Alter Servers Day at Sagar
August 28, 2022
ALTAR SERVERS DAY and Altar Servers new dress distribution day was celebrated with Grandeur and reverence on 28th August, 2022 at St. Joseph Church Sagar under the guidance of Parish priest Msgr.Fr. Felix Joseph Nornha, Assistant parish priest Rev.Fr. Paul Crasta and Br. Mario Aranha.
Altar servers is a group of church children like the most, they wait for every weekend to come and participate in the meeting because they feel to be a privileged group to have wonderful experiences in the church. All the children of the parish come together in one spirit to serve God at the altar. It enables them to be particularly close to God and to grow in true and profound friendship with him. It’s a group where they learn to pray, sing, learn some fantastic life skills and learn to serve with love and perform ordinary things extraordinarily. Altar servers group fosters companionship among all the children; they grow in faith as well as in responsibility, friendship and other virtues. Serving at the altar teaches children to love, revere and praise God and by doing this it helps them to discern their vocation better.
The celebration began by welcoming Bishop, Most Rev. Francis Serrao, (Shimoga Diocese) at the church entrance. Before the mass new dress was distributed to 72 all the altar servers. Mass began, by all the Altar servers, together with the mass celebrant entering the church from the main entrance wearing their new dress. By wearing their new dress all the altar servers were resembled as if they were the heavenly angelic host. During the mass newly elected (2022-2023) seven office bearers made their Oath. Bishop gave a gift and facilitated four special Altar servers who attended mass daily and served at the altar. There were examples for all the altar servers. Bishop urged all the altar servers to attend mass daily and serve at the altar.
After the mass, as a part of entertainment, a stage program, MC, Speeches, action songs, skit and singing was organized by the Altar servers in the church hall. Special lunch and sweets were served for all the altar servers. Indeed it was a wonderful and memorable day for all the altar servers of St. Joseph church Sagar.