Liturgical Ministries

Volunteers in the liturgical ministries serve God and the parish by assisting in various capacities related to the Holy Mass or other liturgies.

The ministries at Daily & Weekend Masses are as follows:

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Altar Linen Cleaning

For more information, please contact the Parish Office at 623-546-2767.

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Altar Servers

Altar serving is an important way for our parishioners to become involved in the spiritual life of the church. Altar servers add to the solemnity of the Mass by assisting the priest. Training is conducted by experienced altar servers and new altar servers have the opportunity to shadow other altar servers for continued training and confidence. Altar server robes are provided by the parish.

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Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion

The Communion Rite is the heart and center of the entire Eucharistic Liturgy. We are given the opportunity as Ministers of Holy Communion to take part in the rite by helping the priest in the distribution of Holy Communion. Please consider joining us and sharing in this special privilege.

Funeral Mass Ministers: Altar Servers, Lectors, and Ushers

Altar Servers are always needed to support our Priest and Deacons.
Readers are needed for when families opt out of proclaiming scripture.
Funeral Ushers have extra duties and are specifically trained for Funeral Masses.

Funeral or Memorial Masses are scheduled at 10:00am Monday-Saturday.

For more information, please contact Funeral Coordinator, Julie Gradillas, at jgradillas@ololscw.org.

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Lectors

Being the servant proclaimer, the lector communicates the passion and emotion of the scripture writers at Mass, nourishing the faith of the believing community, touching the hearts of the people by magnifying the Word of the Lord.

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Ushers & Greeters

The main roles of Ushers include: greeting people entering the church, taking up the collection of gifts, assisting attendees to communion, especially those with special needs and distributing bulletins after Mass.