Bay Area Tamil Catholic Community

Altar Service Schedule

Greetings in the precious name of our Lord Jesus Christ!

First of all we would like to congratulate all our children who came forward to serve the Lord!  Kudos to the parents who encouraged and guided them.  It has been a great learning experience for our children and for us as well.  Encourage and appreciate them all the more!  Find attached the next Altar Service schedule.  If you have any questions or concerns, kindly let RC know

Many parents personally told me the change they saw in their child after the training and service.  I just wanted to share couple of them here.

"I always use to read Bible for my children before they go to bed.  But, after attending the training, now they read it by themselves and pray"

"My child was reading and practicing prayers since this morning as she had Altar Service today.  She now knows all prayers by heart"

All that we had to do was to sow a seed into their fertile soul. Nourish that seed by making sure that this does not become just a ritual for them. Every time they do, they should realize the meaning and value of it and do it sincerely.

I have a suggestion for our children to improve further --

As we have mass once in a month, it takes more than 6 months for a child to get another chance to serve. In other words, every time it is like a brand new experience for them. To alleviate this problem, encourage them to sign up for Altar Service in your own parish where you go to mass for the other 3 weeks.  This way they'll be very well in touch with the procedure and fear will easily go away.  Among the first batch that served, I saw clear difference in children who also serve in their own parish.  Hence, encourage your child to sign up for this service in your own parish as well.

God Bless!

In Christ

Religious Committee

Altar Service - Schedule

Altar Server 1

Altar Server 2

Date

Remarks

 

 

 

 

Marsha Berchmans

Kevin Vincent

12-Jan-2008

Regular Second Saturday Mass

Sheryl Freeman

Godwin Vincent

9-Feb-2008

Children's Mass

Aarthi Nathan

Abhishek Kumar

8-Mar-2008

Regular Second Saturday Mass

Troy Natar

Francis

22-Mar-2008

Easter Mass

Ashwin Samuel

Delia Sundar

12-Apr-2008

Regular Second Saturday Mass

Allen Jerald

Katie

10-May-2008

Regular Second Saturday Mass

Abhishek Irudayaraj

Marsha Berchmans

14-Jun-2008

Children's Mass

Kevin Vincent

Sheryl Freeman

12-Jul-2008

Regular Second Saturday Mass

Godwin Vincent

Aarthi Nathan

9-Aug-2008

Regular Second Saturday Mass

Abhishek Kumar

Troy Natar

13-Sep-2008

Regular Second Saturday Mass

Francis

Ashwin Samuel

11-Oct-2008

Regular Second Saturday Mass

Delia Sundar

Allen Jerald

8-Nov-2008

Regular Second Saturday Mass

Katie

Abhishek Irudayaraj

13-Dec-2008

Regular Second Saturday Mass

Marsha Berchmans

Godwin Vincent

24-Dec-2008

X' mas

Sheryl Freeman

Kevin Vincent

31-Dec-2008

New Year