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Music Ministers

Music Ministers are a team of musicians which can include the music minister, choir director, choir musicians, and cantor, who bring the worship to life through the gift of song.
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Deacon

Deacons assist the priest in the Mass by proclaiming the Gospel, preaching the Homily, giving directives to the assembly, and distributing Communion.
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Lent

Lent is the liturgical season that recalls the time when Christ was tempted in the desert.
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Liturgy

Liturgy is the public worship of the Church.
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Liturgical Leader

The Liturgical Leader keeps the Mass organized by giving special directives to the assembly on special occasions and solemn feast days.
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Cantor

The Cantor is the song leader.
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Mass

The word “Mass” means “sent.”
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40 Days to Make Things New

According to the Catechism of the Catholic Church, Lent is considered a season of penance. It is a time "particularly appropriate for spiritual exercises, penitintial liturgies, pilgrimages as signs of penance, voluntary self-denial such as fasting and almsgiving, and fraternal sharing (charitable and missionary works.)"
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Eucharistic Ministers

Eucharistic Ministers are lay persons who are members of the community trained to distribute communion to the assembly. Their lifestyles are to exemplify the body of Christ.
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Ministers of Hospitality

The Ministers of Hospitality are greeters who welcome the worshipers and offer kind words while helping them to find adequate seating.
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Sacraments

Sacraments are visible signs of the Church that bring God's grace.
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Necessity of the Holy Spirit

The Holy Spirit is necessary to encounter Christ in the Liturgy.
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Homily

The homily is the part of the Mass where the Priest gives you practical ways that you can apply the teachings of the Gospel to your everyday life.
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Sexton or Groundskeeper

The Sexton, or groundskeeper, is responsible for the general overall upkeep of the church and its grounds.
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Altar Society

A group of lay persons responsible for the laundering of the linens and vestments, polishing of the sacred vessels, decorating the altars, and setting the altar for Mass. They can also be responsible for ordering the wine, hosts, and flowers.
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Acolyte or Altar Server

The Altar Server leads the processional into the Mass, lights the candles, and assists the priest at the altar by holding the book and placing the vessels on the altar.
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Bishop

Bishops are the ecclesiastical leaders of the diocese, and they ordain priests and confer the sacrament of confirmation.
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Commentator

The Commentator announces the theme, prays the general intercessions, and makes other announcements.
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Faith Community

The community of the faithful prays along with the presiding priest. There must be at least one member of the community present in order for the priest to celebrate Mass.
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Sacristan

The sacristan takes care of the laundering of the linens and vestments, polishing of the sacred vessels, decorating the altars, and setting the altar for Mass. They can also be responsible for ordering the wine, hosts, and flowers. Sacristans usually come from the Altar Society.
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Presenters of the Gifts

The gifts of bread and wine are brought forward for the priest to consecrate by members of the assembly.
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Lector

The Lector, or reader, proclaims the scriptures. This noble task demands a deep faith combined with skill in oral communication as the Word becomes Flesh through their proclamation.
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Priest

Priests preside at the Mass by consecrating the sacred Eucharist, proclaiming the Gospel, preaching the Homily, and saying the main prayers.
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Holy Week

Passover is celebrated near the time that Christians celebrate the death and resurrection of Christ during what Catholics call Holy Week.
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Easter

Easter is the celebration called the “Feast of Feasts.”
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