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An altar server is a lay assistant to a member of the clergy during a Christian liturgy. 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 ...
When Martin Scorsese was a child growing up in New York City in the 1940s and 50s, he spent a few years serving as an altar boy at the Basilica of St. Patrick’s Old Cathedral, the Catholic ...
Although John Bosco gave the name Knights of the Altar, Fr. Francis E. Benz was the first to formally organize and found the society for altar boys in 1938. Fr. Benz was a priest in the Archdiocese of Saint Paul , Minnesota, USA when Archbishop John Gregory Murray granted his approval to the organization which has these following objectives:
"Little Altar Boy" is a song written by Howlett Peter Smith, [1] in 1961 and first recorded that year by vocalist Vic Dana for his album This Is Vic Dana. In an introspective moment, Dana performs this quiet song in the 1962 musical-comedy film Don't Knock the Twist .
In particular, it is his responsibility to prepare the altar and the sacred vessels and, if it is necessary, as an extraordinary minister, to distribute the Eucharist to the faithful. In the ministry of the altar, the acolyte has his own functions (cf. nos. 187-193), which he must perform personally." [10]
McCarthy attended St. Mary's Parochial School and Knoxville Catholic High School, [14] and was an altar boy at Knoxville's Church of the Immaculate Conception. [13] As a child, McCarthy saw no value in school, preferring to pursue his own interests. He described a moment when his teacher asked the class about their hobbies.
Kassab then went to the boy's room and asked him to get up and serve mass. The altar boy was not able to because he had a high fever. Kassab then requested the boy to stand up, whereupon he ordered the malady to "Leave him...". Immediately, the boy was cured and he went and served Kassab's Mass with joy and liveliness.
The boy runs to the main room of the church where Billy Talent are playing. Instead of the band, mouthless altar boys are standing in the room, the young boy also mouthless. The boys are the priest's victims and are mouthless to represent the fact that they have been silenced by the priest, hence the line "Silent night for the rest of my life ...