Seminarians receive ministry of acolyte, lector

Courtesy of St. Meinrad Seminary and School of Theology
Three Archdiocese of Mobile seminarians received the ministry of acolyte and two seminarians received the ministry of lector on Feb. 18 at St. Meinrad Seminary and School of Theology. President-Rector Fr. Denis Robinson, OSB installed the acolytes and lectors. 
Seminarians Zachary Halloran, Andrew Williams and Thomas LaPointe received the ministry of acolyte. An acolyte assists a deacon or priest, primarily in the celebration of Mass. He attends to the needs of the altar and may distribute Communion as an auxiliary minister. He also may be entrusted with the public veneration of the Blessed Sacrament, but does not give the Benediction, which is reserved for a priest or deacon. 
Seminarians Donald Maddox III and Joseph Schultz received the ministry of lector. The ministry of lector is conferred upon those who prepare and proclaim readings from Scripture at Mass and other liturgical celebrations. A lector also may recite psalms between the readings and present the intentions for the general intercessions.