By Ivy Chai The Solemnity of Corpus Christi as a memorial of Christ’s sacrificial love and real presence in the Eucharist is ...

When I was a young girl attending Mass with my family at St. Mary's Catholic Church in the 1960s and '70s, I don't ever remember wanting to be an altar server. So the fact that I ended up becoming ...

Kidsday reporter Rose Smyth as an altar server at Christ the King Roman Catholic Church in Commack. Credit: Smyth family. By Rose SmythKidsday Reporter February 2, 2018. Share.

The bells I rang as an altar server signaled the congregation to pay attention; to prepare to receive Communion. Ringing the bells was always a performative act with words that made real the ...

During the trial, Pope Francis decided to move Saint Pius X Pre-Seminary, whose aspiring priests work as altar servers at St. Peter’s Basilica, outside of the Vatican.

The Altar server also provides practical leadership for the congregation as to when to sit, stand and kneel. Even the folded hands, pointed upward are meant to direct attention upward to God. The ...

An altar server’s job is to assist the priest during Mass. Right now there are 43 altar servers at Good Shepherd.

The pope presided over an evening meeting of prayer, song and sharing experiences with nearly 50,000 altar servers from 20 countries making an international pilgrimage to Rome. The majority of young ...

That’s why I like it,” said altar server Brendan MacKenzie, 12, of Marshfield, as he […] Skip to content. All Sections. Subscribe Now. 89°F. Thursday, July 3rd 2025 E-Edition.

Another member of the Guam Catholic Church was named for the first time in a lawsuit, involving allegations he sexually abused a Santa Rita altar boy more than 100 times from around 1955 to 1957.