again there, to find time to pray and learn what God has in store for us."

"Are we Protestant now! It is not enough that the modernist have taken our blessed Lord from its place of honor on the high altar to be demoted to a brick pedestal at the side of the church. Even the altar is no longer an altar but a kitchen table and even it is getting moved out to give pressidence to man as if man has become God. If that priest won't tell you . I will because I truly believe in the real presences of our Lord Jesus in the blessed sacrament. The altar-lamp may be made of any kind of metal, and of any shape or form. According to the opinion of reputable theologians, it would be a serious neglect, involving grave sin, to leave the altar of the Blessed Sacrament without this light for any protracted length of time, such as a day or several nights (St. Lig., VI, 248). For symbolical reasons olive oil is prescribed for the lamp burning before the altar of the Blessed Sacrament, for it is a symbol of purity, peace, and godliness. Since pure olive oil, without any admixture, causes some inconvenience in the average American climate, oil containing between 60 and 65 per cent of pure olive oil is supposed to be legitimate material. Where olive oil cannot be had, it is allowed, at the discretion of the ordinary, to use other, and as far as possible vegetable, oils (Cong. Sac. Rit., 9 July, 1864). In case of necessity, that is, in very poor churches, or where it is practically impossible to procure olive or vegetable oils, the ordinary, according to the general opinion of theologians, would be justified to authorize the use of petroleum. We are of the opinion, however, that there are but few parishes that can claim this exemption on the plea of poverty. Gas (Ephem. Lit., IX, 176, 1895) and ELECTRIC LIGHTS (Cong. Sac. Rit., 4 June, 1895) are NOT allowed in its stead. According that zealous Doctor of the Church, Saint Alphonsus Liguori, it would be a grave sin to leave the altar of the Blessed Sacrament without this candle or lamp burning for any prolonged length of time, such as a day or several nights (St. Alph. Lig., VI, 248). Take that hideous electric candle and save it for your funneral. Give our God his Honor."