Good Friday – need to be at church 30 minutes prior to Mass (4 or 6 Altar Servers)

There is no Mass on Good Friday but there is a very solemn service. There is no procession into the Church; the Altar Servers and the Priest will sit in the first pew on the right hand side of the church (next to the choir). The Deacon presides over this service. After the homily 2 Altar Servers will go into the sacristy and light 2 candles. They will then process with the Deacon to the back of the church. There the Deacon will carry a large cross in a procession up the center aisle. The Altar Servers with the candles will lead the procession. When the procession is complete, the Deacon will turn and face the congregation. At that time 2 Altar Servers will step forward to hold the cross while the congregation is invited to venerate at the cross. 2 other Altar Servers will stand next to the cross with Purificator and wipe the cross wherever it is touched by a parishioner (such as a kiss or a touch)

There is a communion service for Good Friday. The 2 Altar Server candle bearers will take the lighted candles and escort the Deacon to the sacristy where he will gather the ciborium. The candle bearers will then escort Deacon back to the sanctuary.

There is nothing required of the Altar Servers during the communion service.

At the end of the service, the Altar Servers and the Priest and Deacon will process out in silence to the sacristy.