How to Serve: In Simple, Solemn and Pontifical Functions

The ever increasing interest in the Liturgical Traditions of the Church gives rise to the need for adequately trained altar servers. Though written for instructors, How to Serve is a classic manual from 1934 that can be used for seminarians, home study, schools, and sacristies. Dom Matthew Britt begins by offering specific instructions on common ceremonial actions such as: how to make a proper bow, lighting candles, and carrying the Missal. He also walks the servers through Low Mass (with one or two servers) High Mass, Solemn High Masses, Nuptial and Requiem Masses, Vespers and Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament. Contains more than 24 diagrams which clearly show the various actions and positions of acolytes, Thurifer, Master of Ceremonies, Sub-Deacon and Deacon. Includes the servers' responses for the 1962 Latin Mass. This famous handbook is an invaluable resource for altar boys from beginning to advanced. It will once again become the standard reference for acolytes, handing on to young servers the disciplines necessary for reverent Catholic ceremonies.