Altar Server

It is an honor and privilege for children to serve at the altar at St. Thomas Aquinas and also young adults at St. John Student Center.  Serving at the altar is a wonderful and inspiring experience that will inspire young people to grow more in love with our Catholic faith; Our Lord, Jesus Christ and the beauty of our sacred liturgy. Liturgical Ministry can also be a great family-based ministry. Parents, while your child are Altar Servers, consider serving as a Lector, Extraordinary Minister or Sacristan.

School children at the Parish School who wish to serve need to fill out a permission slip to complete and return to your child’s home room teacher.  The permission slip serves three purposes. One is permission to serve at weekly school Masses during the school year, second is permission to serve on the weekends and third is permission to serve at funerals during the week.

If able to serve on the weekends, a profile will be created in Ministry Scheduler Pro (MSP) for
your child. You will receive a username and password to access your account. Scheduling is done in two month increments. Opportunity is given to submit dates of unavailability prior to publishing the schedule. If your child is unable to serve on the assigned date, please submit a sub request through MSP.

Your child will receive an Altar Server guide with all the ins and outs of being an Altar Server
at the time of the training. Please take some time to read and review it with your child. If you
have any questions or concerns, don’t hesitate to contact me. Thank you for giving permission to your child to serve in this awesome ministry.