Guide for Altar Servers

This engaging booklet is an essential tool for any youth preparing to serve at Mass or training for the role of altar server. Key terms, liturgical guidance, and practical tips are presented in a simple and friendly tone with questions, activities, and images depicting the vestments, sacred vessels, and other key items used at Mass.

Servers continually change as older children move to other roles or serve the parish in other ways, and younger children require training. Guide for Altar Servers is a practical, complete, and cost-effective tool that introduces children to this important ministry.

Content includes:

• a brief background and history of the ministry
• current Church requirements and regulations
• spiritual preparations and practical suggestions
• the basic process of serving Sunday Mass
• descriptions of the vestments, sacred vessels, and other key terms
• tips for special occasions and situations
• pictures and puzzles that reinforce key concepts.

Servers continually change as older children move to other roles or serve the parish in other ways, and younger children require training. Guide for Altar Servers is a practical, complete, and cost-effective tool that introduces children to this important ministry.

Michael J. Ruszala was a regular altar server as a boy. He now works in church ministry, having served over five years as a parish faith formation director and then as a parish music director.

Jeff Albrecht has illustrated for Disney, Warner Bros., Marvel, DC Comics, and other entertainment companies. His animation has been seen on Cartoon Network. His Christian illustration credits include Master Books (A is for Adam, N is for Noah) and Living Faith Kids. He enjoys working in different styles from his studio in the St. Louis area.