Female Acolytes

[Catholic2003]

S_Corda:

I live in one of these two dioceses (Lincoln, Nebraska). Does anyone here know the other one?

Arlington, Virginia

 

[S_Corda]

Mike C:

There is no longer a need for altar servers in the Latin Rite anymore. Their purpose was to receite the prayers of the faithful in Latin because the faithful didn’t know Latin.

Servers here, among other duties, hold the Book for the priest at certain times when the priest is not at the altar. At the Offertory they bring the cruets with water and wine to the priest, and assist with the washing of hands. They ring the bells at the Consecration. They hold the paten* at Communion. They light the candles before Mass. After Mass, they put out the candles, bring in the cruets, bowl and towel, then fill the cruets for the next Mass.

*(The type of paten with the handle, not the priest’s paten that is on the altar. I’m not sure of the proper name for it.)