Worship Ministries
Acolytes | Eucharistic Ministers | Lectors | Ushers | Children's Liturgy
Acolytes
Contact Information:
Thomas Shull
607-739-3817 (Parish Office)
E-mail: smomc@stny.rr.com
Assist the presider and other liturgical ministers during Mass. The ministry is open to all parish members in the fifth grade and above who have received First Eucharist. Training is required for all prospective acolytes.
Eucharistic Ministers
Contact Information:
Phone: 607-739-3817 (Parish Office)
E-mail: smomc@stny.rr.com
Assist in the distribution of Communion during Mass. Training is required for all prospective Eucharistic Ministers.
Eucharistic Ministers to Nursing Homes, Hospitals and the Home Bound
Contact Information:
Phone: 607-739-3817 (Parish Office)
E-mail: smomc@stny.rr.com
Visit and distribute Communion to parishioners who, for reasons of illness or disability, are unable to attend church to receive Communion during Mass. Communion services are also held in area nursing homes to maintain a sense of community with parishioners who are unable to come to church. Training is required for participants in this ministry.
Lectors
Contact Information:
Phone: 607-739-3817 (Parish Office)
E-mail: smomc@stny.rr.com
Proclaim Holy Scripture during Mass in a reverent, meaningful way. Two lectors are assigned to each Mass to read from the Hebrew Scriptures and the New Testament, and to lead the General Intercessions. Training is required for all prospective lectors.
Ushers/Hospitality
Contact Information:
Fr. Chris Linsler
607-739-3817
smomc@stny.rr.com
Ministers of hospitality who greet parishioners at Mass, assist with seating when necessary and the smooth and reverent procession for the reception of Holy Communion, gather the collection, advise the presider about handicapped parishioners needing Communion, distribute bulletins after Mass, secure the church after Masses, and fulfill other requests by the presider.
Children’s Liturgy of the Word
Contact Information:
Barbara Matterazzo
607-739-8214
matterazzob@yahoo.com
Children's Liturgy of the Word is a program offered at the 10:30 Mass most Sundays from September through June. Children in grades 1 through 6 are dismissed from the assembly and are gathered with trained liturgists in O'Brien Hall. The Word of God is proclaimed and supplemented with hands-on activities that help the children more fully understand the message of the readings. The children are brought back into the main Church to rejoin the assembly for the Liturgy of the Eucharist.