The mission of the Altar Server Ministry is to be present and to assist the priest in the celebration of the Mass, or other liturgical rites, in order to help provide a rich faith experience for the assembly.
Objectives:
- To assist the presiding priest during Mass.
- To involve young people and other members of the parish in the Eucharistic celebration. The aim is to have four altar servers at each Mass.
Membership
Anyone who is 10 years old or older and has received First Holy Communion is eligible. ( Currently we have 18 altar servers, mostly children ages 10-15 serving at weekend Masses as well as a few adults who serve at weekday Masses.) The children serve on a 4 month schedule and the adults for weekday Masses serve on availability basis and are not scheduled.
Time commitment
For the altar servers the time commitment is about 1.5 hours of training when they first sign up and whatever commitment they choose to make for each schedule.
Altar Server Coordinator
- Recruit new altar servers and provide for their training.
- Create a schedule every four months . This is done through e-mail contact with the parents. (Time commitment: 3 hours)
- Ensure that special Mass times and other requests for altar servers are fulfilled.
- Communicate any updates to the altar servers regarding schedules or anything else that pertains to this ministry (e.g., how to handle the new candlesticks).