Saint Mary’s Altar Servers

Altar Serving at St. Mary’s Cathedral is open to boys and girls who have made their First Communion.  New servers are trained by Joe Putos.  Communication of the altar serving schedule takes place via email and is sent at approximately 6-week intervals (with additional schedules for special liturgies during Advent, Lent, and Easter). While in the past [...]

Thank you, God
For calling me to serve at your altar this day
Help me to be calm and joyful
To remember everything
And do my task well.
I ask this in Jesus’ name.
Amen.

A new section will soon be added to the altarservers’ website that will profile or tell a little bit about our servers as individuals including when they started to serve, why they serve, what they enjoy about serving, etc..
If you have any comments, email Joe at jputos10@sympatico.ca

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Church Bulletins

Believe it or not, the following announcements actually appeared in various church bulletins.
Don’t let worry kill you — let the church help.
Thursday night - Potluck supper. Prayer and medication to follow.
Remember in prayer the many who are sick of our church and community.
For those of you who have children and don’t know it, we [...]

NEW!!!
It is now the responsibility of servers 1 and 2 to go with the priest to accept the gifts (wine, hosts and collection basket)  
For more informatin see section below on Changes to Server Responsibilities.

Bring the book up to the presider when you hear him say “Let us Pray”.  This happens at the beginning and end of Mass. While waiting for this you can open and hold the book in the right spot.
 NEW!!!
 The cross bearer is now the server who goes to the middle of the church during the presentation of [...]

Make sure that your alb is long enough that it comes down as far as your ankles.  If you started with a shorter alb but have grown it is time to look for a longer alb.

1.  During the collection of the gifts the cross and book bearer now takes the cross and walks down the centre aisle to the middle of the cathedral to meet the gift bearers and usher.  The two candle servers go with the presider(priest) to receive the gifts.  The servers stand on either side of the [...]

If you are unable to serve the Mass time assigned to you try to find another server who might want to switch with you.  Check the “Contacts” section under Pages located in the top right corner of this window.   If you are not able to find someone, call me at 384-4123 or, e-mail me  at jputos10@sympatico.ca as soon as [...]