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altar server

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altar server
n.
Christianity An attendant to an officiating cleric in the performance of a liturgical service; an acolyte.
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As an altar server in the 1950s, I recall the good monsignor rushing ahead with the opening prayer and other parts of the Mass as the choir sang the Gloria.
On Latin lovers by Weber, Herbert; Anton, Russ; Maguire, Connell J.; Huseman, Dorothy / U.S. Catholic
However, several parishioners objected to having to relinquish their position and one of them, Jim Corcoran, an altar server, took his complaint to the Human Rights Tribunal claiming that he was removed from his volunteer position because he is "gay" In all, 12 parishioners who complained have filed counter statements.
Bishop De Angelis rejects state interference by Catholic Insight
He was a former altar server and life member of St.
Brian R. Steele by Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA)
 
 
 
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