Altar Servers
Altar servers help the priest during the Mass. Through helping the priest at Mass the altar servers help the congregation enter fully into the sacred liturgy. Altar servers should be reverent and respectful in carrying out their duties.
Servers at St Joseph's are affiliated to the Guild of St Stephen, the patron saint of altar servers. After some initial training and a time as a regular altar server, new servers are enrolled in the Guild with a Guild Medal. See http://guildofststephen.all-catholic.net/about.html for more information about the Guild
The dedicated team of servers at St Joseph's is diverse: from older servers with over 50 years experience, to very young servers who have only just made their First Holy Communion. Some churches operate a rota for altar servers, but this is not the case at St Joseph's: instead, servers are encouraged to serve at all Masses when they are present.
The mainstay of the altar servers' duties are around serving weekly Sunday Mass, including the preparation of the credence table and offotory gifts before Mass and clearing up and tidying at the end of Mass. In addition, servers will be on hand for special ocassions such as baptisms, weddings, and funerals, and also events such as visitations from the Bishop, confirmations and other significant services throughout the year.
One of the biggest services in recent years was the consecration of the church, when Archbishop Vincent Nicholls visited and celebrated the Consecration Mass with a number of other priests from the deanery as well as those who have previously served in the parish.
Altar servers wear a simple cream alb with red cord cincture.
For more information about altar serving at St Joseph's, including if you would like to become a server, please contact our Master of Ceremonies, Edd Hogan, via the Parish Office (01684 574 250) or stj@kilgarriff.plus.com .
Altar servers help the priest during the Mass. Through helping the priest at Mass the altar servers help the congregation enter fully into the sacred liturgy. Altar servers should be reverent and respectful in carrying out their duties.
Servers at St Joseph's are affiliated to the Guild of St Stephen, the patron saint of altar servers. After some initial training and a time as a regular altar server, new servers are enrolled in the Guild with a Guild Medal. See http://guildofststephen.all-catholic.net/about.html for more information about the Guild
The dedicated team of servers at St Joseph's is diverse: from older servers with over 50 years experience, to very young servers who have only just made their First Holy Communion. Some churches operate a rota for altar servers, but this is not the case at St Joseph's: instead, servers are encouraged to serve at all Masses when they are present.
The mainstay of the altar servers' duties are around serving weekly Sunday Mass, including the preparation of the credence table and offotory gifts before Mass and clearing up and tidying at the end of Mass. In addition, servers will be on hand for special ocassions such as baptisms, weddings, and funerals, and also events such as visitations from the Bishop, confirmations and other significant services throughout the year.
One of the biggest services in recent years was the consecration of the church, when Archbishop Vincent Nicholls visited and celebrated the Consecration Mass with a number of other priests from the deanery as well as those who have previously served in the parish.
Altar servers wear a simple cream alb with red cord cincture.
For more information about altar serving at St Joseph's, including if you would like to become a server, please contact our Master of Ceremonies, Edd Hogan, via the Parish Office (01684 574 250) or stj@kilgarriff.plus.com .
Parish of St Joseph
125 Newtown Road
Malvern
Worcestershire
WR14 1PF
125 Newtown Road
Malvern
Worcestershire
WR14 1PF
