Altar Service

 

Those times I recall as I pour out my soul, when I went in procession with the crowd, 
I went with them to the house of God, amid loud cries of thanksgiving, 
with the multitude keeping festival. Send your light and fidelity, that they may be my guide and bring me to your holy mountian, to the place of your dwelling, that I may come to the altar of God, to God, my joy, my delight.  
Psalm 42:5, 43:3-4   N.A.B.
 

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Assisting the assembly and the ministers, while in close proximity to the sacred rites being celebrated, altar servers fulfill  a vital role in Catholic worship. Altar servers may be asked to assist the sacristan (in preparing the worship space for the liturgical rites)  and the ministers (in carrying out the liturgical rites)  by:

• assembling, preparing, and arranging the various liturgical articles

• lighting altar candles

• leading processions - carrying the thurible, cross, and candles 

• holding the missal at the chair

• assisting with preparation of the altar and the offerings of bread and wine

• washing the presider's hands

• ringing bells

• extinguishing altar candles

• gathering, preparing, and storing the various liturgical articles

Opportunities for service include the following:

• Sunday Masses 

• Holy Day Masses 

• Funeral Masses/Liturgies

• Exposition and Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament 

• Stations of the Cross

• Special liturgies throughout the year - including Confirmation and other sacramental celebrations

For more information and to arrange for training in the
Ministry of Altar Service
please contact: 

Mr. Michael Van Allen,
Sacristan

sacristan.holytrinityhudson@gmail.com
(518) 828-1334