LovetoCamp Posted March 26, 2004 Share Posted March 26, 2004 Hope y'all have a Great Friday!!!(This message has been edited by Trail Pounder) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John-in-KC Posted March 26, 2004 Share Posted March 26, 2004 OldGrey Eagle wrote... "Would it help if it was spelt ALTAR BOY?" Us Lutherans just call the young person an Acolyte.... (This message has been edited by John-in-KC) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldGreyEagle Posted March 26, 2004 Share Posted March 26, 2004 Actually the term altar boy is archaic in the Roman Catholic Church. Now that Servers may be female or male (watch out OA guys)I do think Acolyte is a more fitting term and I have heard it used. But then I am from an era where the Altar boys such as I learned our prayers in latin and recited them proudly if not dreamily at 6:30 am mass on a weekday during the summer. BTW I had to walk uphill 3 miles both directions in a blizzard to get the church as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
molscouter Posted March 26, 2004 Share Posted March 26, 2004 Our Church uses the term Altar Servers. My Dad actually did walk to and from school uphill, both ways. He lived on one side of town, his high school was on the other side of town, and a river ran through the middle of town. He doesn't talk much about blizzards, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob White Posted March 26, 2004 Share Posted March 26, 2004 Actually and Acolyte in the Catholic church is far different from an Altar Server. Altar Servers can be male or female, adult or youth. An Acolyte however, is a cleric ordained by the Bishop and can only be held by an adult male in the Roman Catholic Church. Altar Servers are often designated to perform some of the duties of an Acolyte during the celebration of the Mass. Acolytes however are often given community responsibilities, as well as his duties during the Mass. Acolytes are in the highest minor order of the Latin church and are just below subdeacons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evmori Posted March 26, 2004 Share Posted March 26, 2004 I was an altar boy never an altar server. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mk9750 Posted March 26, 2004 Share Posted March 26, 2004 Bob, Please take this in the spirit in which it is intended - Has anyone ever called you Cliff? As in Cliff Claven from Cheers? Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob White Posted March 27, 2004 Share Posted March 27, 2004 Big difference Mark, Cliff made things up. My father served for several years as a Permanent Deacon in the Chicago Diocese of the Roman Catholic Church. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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