Liturgical Ministers

Altar Servers and Book Bearers
St. Columban parish children are eligible to serve as Altar Servers and Book Bearers. The ministry is open to boys and girls 5th grade or older. All are required to attend training sessions and must be able to serve when scheduled.

Extraordinary Minister of Holy Communion
...or sometimes called Eucharistic Ministers are men and women in the parish who have been baptised Roman Catholic, and have made their First Communion. They assist with distribution of the Eudcharist at Mass and may take Communion to the sick and homebound.

Please check the sign-in sheet each time as you arrive for Mass. Often we have insufficient ministers signed up for a Mass. With the number of ministers that we have, this should never happen. When you have finished serving at your stations and have either excess bread or precious blood remaining, it is helpful if you check with other nearby stations for needs before you return your excess to the altar or credence table.  Please also consider staying after Mass to help clean the dishes.

Lectors
St. Columban parishioners who have been properly trained may serve as Lectors. These men and women proclaim the Word of God at Mass and other liturgical celebrations.

Ministers of Hospitality/Ushers
A group of men, women and families whose ministry is to make sure that every one is welcomed to the celebration of the Sunday Eucharist.

Anyone taking communion to the sick and homebound is encouraged to place the pixes in the top bread bowl on the credence table. The server will bring them to the altar with the bowls. The deacon will place hosts in them during the fracturing of the bread and then leave them on the altar. Following the prayer after communion, either the priest or deacon will call forward those who are taking communion to the homebound. The deacon then gives the pixes to the ministers. The priest may comment on their ministry and then send them forth before the blessing. Anyone uncomfortable with this new practice may still place the pix on the tabernacle shelf as in the past.

If you have any questions, please contact Mary Beth Meyer at 683-0105 x 2109.