What are the duties of an MC?

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Ours at the cathedral was a priest, and he wore a cassock and surplice.
 
Fauken said:
With my experience with the FSSP, there are generally a couple MCs per parish.
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Lucky parish!
Irishmom2 said:
Personally, his presence is distracting and he stands out by his obvious movements and the way he directs the altar servers.
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Flamboyance is an awful trait in an MC. Discretion is key.
Maximilian75 said:
Yes- cassock and aurplice when the normal servers wear albs
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May I ask, why don’t all the servers wear cassock and surplice?
 
Maxwell03 said:
We have an MC at our parish but rarely is there because he’s already at the age of 20+ and has work and stuff to do he started to pass down some of his responsibilities to the senior severs.
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This is pretty normal especially if your MC was given to you guys on loan from another parish until such a time came that the senior altar servers could fill the role. In fact, if this MC isn’t there at Mass and another senior altar server is effectively doing everything he would’ve done then that other altar server is in fact the MC for that Mass. It’s not a position that one is solemnly commissioned for and that one holds by oneself anywhere and everywhere. It’s a relative term used in the context of the Mass being celebrated, much like “thurifer”, “crucifer”, or “boat boy”. If you just so happen to be the guy bearing the thurible that day then you are in fact the thurifer. If you just so happen to be the guy bossing the other altar servers around then you are in fact the MC.
 
It’s a relative term used in the context of the Mass being celebrated
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Master of Ceremonies is, indeed, an actual liturgical role, but it can also be a position outside of the liturgy, too.
 
Venite said:
Master of Ceremonies is, indeed, an actual liturgical role, but it can also be a position outside of the liturgy, too.
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You’re absolutely right. There are MCs in other non-Mass litrugical endeavors.

I assumed that the OP was asking in the context of the Mass though.
 
Well, at least you’re all well trained. Whereas at my Parish it was total chaos and fumbling. Nobody wanted to serve because it was such an embarrassing mess.

I particularly loved the Parishioners that would approach after Mass to correct us all :roll_eyes:
 
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No I was actually asking about both inside and outside of the mass.
 
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