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August 21, 2008


    

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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
Last Supper



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

 


Cathedral Events


 

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

 


 

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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)

 

 

 


 

 

Paulist Mission

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
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Read our Sunday Bulletin 

St RitaFamily 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

 

SJB Pilgrimage

Sep 22 - Oct 3  Cathedral Parishioners journey to
the Vatican, Rome, Assisi, Florence, San Gimignano, Siena, Orvieto, etc..

St Michael Chapel
Have you visited our Chapel ?

 

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Centenary Student
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Bishop
Michael G Duca

 


Father Peter Mangum
Pastor

 


His Holiness 
Benedict XVI
Vicar of Christ
Bishop of Rome

 

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Tribute to John Paul II

 

"But thou, O LORD, shalt laugh at them; thou shalt have all the heathen in derision."   ... The Book of Psalms, 59:8

Cathedral of St. John Berchmans  |  939 Jordan Street  |  Shreveport, Louisiana  71101  |  318-221-5296