I am now a senior altar server at my church. Altar serving is one of my favorite things to do, and not only is it fun, but it also brings me closer to my faith.

Altar servers take part in a Good Friday service at a church in Gora Kalwaria, Poland, in this April 10, 2020, file photo. Being an altar server should be a “profession of faith” to the entire ...

When I was a young girl attending Mass with my family at St. Mary's Catholic Church in the 1960s and '70s, I don't ever remember wanting to be an altar server. So the fact that I ended up becoming ...

Altar servers wear a robe called an alb, a cross around the neck, and a rope called a cincture around the waist. Anyone who has served for more than five years receives a special silver cross.

The College of William and Mary's president and board agreed yesterday to restore the altar cross to permanent display in historic Wren Chapel to quell a controversy that began with its removal in ...

Pope Francis celebrated a liturgy with tens of thousands of altar servers packed in St. Peter’s Square for a special audience on Tuesday evening, reminding them that Jesus Christ is always ...

Girls who were already altar servers at the church have been “grandfathered in” and allowed to continue as altar servers, according to Zickel -- however, they wear different robes than the boys.

Altar Servers Christ the King Parish camp was held from July 2 to 5 at Holy Cross Church Chedema with the theme 'As for me I ...

The Holy Father spoke with 50,000 German altar servers about their role in spreading the Good News of Jesus and following the example of Mary’s ‘Yes’ to God.

Next weekend new altar servers will be commissioned at the 10.15am Mass in Holy Cross and the 11.30am Mass in St. Clare's.

Fewer children are becoming altar servers in the Catholic Church, with clergy blaming the Covid pandemic and changes in modern lifestyles as parents choose sport over mass.

Blame it on those San Francisco values. That’s what the Rev. Joseph Illo believes is driving the uproar around his decision not to train girls to be altar servers at Star of the Sea Catholic ...