Liturgical

Contact: Deacon Harry Tucker | deacontucker@verizon.net

Altar Servers are Parish children who assist at Sunday Masses, weddings, and special devotions. Boys and girls who have received First Holy Communion are eligible to serve. Altar Server training for school students is held on Saturdays in the fall with Deacon Tucker. Please watch the bulletin for specific dates.

Adult Servers assist at Funeral Masses. Contact the Parish Office (215-257-2128) to obtain information about training as an Adult Server.

Contact: Natalie Schmolk | schmolk@verizon.net

The Extraordinary Ministers of Communion primary role is to take Holy Communion to those confined to the home or in the hospital, to assist with the distribution of Holy Communion at Mass and expose and repose the Blessed Sacrament for worship outside of Mass. Another function of such ministers is to help with the imposition of blessed ashes on Ash Wednesday and the Blessing of Throats on St. Blaise Feast Day. Through this service, the faith of the Extraordinary Ministers of Communion can grow and deepen.

Candidates are nominated and screened by the Parish Pastoral Council and, upon recommendation by the council, can, with the approval of the Pastor, be considered for appointment by the Archbishop to serve as Extraordinary Ministers of Communion. This special ministry is to be exercised only within St. Agnes Parish.

Appointees attend a diocesan training workshop and receive additional orientation at the parish. After training is completed, they are commissioned at Mass as Extraordinary Ministers of Communion. The appointment, sometimes renewable, is for an initial period of three years.

Contact: Deacon Harry Tucker | deacontucker@verizon.net

Readers are men and women who proclaim the Word of God at Mass and at other liturgical services. Readers are scheduled on a rotating basis. Training programs are provided by the parish for all new readers. Please contact Deacon Tucker if you would be interested in this special way to serve our parish.

Contact: Deacon Ray Thuel | deaconthuel@gmail.com

St. Agnes Ushers are ministers of hospitality who greet and escort people to their seats at Mass and church functions. Ushers stand ready to assist anyone who might need help or who has special needs, to aid people in finding a seat and to inform those in the sanctuary of any urgent matters. They also take up collections in church and distribute parish literature and bulletins after Mass. St. Agnes encourages men and women to volunteer to become Ushers.

Contact: Linda Loeffler | dlloeffler@verizon.net

The Altar Linens Committee takes responsibility for properly cleaning and ironing the linens used during the Liturgy of the Eucharist at Mass. A commitment to help would require a volunteer to care for the linens at his or her home approximately once every six weeks. Although the job takes about one hour to complete, it is truly a labor of love to provide this important service for our Parish.

Contact: JoAnn Porter | 215-257-3394
Gatherings: Every first Tuesday, 7:00PM in Parish Social Hall

The parish sacristans volunteer their services, some on weekdays, some on weekends, to oversee preparations for Mass. In addition to unlocking and the locking the church building, sacristans prepare the sacred vessels and cruets for Mass, see to the readiness of sound systems, keys, lights, candles, altar linens and related equipment. They arrange liturgical books and supplies as needed. The sacristans also see to the availability of hosts, sacramental wine, ciboria and chalices.