Three seminarians installed in ministry of lector, acolyte

By The Catholic Week
Congratulations to Archdiocese of Mobile seminarians Andrew Wentworth and Gaten Armstrong, who received the ministry of lector, and Rich Perkins, who received the ministry of acolyte. Wentworth received the ministry on Feb. 16 at St. Meinrad Seminary and School of Theology in Indiana. Armstrong and Perkins were installed by Archbishop Thomas J. Rodi on March 4 while assisting at the Archdiocesan Catholic Youth Conference in Orange Beach.
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. 
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.