Career
This service distributes free Catholic literature to thousands of RCIA students each year. Lukefar followed his uncle"s footsteps in becoming a Vincentian and a devout supporter of the Knights of Columbus. Father Lukefahr died August
10 2015 at the Apostle of Charity Residence in Perryville.
He was 76 and a Vincentian for 53 years. Father Lukefahr was born on July 20, 1939 in Perryville Missouri. He attended elementary school at Saint Vincent in Perryville and secondary school at Saint Vincent"s College in Cape Girardeau.
He entered the seminary in 1957 and professed vows May 31, 1962. He was ordained May 28, 1966.
Father Lukefahr earned master"s degrees in Latin from DePaul University in 1968 and counseling from Southeast Missouri State University in 1972.
He taught in Cape Girardeau and in Texas until 1972, when he began parish ministry in Cape Girardeau. He also served in Denver, Company, and Benton, Missouri Father Lukefahr also served as spiritual director of the Association of the Miraculous Medal for the past three years.