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Can someone explain why in traditonal catholicsim, only boys can be altar servers?
 
For a long time altar servers were originally part of the clergy - ordained in minor orders. Their role was as an apprenticeship to the priest. Altar serving was a path to ordination - the first step (pun intended) on the climb to the altar. In the traditional Mass, the reason remains the same.
 
when i was a young girl, i sooooooo wanted to be a an alter girl. a nun took me aside and explained to me that becoming an alter boy is a first step to the priesthood. if girls were to be aloud to serve mass it would take away graces needed for our future priests.
 
weepixie71 said:
when i was a young girl, i sooooooo wanted to be a an alter girl. a nun took me aside and explained to me that becoming an alter boy is a first step to the priesthood. if girls were to be aloud to serve mass it would take away graces needed for our future priests.
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That was a holy and wise thing for her to say.
 
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Can someone explain why in traditonal catholicsim, only boys can be altar servers?
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For the same reasons that were held before Vatican 2. To discern a vocation to the priesthood. As a former altar boy It is very sad to see what has happened. I remember, lighting tall candles, setting up the altar, holding the patten and waving the incense. All lost now in the modern NO Mass!.
 
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