We at St. Paul
Catholic Church invite and welcome all parishioners to assist in the liturgy.
There are many ways you may use your talents to serve God. We promise that you
will find spiritual fulfillment as well as a strong sense of community
belonging. All who are interested in serving will be fully trained before
being scheduled to serve.
Our Liturgical Ministries include:
Youth Altar Server Ministry
Adult Altar Servers Ministry
Liturgical Environment
Eucharistic Ministry
Hispanic Ministry
Hospitality Ministry
Lector Ministry
Ministry
to the Ill
Music Ministry
Youth Altar Server Ministry
All youth
parishioners, 6th grade and older, of St. Paul Catholic Church are
invited and encouraged to participate as altar servers at all Sunday
Masses. Call Alicia Weis at 916-381-5200 or 916-714-6332 for more information regarding
training and scheduling.
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Adult Altar Server Ministry
The Adult altar servers liturgical ministry of St. Paul Catholic Church is
designed to serve God first, and our priests, during the 4:00 p.m. Saturday
Masses at our Parish. Two ministers are assigned to serve at each Mass.
Current members of this
ministry are mostly married couples, although individuals are highly encouraged
to join.
Ministers scheduled to
serve arrive at least 20 minutes before Mass to prepare the altar. This
preparation involves setting the credence table with everything that is needed
for Mass. Members of this ministry serve at least once a month, and once or
twice on Friday evening Masses during the Lenten season.
Ministers find
spiritual fulfillment, as well as a strong sense of community belonging, knowing that they are serving God,.
For more information
out the Adult Servers Liturgical Ministry please call Bernadette Delmendo at
916-689-0877 or the rectory at 916-381-5200. Training will be provided and you
will be fully prepared before you are scheduled to serve.
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Liturgical
Environment Ministry
This ministry prepares the physical environment of the Church in
accordance with the religious theme of the season or specific religious
theme of the Mass or religious observance.
If
you would like to help prepare and decorate the church or if you'd like
more information about this ministry, call
Bernadette Delmendo at 916-689-0877.
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Eucharistic Ministry
Eucharistic
Ministers of St. Paul Catholic Church assist the Priest in the
distribution of the Body of Christ and the Precious Blood of Christ after the
consecration of the Mass.
Mass Guidelines for
Liturgical Ministers contains important information for
Eucharistic Ministers.
Ministers are
scheduled to serve once or twice a month and will be fully trained and
prepared before being scheduled.
For more
information, or to volunteer as an Eucharistic Minister please call
Alicia Weis at 916-381-5200 or 916-714-6332.
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Lector
Ministry
Any adult
parishioner of St. Paul Catholic Church may participate in the Liturgy
of the Word by volunteering as a Lector at any of the Masses.
Two lectors
will be scheduled for each Mass. The first lector will present the first
reading and the responsorial psalm, and the second lector will present
the second reading and the general intercessions (Prayers of the
Faithful).
Lectors will be
scheduled about once a month and will be fully trained before being
scheduled. Mass Guidelines for
Liturgical Ministers contains important information for
Lectors.
If you wish to
share in this most meaningful right and privilege of the laity, call
Shirley Brown at 916-381-5200 or 916-682-3508 for more information and to volunteer.
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Hispanic Ministry
This ministry provides for religious services for those parishioners
whose first language is Spanish. If you are interested in assisting in
this ministry please call Leo Callo at 916-858-0830.
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Hospitality Ministers
Hospitality
Ministers serve at all Masses at St. Paul. They are the people who greet
you as you enter church, perform as ushers, take the collections, and
offer their welcome and friendship to all parishioners.
Guidelines for Hospitality
Ministers.
If you would
like to serve as a Hospitality Minister at St. Paul, please call the
rectory at 916-381-5200 to volunteer.
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Ministry to the Ill
St. Paul Parish Ministry to the
Ill takes the faith of our Church to parishioners who are unable, because of
illness, to attend Mass at the Church.
We ensure the ill of
our Parish are able
to participate as fully as possible in our worship and activities.
We listen with all of
our senses to them and bring their concerns to the attention of our Parish
leaders while respecting and keeping sacred confidentiality.
We learn to ask and
anticipate their spiritual needs and ensure they are fulfilled.
There are currently 32
active ministers to the Ill in St. Paul Parish who visit more than 26 separate
homes.
Would you care to join
us? We would love to have you share this loving Ministry with us. Volunteers
will be fully trained and prepared before being scheduled for visitation.
For more information or to volunteer for this Ministry call Karen Hurskainen
916-688-0332.
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Music
Ministry
The Music Ministry of St. Paul provides instrumental and choir services
for all our regularly scheduled Masses. Our choirs
always have need of more talent and welcome all from age 13 and older.
The only requirements are that you have a good singing voice and/or have
experience playing an instrument. You do not have to know how to read
music, nor do you have to have an operatic voice, but you do have to
love the Mass and its music. Call any
choir director to learn more
and to volunteer, stay and talk with any choir director or member after
Mass, or call the rectory at 916-381-5200.
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