PENDING BUSINESS, updated 09.10.2024
Announcements:
(1) BINGO BASKET.
The groups and ministries in our parish are providing prizes for our upcoming Bingo event. I‘m asking servers to donate $5 each. I‘ll use your donations to put together a gift basket (with creative help from Vanessa) from the Altar Servers. Thank you!

(2) CLOSE OF 40 HOURS.
Mark your calendars: for the Close of 40 Hours on Tuesday, October 8th, ALL Altar Servers will be in the Eucharistic Procession. Report time will be 6:45 pm. It‘s going to be a magnificent work of praise!

(3) Numbered hangers.
The albs and capey things are now on new hangers.  Each hanger has a SIZE LABEL on it.  You can see where this is leading…  This year, we aim to grow to a new level of care and attention to detail.
After Mass, hang your alb neatly on the correct hanger.
In the Upper Church, hang  the hanger on the correct hook.
In the Lower Church, make sure the albs are hung in order, from Size 8 (left) to Size 18 (right).
Neatly looks like this:

How does scheduling WORK?
Parents have options.
–Sign up directly for the Masses that work best for you, using SignUpGenius.
–Send us your AVAILABLE or UNAVAILABLE dates.
–Send us your general preferences (“Give us two vigil Masses and one 9am for October”).
—SignUpGenius is now set up through January 1, 2025!

Send Fr. McCabe or Kathie Scott a text or email through Flocknote, (you can also reply to the most recent Flocknote Message you’ve received)
or email Kathie Scott  kb.scott2@verizon.net

Communications: Email and Flocknote
Mrs. Kathie Scott (kb.scott2@verizon.net) emails the schedule directly to the altar servers.
Note that you can sign up as a Flocknote user, join the Altar Servers Group and receive the messages we send you without downloading the app.
If you need a substitute to cover a Mass you are scheduled to serve, send an email/message to Kathie Scott and to Fr. McCabe, “Can anyone cover…?”

Becoming an Altar Server
Q: Who can become an Altar Server?
A:  A practicing member of our parish who has received 1st Communion and is in 4th Grade or higher.
Q: When do new servers get started?
A:  We recruit and train at the beginning of the school year.  New recruits in our parish school will have training during school.  New recruits in our PREP program have training sessions outside school hours.

Becoming an EXPERT Altar Server
Q:  How do new servers become expert and comfortable?
A:  Practice!  Ask Kathie Scott to schedule you MORE.  Serve Weekday Masses (and remember there’s Saturday too).  Volunteer for special ceremonies.  Review!  You are always welcome to ask Fr. McCabe to meet you after a particular Mass to go over things you know and learn new things too.

Special Ceremonies
Family Masses
Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Feast of St. Matthew
40 Hours (Sunday, Monday, Tuesday)
All Saints’ Day
Immaculate Conception
Christmas Eve
Christmas Day
First Communion
Confirmation
Ash Wednesday
Palm Sunday
Holy Thursday, Mass of the Lord’s Supper
Good Friday, 3:00 Passion service
Good Friday, Tenebrae
Easter Vigil
Easter Sunday
May Crowning
Corpus Christi