Altar Servers assist
the priest during mass and other worship services. Children who are
in 6th grade or higher may begin training to be an Altar Server. If
interested, contact the school principal, the Director of Religious
Education, or Deacon John Hunter.
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WEEKDAY Altar Server Schedule
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SUNDAY Altar Server Schedule
Choir is a dedicated group of individuals who strive to keep
the spirit of the Lord in the music, and serve the community by
enhancing the singing in our church. The regular choir practices in the
choir loft, once a week on Tuesday evenings at 7:30 pm. There
is a Contemporary Choir that meets two times a month on Wednesday
evenings at 7:30 pm. New
members are always welcome. If interested, you can come to a
regularly scheduled practice, or call the choir director for more
information.
Extra-ordinary Ministers of Holy Communion are trained and
commissioned once yearly. Attendance at a class, sponsored by the
Archdiocese is required. It is usually held in October. One more
session, on a Saturday morning, given by a priest of the parish,
instructs new ministers in local customs, altar training, and the
special needs of all the ill. Ministers are commissioned during a
brief ceremony during Mass, the first Sunday of Advent. You can
specify your interest in serving at Mass or serving the homebound.
If you wish, you can participate in both ministries.
Altar ministers serve as Eucharistic Ministers during Daily,
Saturday Evening and Sunday Masses and on Holy Days of Obligation
and Seasonal Liturgies. You are usually scheduled at least once or
twice a month. A schedule is set for two or three months and takes
into account any special requests of the ministers. Once a schedule
is printed, conflicts must be resolved by calling another minister
to substitute.
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Current Schedule for Eucharistic Ministers
Ministers to the homebound are scheduled as needed. When a
request is made to the rectory, it is referred to the homebound
coordinator who makes the assignment. These ministers keep a pyx
(the container to carry the Blessed Sacrament). They go to the
rectory or church to obtain the Holy Eucharist for distribution.
Extraordinary Ministers are commissioned annually in December. If
you are interested, contact the rectory no later than the last week
of August.
Lectors are parishioners who read the Opening Thought for the
Day's liturgy, the First and Second Reading, the General
Intercessions, and any announcements that must be made during the
celebration of the Mass or other liturgical celebrations. New
lectors are trained at a Cluster-wide workshop and by a lector with
experience. A workbook for lectors is given to each lector so he/
she can prepare for the day's reading. A schedule is prepared
quarterly and reflects the requests of the lectors. If unable to
meet a scheduled time, it is the lector's responsibility to find a
substitute. If you are in High school or older and would like to be
a lector, please contact the lector coordinator or the Rectory.
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the Current Lector Schedule
Sacristans
are volunteers who assist at the Parish weekend liturgies by
carrying out a variety of duties, including:
* Opening and locking up the church (and making sure
it is cool or warm enough).
* Preparing the celebrant’s chalice and other sacred items for the
altar.
* Ensuring that the various sacred books used at Mass are marked for
the day’s Liturgy.
* Recruiting parishioners to take up the offertory gifts and do the
weekly collection.
* Distributing the parish bulletin.
If you are interested in being a Sacristan, please
contact the Rectory.
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