Altar Servers

• You get fully involved in the Mass and gain a better understanding of its meaning.
• It opens your heart to a deeper relationship with God.
• You learn life skills like teamwork, communication, and self-confidence.
• It gives you an opportunity to be more involved in your church community.
• You become a role model at Mass.

• Assist the priest at Mass
• Prepare the altar, light the candles, ring the bells, handle special vessels.
• Actively participate in the Mass, responding to prayers and singing hymns.

• Servers are boys and girls who have already made their First Holy Communion and are in the fourth grade or older.
• After training, they are scheduled at their Mass time preference along with a seasoned altar server.  Altar servers are typically scheduled to serve once every 3 to 6 weeks. 

• Trainings are typically held each 4th Sunday of the month at 12:30 pm. Sign up for training using the Signup Genius form 
• Other trainings can be scheduled to accommodate the scheduling needs of prospective servers. Email Joan Valdez, Altar Server Coordinator, at [email protected] to arrange an alternate training date or submit the form below.

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"Dear altar boys and altar girls, the closer you are to the altar, the more you will remember to speak with Jesus in daily prayer; the more you will be nourished by the Word and the Body of the Lord, the better able you will be to go out to others, bringing them the gift that you have received, giving in your turn, with enthusiasm, the joy you have received.

Thank you for serving at the Lord’s altar and for making of this service a real school of faith and charity toward your neighbour. Thank you also for having begun to respond to the Lord, like the prophet Isaiah, 'Here am I! Send me' (Is 6:8)". ~ Pope Francis in a meeting with altar servers in 2015