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An altar server attends to supporting tasks at the altar such as fetching and carrying, ringing the altar bell, helping bring up the gifts, and bringing up the liturgical books, among other things. If young, the server is commonly called an altar boy or altar girl. In some Christian denominations, altar servers are known as acolytes. [1]
To raise the spiritual tone of altar servers; To promote a conscientious performance of the duties of altar servers; and; To encourage more frequent attendance at the Holy Eucharist, in addition to times of duty. [1] Membership is open to any man or woman who is an altar server in the Church of England and 'accepts Catholic Faith and Practice'. [1]
In 1978, a revised K of A Handbook was published (first edition was in 1971), with a new program, revised materials, and a renewed effort to promote K of A society and to foster vocations. In 2008, the Knights of the Altar Society, North America was established and is actively engaged in rebuilding the organization.
The purpose of the Guild of St. Stephen is "to encourage, positively and practically, the highest standards of serving at the Church's liturgy and so contribute to the whole community's participation in a more fruitful worship of God, to provide altar servers with a greater understanding of what they are doing so that they may serve with increasing reverence and prayerfulness and thereby be ...
The development of the ministry of altar server has a long history. By the early Middle Ages, some of these ministries were formalized under the term "minor orders" and (along with the diaconate) used as steps to priestly ordination. One of the minor orders was the office of acolyte. [1] Altar servers are a substitute for an instituted acolyte.
Surrounding the enclosed colored cold line are the words “Ministry of Altar Servers” which is the name of the organization itself and below is “San Roque Parish Cathedral” which means that it is the base of the institution. The Circle symbolizes the continuation of the service, life and the generation of the organization.
The St. John Berchmans Sanctuary Society is an organization for altar servers that continues to have chapters at many parishes. [3] [8] San Antonio, Texas, became home to several Belgian farmers who arrived in the late 1800s and established truck farms on the southwest edge of the city and brought their crops to the city markets for sale. Other ...
An altar server holds the Chinovnik for an Orthodox bishop during divine services.. The Rite of Constantinople, observed by the Eastern Orthodox Church and those Eastern Catholic Churches which follow the Byzantine Rite, represents one of the most highly developed liturgical traditions in Christendom.