About us

 

Many parishes have Altar Servers start as young as seven years old and some of these continue serving well into their seventies. All people who have completed their First Holy Communion and are of good faith are welcome and encouraged to become an Altar Server. All that is required is a desire to serve at the Altar of Our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Each candidate must complete an application and a period of training before serving. Applicants will receive appropriate training to get started. During the training Candidates will learn basic information about the Catholic Church, the Mass, and how to carry out specific tasks while observing others serving at the Altar.

 

An altar server performs all assigned duties with attention, dignity and reverence because they are serving in the presence of Our Lord. The Sanctuary is holy, and access to it is restricted to a very few people. Servers are reminded that entering the sanctuary is a privilege and therefore, all actions are to be reverent. Remember we are in God’s house.

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What does it mean to be an Altar Server?