Liturgical Training Resources

This 65 minute video covers the theology surrounding this extraordinary service and the practical details of this service.  It is intended to be used by the men and women that have been chosen by their pastors to serve as Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion in their parish. It is divided into 5 basic sections.   

• Basis of Ministry (15 min.)
• Qualifications (15 min.)
• Functional Roles (10 min.)
• Practical Considerations (20 min.)
• General Instructions (5 min.)

Each topic is addressed in individual segments, with questions for discussion provided. The focus is learning about the topic, going deeper through questions. Each segment allows for the priest or local ALTAR SERVER Coordinator to nuance, modify or supplement the topic with local situational information that clarifies” what happens here…” The video is designed to allow easy use of one, several or all the segments provided. 

• Altar Servers Provide ORDER, HOSPITALITY, REVERENCE, WITNESS

• The Catholic Mass: It’s Parts and Altar Server Tasks 
• Showing Up: It’s a Duty to Pay Attention 
• How to Dress as an Altar Server
• How to Move Around the Altar as an Altar Server
• How to Hold and Handle the Items Used at the Liturgy 
• How to Hold the Liturgical Books

Each topic is addressed in individual segments, with questions for discussion provided. The focus is learning about the topic, going deeper through questions. Each segment allows for the priest or local SACRISTAN coordinator to nuance, modify or supplement the topic with local situational information that clarifies “what happens here…” The video is designed to allow easy use of one, several or all the segments provided. 

• Sacristans create an environment that is hospitable, welcoming, clean and human in the service of Divine Love. 

• Vocabulary Sacristan’s Use About the “Things” of the Liturgy
• Generalities Sacristans Should Know 
• The Liturgical Seasons 
• A Sacristan Guide in Preparing for a Weekday Mass 
• A Sacristan Guide in Preparing for a Sunday Mass 
• Shorthand Reference: What Paragraph Citations are in Which Lectionary? 
• A Sacristan Guide in Preparing for a Funeral 
• A Sacristan Guide in Preparing for a Wedding

This video is a tutorial on the Ministry of Ushers when serving at Mass. If is intended for new ushers as an instructional tool and for veteran ushers as a refresher. The  video is divided into 9 brief segments of chapters. There is a break or pause at the end of each segment for those attending to focus on various questions or situations while serving. This also allows input and clarification from the pastor and/ or coordinator. 

The interactive video is approximately 40 minutes long. 

0:00-3:37 Introduction

3:37-7:49  What’s the Plan?

7:51-12:45  To Scheduled or Not to Schedule and Who Cares? 

12:45-15:48 What Do Ushers Wear for Service? 

15:49-24:20  “Things” 

24:24-32:39  Processions and “Holy Order”

32:43-34:59  Here Comes Everyone Ready or Not

35:01 -38:11 Safety and the Unthinkable 

38:14- 39:26  Thank You for Your Service