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Tag Archives: altar boys
QUAERITUR: Can Father require all servers to stand to receive Communion?
From a reader:
My 10-year-old son, who daily receives Holy Communion on his tongue while kneeling (and in fact has never received standing) just completed altar server instruction. He was told that when he serves, he must receive standing!!! (for the … Continue reading
WDTPRS POLL: All-male sanctuary/altar service and vocations to the priesthood.
I have posted this poll before, but in light of another post, I thought I would revisit the question.
Please select a response and make comments on this subject in the combox, below.
And, yes, I know that some churches don’t even … Continue reading
QUAERITUR: The colors of altar boy cassocks
From a reader:
Is there any significance between altar boys who wear black cassocks as opposed to those who wear red ones in the TLM?
No, there is no significance. This is a matter of aesthetics. Back in the day colored … Continue reading
Posted in ASK FATHER Question Box, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000
Tagged altar boys, cassocks, clerical dress
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VIDEO: Altar Boys
My friend Fr. Stephen Reynolds in Sugar Land, Texas has been doing some great things.
Here is the latest in some videos about worship and the life of the parish.
Fr. Z Kudos to Fr. Reynolds!
Technorati Tags: altar boys, ars celebrandi, liturgy, … Continue reading
QUAERITUR: Surprised by a Communion Service with a lay leader
From a reader:
Whilst on holiday in Bournemouth, UK I called into one of the RC churches to say a few prayers. It seemed as though Mass was about to begin but, to my great shock, a lay woman went up … Continue reading
Brick by Brick: Altar boy scores WDTPRS kudos
For your “Brick by Brick” file, from a reader:
I thought you might be interested to know about something that one of the altar boys did after Mass today – I know I was impressed!
We had a visiting priest at our … Continue reading
WDTPRS POLL: Does an all-male sanctuary foster vocations to the priesthood?
If you are a blogger, may I ask that you link to this poll? It would be good to have a large sampling.
UPDATE 1407 GMT:
And also…. added as an afterthought, so the numbers might not match the poll above. You … Continue reading
Posted in POLLS, The future and our choices
Tagged altar boys, altar girls, altar service, poll, priesthood, vocations
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More on the decision about altar boys at the Cathedral in Phoenix
In the diocesan newpaper of Phoenix, The Catholic Sun, there is a follow up article about the decision of the rector of the cathedral to have only altar boys serving. Read here and here for more.
You can read it over … Continue reading
Cathedral in Phoenix to have male only altar service (includes whimsical WDTPRS POLL)
I was alerted to this article from The Arizona Republic with a note from a reader saying: “The coverage is predictably bad, but the facts are good.”
You may remember that I posted about Fr. Lankeit last January when he promoted … Continue reading
Help from readers? Prayers for altar boys.
A reader sent this:
We are starting an altar boy bootcamp this September for the EF, and we need prayers before and after serving. Can you send us some, or point us in a direction where we could find some? The … Continue reading
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, ASK FATHER Question Box, Brick by Brick
Tagged altar boys, service
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