Altar Servers
Calling All Trained Altar Servers! If you've already received altar server training, we’d love to have you serve at upcoming Masses. Your presence and dedication enrich our liturgy—please sign up below and continue your beautiful ministry at the altar.
We invite all people 5th grade and older to assist in the liturgy as an altar server.
Sacred Vessels Used in Mass
Chalice: The main cup that holds the wine, which becomes the Blood of Christ.
Paten: A small plate that holds the bread (hosts) before consecration.
Ciborium: A covered vessel, similar to a chalice, used to hold consecrated hosts.
Communion Cups: Additional cups used to distribute the Precious Blood to the congregation.
Flagon or Decanter: A pitcher-like vessel used to bring wine to the altar before consecration.
Cruets: Small glass containers for water and wine used during the preparation. 1 pictured
Pyx: A small container used to carry consecrated hosts to the sick or homebound.
““Dear Altar Servers, the celebration of the Mass saves us today!” he said. “It saves the world today! It is the most important event in the life of the Christian and in the life of the Church, for it is the encounter where God gives Himself to us in love, again and again. May your attitude, your silence, the dignity of your service, the liturgical beauty, the order and majesty of your gestures, lead the faithful into the sacred greatness of the Mystery,” He said.
-Pope Leo, Message to Altar Servers (2025)