ALTAR SERVER TRAINING AT ALL ST. MATTHIAS CHURCHES.
This training is for anyone who wishes to be an altar server at any of our churches and
will also serve as a “refresher” course for our current altar servers.
· New altar servers must be in the third grade or older and received their 1st Communion.
*New altar servers who are Adults must have received their Confirmation.
· Our current altar servers are strongly encouraged to attend to brush-up on their skills.
· Adult servers are also welcome; especially needed for funerals.
Please fill-out a form ONLINE below.
OR print out a form (also available at the entrances of each church):
Click here for Altar Server Form for Children.
Click here for Altar Server Form for Adults.
Please drop completed forms in the “Ask Fr. Farnan” box or
Students may also give completed to their CCD teacher by Dec. 19th or Dec. 20th.
CLASSES WILL BE HELD CHRISTMAS WEEK
· 9:45 am - Monday, December 27 at St. Hugh (following 9:00 am Mass).
· 9:45 am - Tuesday, December 28 at St. Marcellus (following 9:00 am Mass).
· 5:30 pm - Wednesday, December 29 at St. Ann (before 6:30 pm Mass).
· 9:45 am - Thursday, December 30 at St. Ignatius (following 9:00 am Mass).
If you wish to serve at more than one church, you must attend the classes for each site your wish to serve.
For more information, please contact one of our parish offices:
St. Ann at 724-627-7568 or saintannchurch@comcast.net OR
St. Hugh at 724-966-7270 or sthugholcpc@windstream.net.
Parishioners (who are middle school students or older) may serve as Lectors. These men and women proclaim the Word of God at Mass and other liturgical celebration. Lectors serve at daily and weekend Masses. A lector’s service is based on a schedule that is provided each month.
When the Sacred Scriptures are read in the Church, God himself speaks to his people, and Christ, present in his word, proclaims the Gospel. Therefore, the readings from the Word of God are to be listened to reverently by everyone, for they are an element of the greatest importance in the Liturgy.
**Schedules under "Schedules" tab and select the church's location.
Eucharistic ministers are men and women of the parish who have completed the sacrament of initiation and have been commissioned to distribute Holy Communion at Mass. Eucharistic Ministers serve at weekend Masses and also take the Eucharist to residents of nursing homes and to other homebound parishioners. Eucharistic Ministers serve based on a schedule that is provided each month.
Parish children are eligible to serve as Altar Server once they have received the sacrament of the Holy Eucharist. All are required to attend training sessions after which they are installed in the ministry. Altar Servers serve based on a schedule that is provided each month. They must be able to serve when scheduled. Adult Servers are invited to minister at the Weekday Masses.
**Schedules under "Schedules" tab and select the church's location.
Organists:
Renee Bosco, St. Ann, Waynesburg (email: reneebosco3@yahoo.com)
Sandy Gurtiza, St. Ignatius, Bobtown (email: alignment@windstream.net)
Linetter Kerr, St. Hugh, Carmichaels (email: linettekerr@windstream.net)
Rachael Pratt, St. Hugh, Carmichaels (email: repratt22@gmail.com)
Carol Silbaugh, St. Marcellus, Jefferson (email: silbaugh.carol@gmail.com)
**Schedules under "Schedules" tab and select the church's location.
Greeters welcome people as they enter the church by extending a spirit of hospitality and welcome to parishioners and visitors alike. They hand out bulletins and the catholic newspaper. Greeters serve based on a schedule that is provided each month.
Ushers assist priests, deacons, and parishioners at Saturday evening, Sunday, and Holy Day Masses. Ushers are also needed at other liturgical functions such as First Communion, Confirmation, and special parish Masses They seat them when necessary, collect the offertory, bring up the gifts at Mass if a family is not available, direct parishioners for Holy Communion. They also assist anyone who becomes ill or need medical attention.
If you have in the past been served in any of the above positions at one of St. Matthias’s churches and wish to continue please let us know. Please contact us with your name, phone number and email address.
St. Ann & St. Marcellus: contact Marci at 724-627-7568 or saintannchurch@comcast.net
St. Hugh: contact Christine at 724-966-7270 or sthugholcpc@windstream.net
St. Ignatius: contact Jennifer at jenniferdickerson@windstream.net