Altar Server Workshop Aug 23, 9:30 - 11:30 Youth 5th grade and higher…  For Current Servers and New Servers St. John Berchmans, for whom our cathedral is named, is the Patron Saint of Altar Servers. Look at this image of him, wearing his black cassock and carrying the white surplice & his bible, in front of the altar. Read more about our patron, SJB Committed, reverent servers to assist at the altar!  Come ready to learn everything you need to know about serving at the altar.   We count on parents to encourage and invite their fifth graders and older sons and daughters to consider being Altar Servers.  Serving at Mass is a great privilege and honor; to carry the processional cross or candle, and to lead the entrance procession, to hold the Sacramentary for the Priest, to receive the gifts from God's people, to prepare the altar, to prepare the incense, to wash the hands of the priest, etc!  By helping the priest carry out the actions of the Mass, altar servers are really serving God.  All of these duties require commitment, reverence, attention and devotion to the different parts of the Mass and to Jesus, present in our midst. Specific need:  More Altar Boys!  If you have any questions or an interest in this ministry please call Fr. Peter or Carol Gates.  221-5296.   Parish School of Religion  Information & Schedule now available for 2008-2009 Parish  School of Religion First Communion Class Confirmation Class   Cathedral Parish proud of school! New Life - size LAST SUPPER in cafeteria painted by school parent, Jody Raney for a faith-filled future  excellence you can believe in visit the school page School Registration almost full !! waiting lists in some classes click on school brochure        Join one of our Cathedral Choirs       Schola Cantorum       Cathedral Choir   Liturgical Ministries Workshop  for Lectors, Ministers of Holy Communion and Sacristans Sept 13, 9:00 - 11:00     Marriage Issues:  Happiness in Marriage, Divorce, Remarriage, Annulments, Sex in Marriage, Contraception, Adultery   Marriage Encounter       2 minute YouTube Video about the Catholic Church... check it out     Year of St Paul June 28, 2008 - June 29, 2009     “Letters of St. Paul”  (Adult Ed) presented by Sr. Rita Darensbourg beginning Wed Sept 17 for 8 weeks (6:30 to 8:30)           A Three-Night Parish Retreat: Why God?  Why Church?  Why Me?   Mark your calendars:  "Year of St Paul" Parish Retreat Sept 29 - Oct 1, with Paulist Father John Collins more details     LIVE WEBCAM    (Celebrate our liturgies with us) Test your knowledge of the faith  click here Read our Sunday Bulletin  Family Night at the Movies  Sat, Sept 6, at 5:30  in the Multi-Room next movie:  Saint Rita Free admission (donations accepted) Hot dogs, sodas, popcorn & more for sale! Nursery care is provided for a limited # of children. Movie and books from Ignatius Press will be for sale. Proceeds are dedicated to pro-life education in the Shreveport area Call for more details:  Chris Davis 349-3249 or Sarah Barlow 455-5458   Photo of the Dedication Ceremony of St. John Berchmans 80 years ago! July 31, 1927, Cornerstone laid June, 1928, Church finished July 1, 1928, first baptisms in the new church: John Richard McDonald, Elizabeth Grace Melancon,                          John Rosario Fulco, James Preston Sartori and Charles William Sartori. July 2, 1928, first funeral, John Kertin. July 12, 1928, first wedding, Joseph Bernard Crofton & Beatrice Leola Lacobee. Jesuit residence finished in 1928 Church consecrated on January 16, 1929 School opened in 1949   Sep 22 - Oct 3  Cathedral Parishioners journey to the Vatican, Rome, Assisi, Florence, San Gimignano, Siena, Orvieto, etc.. Have you visited our Chapel ?   top Home

St. John Berchmans
Cathedral School

Bishop
Michael G Duca

Father Peter Mangum
Pastor

His Holiness 
Benedict XVI
Vicar of Christ
Bishop of Rome

Tribute to John Paul II