altar server
noun
: a lay person (typically a child or adolescent) who assists the celebrant in a liturgical service
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Three victims contacted the attorney general’s investigators, including one who described being singled out by Father Kelly as an 11-year-old altar server.
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Ruth Graham,
New York Times,
23 May 2023
The basilica's doors opened before dawn on Tuesday and among those paying respects was 6-year-old Miriam Groppelli, who is an altar server in her parish in Milan.
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Giada Zampano,
BostonGlobe.com,
3 Jan. 2023
Lily Henry is an altar server, lector and teacher in the parish faith formation classes.
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cleveland,
30 Sep. 2022
Pope Francis stressed that the roles of reader and altar server are lay ministries and thus don’t require ministers to be ordained as clergy.
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Francis X. Rocca,
WSJ,
11 Jan. 2021
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Ruth Graham,
New York Times,
23 May 2023
The basilica's doors opened before dawn on Tuesday and among those paying respects was 6-year-old Miriam Groppelli, who is an altar server in her parish in Milan.
—
Giada Zampano,
BostonGlobe.com,
3 Jan. 2023
Lily Henry is an altar server, lector and teacher in the parish faith formation classes.
—
cleveland,
30 Sep. 2022
Pope Francis stressed that the roles of reader and altar server are lay ministries and thus don’t require ministers to be ordained as clergy.
—
Francis X. Rocca,
WSJ,
11 Jan. 2021
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“Altar server.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/altar%20server. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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