TAltar Servers are a very important part of the Liturgy as they assist the priest on the Altar during the Sunday Masses and Holy Days throughout the year. Boys and girls who have received the Sacrament of First Holy Communion an 6 – 17 years of age are eligible to serve in this Ministry.
Altar Servers have been a vital part of Church History since the earliest of times. Since Vatican II, it has become more a Ministry of the youth, both male and female.
Altar Servers are needed to carry items, set the Altar, and assist the priest throughout the Mass. They are also expected to participate fully and joyfully in the Mass by praying, responding, and singing.
This program seeks, more than anything, to encourage the young to fully engage their faith through service to the Church as ministers of the altar. Serving at the altar gives the young a hands-on, personal experience of God’s work in the liturgy. It also is an opportunity for them to work alongside others and be edified by their witness of faith.
Through participation in the liturgy using a mentorship by senior Acolytes and a hands-on approach altar servers will experience firsthand the roles they will be called upon to serve.
As they grow in experience and in dedication to their ministry, altar servers will progress through ranks, or stages, that encourage and recognize their progress and allow them to take on more responsibility. There will be both an experience and an educational requirement for the server to progress to the next rank, and each rank will have specific duties associated with it and will require more commitment from the server and his or her family.
Some of the roles they will perform as they progress in experience are:

• Cross Bearer
• Candle Bearer  
• Missal (Book) Bearer  
• Thurifer (incense)
• Master of Ceremonies

If your child is interested in becoming an Altar Server please review the Altar Server Manual together and complete the application.

 Application

SERVER Manual