Sentences with phrase «as altar servers»
Parents encourage their children to become involved in liturgical ministries as altar servers, Eucharistic ministers, lectors and cantors.
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I found secondary school the worst as I was and altar server from when I was 9 up until I was 18.1 really enjoyed my time as an altar server but during those 9 years I took some amount of criticism especially from friends who no longer went to Mass..
Following my time as an altar server I was asked by my parish priest to become an extraordinary minister of Holy Communion and felt honoured to be asked as I did not feel myself worthy of distributing the body and blood of our Lord at such a young age.
I alsoremember being slagged off when I started working a part time weekend job as I told them I couldn't work on a Sunday morning due to my commitment as an altar server.
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I think, that the fact that I was an altar server for so long actually helped strengthen my faith as I was more involved in the Mass and it was a great privilege to serve God in this way.
The introduction of female altar servers has led to this task being dismissed as «girlie» by boys, hence the altar servers now are mostly girls as well.
Perusing the index of Origins, the weekly publication of representative documents and speeches compiled by Catholic News Service, our imaginary historian will note, for example, the following initiatives undertaken at the national, diocesan and parish levels in 1994 - 95: providing alternatives to abortion; staffing adoption agencies; conducting adult education courses; addressing African American Catholics» pastoral needs; funding programs to prevent alcohol abuse; implementing a new policy on altar servers and guidelines for the Anointing of the Sick; lobbying for arms control; eliminating asbestos in public housing; supporting the activities of the Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities (227 strong); challenging atheism in American society; establishing base communities (also known as small faith communities); providing aid to war victims in Bosnia; conducting Catholic research in bioethics; publicizing the new Catechism of the Catholic Church; battling child abuse; strengthening the relationship between church and labor unions; and deepening the structures and expressions of collegiality in the local and diocesan church.