Saint Michael the Archangel Family of Parishes
EUCHARISTIC ADORATION
For many years, St. Luke Catholic Church in Beavercreek has had Eucharistic Adoration on Tuesdays and Thursdays in the main church.
Starting on the Feast of Corpus Christi (Sunday, June 22, 2025),
the St. Michael the Archangel Family of Parishes will begin
Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration in the St. Dominic Chapel at St. Luke.
Adoration is open to everyone.
To Claim Your Adoration Hour
Once there, click the gold “Weekly Commitment” button. You’ll see a schedule for each day and hour of the week. If a time says, “Coming soon,” you can sign up for that day/hour, but your Adoration will not begin until Sunday, June 22, 2025 (the Feast of Corpus Christi). Times that do not say “Coming soon” begin immediately. These are on Tuesdays and Thursdays between 9 am (immediately after Mass) and 6 pm.
Up to three people can register for each hour, but there are seats/kneelers for approximately 100 people to pray in the chapel at any time. Feel free to bring a friend or family member!
You will receive weekly e-mail or text reminders, and you can also register as a substitute to fill in when an Adorer cannot make their weekly prayer time.
Make a date with Jesus! It can truly change your life!
Every hour of every day of the year, people will be praying in front of the Blessed Sacrament. Will you be one of the dedicated worshipers who commit to an hour of the week and come to adore the Lord in the Eucharist each week?
“Remain here and keep watch with me.”
— Jesus (Matthew 26:38)
Why Eucharistic Adoration?
Catholic Catechism, #2096
“Adoration is the first act of the virtue of religion. To adore God is to acknowledge him as God, as the Creator and Savior, the Lord and Master of everything that exists, as infinite and merciful Love. ‘You shall worship the Lord your God, and him only shall you serve,’ says Jesus, citing Deuteronomy”
Catholic Catechism, #2628
“Adoration is the first attitude of man acknowledging that he is a creature before his Creator. It exalts the greatness of the Lord who made us and the almighty power of the Savior who sets us free from evil. Adoration is homage of the spirit to the ‘King of Glory,’ respectful silence in the presence of the ‘ever greater’ God. Adoration of the thrice-holy and sovereign God of love blends with humility and gives assurance to our supplications”
Welcome to St. Dominic Chapel
The Chapel is conveniently situated to the left of the main entrance doors of St. Luke Church, adjacent to Fairfield Road.
Our chapel is mobility friendly, ensuring everyone can come to worship. Ample parking is available for your convenience as you come to adore The Lord.
This is currently the only place in the Dayton area with Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration.
We look forward to adoring with you!
Eucharistic Adoration Testimonial
Eucharistic Adoration changed my life for the better, all praise & glory to God! After committed time spent in the Real Presence of Christ in the Blessed Sacrament, I now know, without a shadow of doubt, that Jesus is truly living and present among us in the Eucharist, and He desires to enter into an ever-deeper union with us. This is a game-changer, and it reoriented my life to Christ.
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I am a cradle Catholic and attended Mass every Sunday. While I believed in God, I’ll have to admit that Christ was not the center of my life, and church was something that I fit into my busy schedule once a week. I didn’t know that there is infinitely more to spiritual life than just showing up for church on Sunday (not fully understanding or participating in the Sacrifice of the Mass).
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In the fall of 2010, a friend gave me a CD of a talk by Jim Gruden recorded at a Catholic Men’s Conference titled “The Saving Power of the Eucharist.” He spoke about miraculous events that transpired in his life after he began regular Eucharistic Adoration. He first began Eucharistic Adoration by going to a nearby church on his lunch hour during Lent. Having never experienced Eucharistic Adoration in my life up to that point, I filed that testimonial away with the thought that it would be a good thing to do during Lent.
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Early the next year in 2011, I remembered that testimonial and thought that I would try to stop in the Blessed Sacrament Chapel once or twice a week on my way to work during Lent, which is always during the hectic “tax season” (I’m a CPA). I found that I was more at peace during the workday after adoration, and I truly enjoyed the quiet & peaceful time in adoration. Then Lent ended and the busyness of life took over, and I forgot about going to adoration until the next Lent in 2012. I remembered what a nice and peaceful time I had during adoration the prior year. That year, I had the determined determination to stop into the Blessed Sacrament Chapel every day on my way to work. I don’t know exactly when it happened, but I realized several months after Lent was over and I was still in the habit of daily prayer before the Blessed Sacrament, that my priorities had shifted dramatically. I had a deep thirst to go deeper in my prayer life and began attending daily Mass and Bible studies. I realized that my focus had shifted, and instead of fitting church, prayer and adoration into my busy life filled with work, family and social obligations, I found myself placing Christ at the center of my life, and all other obligations fell into place around daily Mass & the Sacraments, Eucharistic Adoration & prayer, Bible studies, scripture & spiritual reading. Time spent in Eucharistic Adoration was instrumental in helping me recognize a vocational call to the Discalced Carmelite Secular Order.
I encourage everyone to commit to the commitment to spend precious time in the Real Presence of Christ in Eucharistic Adoration, and to not wait until Lent to do so. Spending time with Jesus may very well change your life for the better, all praise & glory to God!