Episode 83 Father Raney Johnson - ”Shreveport-Bossier: My City, My Community, My Home”

Father Raney Johnson, administrator at Cathedral of St John Berchmans and one of the chaplains at Loyola College Prep, sits down with Jeffrey Goodman, Director of Marketing and Development for the YMCA of Northwest Louisiana, to answer the following questions:

 

0:32 1. On 6/5/21, you were ordained the first native-born priest of the Diocese of Shreveport.

 

I read where you once said: “Being called ‘Father’ will take some getting used to. When I’m with another priest, and someone else says ‘Father,’ I assume they’re talking to him, not me. But then, it turns out they are talking to me.”

 

My first question today is, have you gotten used to being called Father yet?

 

2:33 2. You are the administrator at St John Berchmans and one of the chaplains at Loyola College Prep. Give me a snapshot if you could of what a typical week looks like for you at St Johns and Loyola? How are you working with the students, when are you saying mass for the St Johns congregation and for the Loyola student body, what days and times are you available for confession?

 

Just give me a sense if you could of what a typical week for Father Raney looks like.

 

6:55 3. What is the difference between a cathedral and a church?

 

9:58 4. Share, if you could, any advice or words of wisdom you have for people listening, who are contemplating pursuing the priesthood.

 

11:34 5. Many cities similar-sized to us have large universities and/or sports teams that bring the community together. We probably will never have either of those things in Shreveport-Bossier. What do you see that can help unify us more in the future as a community or help bring us together more than we are today?

 

13:26 6. As you look at our community, what are some of the things that concern you the most?

 

15:46 7. What gives you hope that we’re headed in the right direction?

 

20:26 8. How many individual Catholic churches do we have in Shreveport's Diocese?