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milimac
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Who can become one, what sort of training or education is needed, what do they do, etc.?
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Br.Rich_SFO
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A Acolyte is an adult male who has been installed into that ministry by the Bishop for service at the altar.Who can become one, what sort of training or education is needed, what do they do, etc.?
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jpjd
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What is the difference between an acolyte and an adult altar boy?
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awalt
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I got this off Wikipedia, seems pretty good:
Until the Second Vatican Council, the acolyte was the highest of the minor orders, having as duties the lighting of the altar-candles, carrying the candles in procession, assisting the subdeacon and deacon, and the ministering of water and wine to the priest at Mass. Acolytes wore either the alb or the surplice. While acolytes did not receive the sacrament of Holy Orders, they were considered part of the clergy, and were a required step on the way to Holy Orders.
After the reforms of the minor orders in 1972, the acolyte survived but became one of two lay ministries (along with lector) instead of an order, with its conferring rite renamed from ordination to institution to emphasize this. It was still confined to men alone but was de jure now open to all men, even those not going into seminary. However, since altar servers can do just about anything an acolyte can do, very few men outside of seminary are formally instituted. An instituted acolyte, though, does have some special faculties: he is a permanent extraordinary minister of Holy Communion and can also be entrusted with celebrating Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament.
Indult Catholic societies such as the Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter are permitted to ordain seminarians to minor orders, including the acolytate.
The term acolyte may also informally refer to ordinary non-instituted altar servers.
Until the Second Vatican Council, the acolyte was the highest of the minor orders, having as duties the lighting of the altar-candles, carrying the candles in procession, assisting the subdeacon and deacon, and the ministering of water and wine to the priest at Mass. Acolytes wore either the alb or the surplice. While acolytes did not receive the sacrament of Holy Orders, they were considered part of the clergy, and were a required step on the way to Holy Orders.
After the reforms of the minor orders in 1972, the acolyte survived but became one of two lay ministries (along with lector) instead of an order, with its conferring rite renamed from ordination to institution to emphasize this. It was still confined to men alone but was de jure now open to all men, even those not going into seminary. However, since altar servers can do just about anything an acolyte can do, very few men outside of seminary are formally instituted. An instituted acolyte, though, does have some special faculties: he is a permanent extraordinary minister of Holy Communion and can also be entrusted with celebrating Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament.
Indult Catholic societies such as the Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter are permitted to ordain seminarians to minor orders, including the acolytate.
The term acolyte may also informally refer to ordinary non-instituted altar servers.
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Br.Rich_SFO
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One is an adult, instituted into the ministry on a permanent basis by the Bishop. The other is a child, commissioned on a temporary basis by the pastor.What is the difference between an acolyte and an adult altar boy?
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decn2b
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Bishop Bruskewitz is the only bishop that installs acolytes and Lectors to the best of My Knowledge. Funny a friend in my parish came from Lincoln and he is an installed acolyte and Lector. He is I believe the only person in the state of Iowa who has such a title. A lector is different than a reader because they are men who have recieve the minor oders of priesthood. I think it is cool.
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