Ten Altar servers from the parish of Laytown along with their four leaders had the unique privilege of travelling to Lourdes for six days. This trip was organised and led by John Andrews, who has ...

The Holy Father spent much time before and after the liturgy to greet and bless the tens of thousands of pilgrims from his popemobile. Pope Francis greets tens of thousands of altar servers packed in ...

Scratch the altar boys. Bring on the altar servers. The head of the Allentown Diocese has approved the use of girls as altar servers, officially breaking a tradition that dates to the Catholic ...

Parish priest Monsignor John Hanley and Laytown School Principal Maurice Daly accompanied the altar boys on the trek.The group also visited the Irish College, Sacer-Coeur and made a boat trip along ...

The Holy Father spoke with 50,000 German altar servers about their role in spreading the Good News of Jesus and following the example of Mary’s ‘Yes’ to God. Pope Francis met with more than 50,000 ...

Loraine Kubiak has spied the quizzical looks as she assists the priest with funeral masses at her Westchester parish. Most Catholics are used to seeing school-age children on the altar, not a ...

From left, Thea Rossi Barron, Emily Zickel and Michael Piehler join a Nov. 20 vigil to protest the exclusion of girl altar servers in many parishes of the Arlington, Va., diocese. (Ted Majdosz) ...

Pope Francis celebrated a liturgy with tens of thousands of altar servers packed in St. Peter’s Square for a special audience on Tuesday evening, reminding them that Jesus Christ is always present ...

When I was a young girl attending Mass with my family at St. Mary's Catholic Church in the 1960s and '70s, I don't ever remember wanting to be an altar server. So the fact that I ended up becoming one ...