“Wherever two or three come together in my name, there I am with them.”

Matthew 18:20

Adult servers assist at funeral liturgies, occurring normally weekday mornings.

Boys and girls, fourth grade to high school, are welcome to be altar servers. Altar servers are generally scheduled to serve at least once a month. Altar servers may be scheduled for weekday, weekend, or Holy Day Masses or scheduled for other special parish liturgical celebrations.

All altar servers are required to attend training sessions before they are placed on a rotational schedule. Boys and girls in public school are not scheduled for the 8:15 a.m. Mass on weekdays.

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This committee plans, creates, designs, and implements the various physical elements in the sanctuary, including altar/ambo coverings, flowers, plants, candles, stands, banners, and other liturgical elements.

The committee meets throughout the year but is the busiest during the liturgical seasons of the year.

During the 10:30 a.m. Mass, Kindergarten through fourth grade children are called forward and leave the sanctuary to listen to the readings from the Children’s Lectionary. They return to Mass at the time of the Children’s collection.  Individuals are needed to lead and assist in this gathering of our young parishioners once a month.

Current Safe Environment Training is required. There is a one-time training session, and new leaders are invited to observe a few sessions before leading themselves.

Men and women, high school age and older, are invited to serve as ushers and ministers of hospitality. These people serve the community, assist with seating, collect monetary offerings, bring up offertory gifts, and distribute bulletins and worship aids with a spirit of welcoming.

In the Archdiocese of Omaha, Catholic women or men who have received the sacrament of Confirmation, are recommended by the pastor and have received training are mandated by the Archbishop to serve as lectors. Good reading skills, poise, and a strong voice are required. Lectors should be people of prayer who enjoy reading and studying the Bible and other Christian writings.

A one-time instruction and mandation is offered by the Archdiocese. Lectors also attend a parish training session before being placed on the schedule. Most often, a lector ministers in our parish once a month.

In the Archdiocese of Omaha, Catholic men or women, high school juniors or older, are recommended by the pastor to attend archdiocesan training sessions and are mandated to serve as an EMHC. Training sessions are held yearly. An EMHC is mandated by the Archbishop to serve in this archdiocese only. If you served in another diocese, you must be mandated in Omaha.

At St. Columbkille Parish, EMHC’s serve at weekday and weekend Masses, on Holy Days, weddings, funerals and at other parish Eucharistic celebrations. They also take communion to the sick and the homebound.

Sacristans are men or women who prepare for daily and weekend worship by setting up the credence table, preparing the altar area of the sanctuary, and helping as needed before and following worship services.

They maintain the materials used in our prayer, and they assist the priest in preparing for all sacramental occasions. An interview is required with the pastor before ministry preparation and service begins.

Cross Bearers carry the processional cross at the beginning and end of Mass.

Oftertory Gift Bearers bring the Eucharistic gifts of bread and wine forward to the deacon or priest at Mass.