Our Patron

St. John Berchmans

     
 

St. John Berchmans

SAN JUAN BERCHMANS Johannes Berchmans [Estampa de San Juan Berchmans]

St. John Berchmans (1599 - 1621).  As a young student, 
John was eager to learn and naturally endowed with a bright intellect and a retentive memory, devoting much time to study. 

What distinguished him most from his companions, however, 
was his piety and faith.  John performed ordinary actions with extraordinary perfection, purity, obedience and admirable charity.

Fourteen years after he was canonized a saint, 
the Jesuit community in Shreveport established, in 1902, 
our parish and a high school (now Loyola College Prep) 
and had the church consecrated in memory of their newly
canonized saint, St. John Berchmans.  

He is the patron saint of altar servers 
and an ideal patron for our students 
who are eager to learn and deepen their faith.

Litany to St. John Berchmans


In St Joseph Cathedral, Macon Georgia.

 

 

Our Pastor, Fr. Peter B. Mangum, 
standing in front of 
the tomb of St John Berchmans 
in Sant' Ignatio Church in Rome.
He is holding two relics of our patron, 
which he brought back to Shreveport!

 

Fr. Peter standing in the room of St John Berchmans, in Rome. 

 

St John Berchmans carrying a man 
stricken by the plague in Rome, 1621.

 

Litany to Saint John Berchmans

Feast Day: November 26th. Patron of altar boys and youth

 

Lord, have mercy on us.
Christ, have mercy on us.
Lord, have mercy on us. Christ, hear us.
Christ, graciously hear us.

Response: pray for us.

Holy Mary,
St. John Berchmans, whom the Lord preserved from evil,
St. John Berchmans, who did all things well,
St. John Berchmans, faithful in little things,
St. John Berchmans, devoted server at Holy Mass,
St. John Berchmans, obedient to your parents,
St. John Berchmans, submissive to your teachers,
St. John Berchmans, model for your companions,
St. John Berchmans, who from the earliest childhood chose the Blessed Virgin as guardian of your chastity,
St. John Berchmans, who so tenderly called Mary your Mother,
St. John Berchmans, zealous promoter of devotion to Mary,
St. John Berchmans, mirror of the religious life,
St. John Berchmans, lover of the Blessed Sacrament,
St. John Berchmans, lover of the missions,
St. John Berchmans, lover of mortification,
St. John Berchmans, faithful to your holy Rule,
St. John Berchmans, faithful imitator of St. Aloysius,
St. John Berchmans, ornament of the Society of Jesus,
St. John Berchmans, model of students,
St. John Berchmans, patron of youth,

Lamb of God, Who takes away the sins of the world,
Spare us, O Lord.
Lamb of God, Who takes away the sins of the world,
Graciously hear us, O Lord.
Lamb of God, Who takes away the sins of the world,
Have mercy on us.

Christ, hear us.
Christ, graciously hear us.

V. Pray for us, Saint John Berchmans,
R. That we may be worthy of the promises of Christ.

Let Us Pray

Grant, we beseech You, O Lord God, that we Your servants may follow, in Your service, the example of innocence and fidelity by which the angelic St. John Berchmans consecrated to You the flower of his youth, through Christ Our Lord.
R. Amen.