Directorio

Altar servers assist the priest on the Altar at Sunday liturgy, Holy Days, weddings, funerals, and other special celebrations & Masses throughout the year.

The Bereavement Ministry provides bereavement baskets to parishioners who have experienced a recent death of a spouse, child or parent.

Extraordinary Ministers visit homes and nursing homes to pray and give Holy Communion to those unable to attend Mass. Volunteers are welcome. Please contact the parish office to receive training.

Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion assist the priest with the distribution of the Body and Blood of Jesus Christ, when the size of the congregation requires it.

The funeral meal ministry provides meals to families of a parishioner who has passed away. Volunteers are needed to prepare food as well as to set up and clean up.

The lector is instituted to proclaim the readings from Sacred Scripture, with the exception of the Gospel. He/she may also announce the intentions for the Universal Prayer and, in the absence of a psalmist, recite the Psalm between the readings.

For more information on assisting with music ministry please contact music@shcatholic.com

Volunteers knit or crochet prayer shawls. Patterns and yarn are available to those willing to help. These shawls are then blessed by the priest, inserted in a bag with a prayer, and given to a member of our parish who is experiencing a long-term or life threatening illness or who has lost a spouse, child or parent.

The Sacristan prepares and oversees the articles and elements required for the Liturgy so that all the members of the worshipping community can take their full, conscious and active part in the liturgical celebration.

Ushers greet, take up the collection, direct people during communion and straighten up pews after Mass.