Altar Server Manual

All altar servers are expected to know and agree to following the information contained in the St. Laurence Altar Server Guide.  This handbook is based on "Ceremonies Explained for Servers According to the Roman Rite" by Bishop Peter J. Elliott,  " The General Instruction of the Roman Missal" (i.e. GIRM), and practices local to St. Laurence Parish. 

Information that is included in this handbook includes the following:
 

• Introduction to Altar server Ministry
  • Requirements
  • Expectations
• General Procedures
  • Arrival to Server & Sign-in procedure
  • Scheduling procedure
  • Alb Sizes & Cinctures
  • Colors of the Liturgical Season
  • Appropriate Church Attire
• Postures
• Tour of the Church
• Sacred Vessels
• Books used during the Mass
• Structure of the Mass
• Ministers of the Mass
• Altar Server Jobs
• Processional
• Introductory Rites - Collect
• Gospel Procession
• Preparation of the Gifts
• Washing of the Hands
• Ringing of the Bells
• Concluding Rites - Concluding Prayer
• Recessional
• Things to Remember
• Prayers for Servers
• Serving the Bishop
• Ash Wednesday
• Way of the Cross (Stations of the Cross)
• Holy Week
• Benediction (adoration)