New OneLife Sponsored Billboard Sunday, Sep 19 The two greatest commandments are to love God and to love your neighbor. We see how God’s wrath blazed up against Israel when they violated the first commandment; we can well imagine how God feels about our violating the second commandment with all of our modern attacks on life, even life in the womb. The molten calf worshipped today is "choice," and millions of innocent lives are sacrificed to this idol. And so we cry out in repentance for our culture, just as Moses and the Psalmist did. "Have mercy on [us], O God, in your goodness; in the greatness of your compassion wipe out [our] offense; "even the offenses against innocent life. We know like Paul that we are sinners, and that "Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners." In a spirit of repentance, we join with other local churches and people of goodwill in forty days of prayer to turn our culture toward a greater respect for life. We thank you all for your tremendous generosity in supporting our upcoming 40 Days for Life campaign Sep. 22 through Oct. 31, and anticipate God accomplishing great things during the campaign. Please visit www.40daysforlife.com/sb for more information. Sunday, Sep 12 If anyone comes to me without hating his father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters…. This quote from Jesus, taken out of context, seems to justify the sentiment of the culture of death. We are given permission to hate, and whom better than those most burdensome to us? But of course, in the full context Jesus reminds us that we are to hate even our own lives, meaning we are to let no relationship or attachment (to people or possessions) take priority over our relationship to God. It is certainly not a commandment to hate, but it is hard to see how abortion, euthanasia, or other killing of innocent life can be considered anything but hateful.   Occasionally difficult situations arise; medical problems or unplanned pregnancies can be burdensome. But we shouldn't consider only the costs of caring for these people and neglect the infinite worth these souls have in God's eyes. The reading from Wisdom shows that our earthly concerns about financial or emotional burdens are small compared with the concern and plans God has for us. Let us pray to convert our culture's perception of burdensome people, much as Paul converted Philemon's perception of his former slave to being a beloved brother.   View Our   One Life Archives Thank you for supporting our past activities, and check out the OneLife section of the webpage for future pro-life events!   Mission Statement:      One Life's mission is      to educate our community and celebrate      the sanctity and dignity of every human person's life       from conception to natural death.   2010 goals are:  1.  Support our billboard campaign.  (If you'd like to be a monthly sponsor of the billboard ($400), please make a check out to "St. John Berchmans" and write "OneLife billboard sponsor" in the memo line. Thank you so much for helping to spread the Gospel of Life in our community!) 2. Continue the Celebration of Life  birthday parties at the SBCR Friendship House in the Highland neighborhood. 3.  Educate our parish through the bulletin, educational materials, and participation in parish events. 4. Welcome parishioners to become Contributing, Associate, and Active Members.  5. Support the ongoing pro-life activities that already exist in our community (e.g. praying with Vita at the abortion clinic on the first Saturday of the month, supporting the Arklatex Crisis Pregnancy Center, and Heart of Hope: Sanctuary for Women, etc.)   Chairman:  Sarah Barlow Assistant Chairman:  Kallie Hollyfield Publicity:  Tim Shaughnessy  Reporter:  Chris Davis    Event Chairmen:  Each event (rosary & bake sale, meatless dinner, etc) will be headed up by a different member      View Our   One Life Archives     Proceeds are dedicated to pro-life education in the Shreveport-Bossier area Call for more details: Sarah Barlow 455-5458 or Tim Shaughnessy     You may have seen our recent bulletin insert on the anniversary of Roe v. Wade, describing some of the activities OneLife is involved in. Our most public effort, of course, is the pro-life billboard at the corner of Kings Hwy and Highland Ave, two blocks from the abortion clinic. Your generosity in the past has allowed our sign to spread its message of hope for almost a year, and we would love to see its message continue. To do so, OneLife is asking you to prayerfully consider being a monthly sponsor of our billboard. Please see the OneLife section of the website or call the church office for more details.     One Life 2010 Calendar January (25th anniversary of Roe vs. Wade)  2  Committee meeting 8:30 am (rectory)  TBA Stuffing Party (bulletin insert) 19 & 20 Celebration of Life Birthday Parties 3:30-4:30 pm 24 Rosary & Bake Sale February 6  Committee meeting 8:30 am (rectory) 23 & 24 Celebration of Life Birthday Parties 3:30-4:30 pm March 5  Stations of the Cross & Meatless Spaghetti Dinner 6  Committee meeting 8:30 am (rectory) 12 Stations of the Cross w/ Bishop Ducca & Meatless Spaghetti Dinner 23 & 24 Celebration of Life Birthday Parties 3:30-4:30 pm April 10 Committee meeting 8:30 am (rectory) 20&21 Celebration of Life Birthday Parties 3:30-4:30 pm May 1 Committee meeting 8:30 am (rectory) 2 Rosary & Bake Sale 10:15 am 11 & 12 Celebration of Life Birthday Parties 3:30-4:30 pm June 5 Committee meeting 8:30 am (rectory) July(~Natural Family Planning Awareness Month) 3  Committee meeting 8:30 am (rectory) August 7  Committee meeting 8:30 am (rectory) September 4 Committee meeting 8:30 am (rectory) October (Respect Life Month) 2 Committee meeting 8:30 am (rectory) 3 Respect Life Sunday  Rosary & Coin Bank Drive TBA Pumpkin Shine on Line: enter pro-life pumpkin November 6  Committee Retreat: Mass & Planning meeting (Election of 2011 officers) 8:00am     If you are interested in viewing any of our past movies listed below, please contact us Pro-Life Links: USCCB Pro-Life homepage   Theology of the Body International Alliance   Theology of the Body from Ascension Press   Theology of the Body Institute   Pope Paul VI Institute for fertility and NaPro technology   One More Soul   Priests for Life American Life League Life Site News Life News Silent No More awareness Motherhood Interrupted   Rachel's Vineyard HLI America Large Families

His Holiness 
Benedict XVI

Bishop
Michael G Duca

Father Peter Mangum
Pastor