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Liturgical Ministries
Acolytes
Acolytes are boys and girls in grades 3 to 12 who fulfill the role of altar server.
For more information, please contact Sr. Loretta Topper at 724.736.0158 or sjbreled@yahoo.com.
Cantors
This group works with our choir. Members are trained and assigned to lead the singing at all of our Masses.
For more information, please contact Pat Filak at 724.736.4442 or jack1@atlanticbb.net.
Choirs
MEMORIAL CHOIR: The memorial choir is composed of parishioners who love to sign and are available
when a funeral is scheduled. This is seldom harmonized. Everyone sings the melody part in unison
and seldom do they gather for rehearsals. Verne Kniha is the regular organist for the funeral choir.
The choir provides a service to families grieving the loss of a loved one.
For more information, please contact Betty Ewalt at 724.736.8394.
(Parish Choir - Verne Kniha, Organist and Pat Filak, Director)
PARISH CHOIR: The parish choir is organized to provide accompanying music for the major
liturgy of Sunday and special holy days throughout the year. The choir leads the congregation in
praising God through liturgical music from September to early June. They practice once a week and
whenever it is necessary before Christmas and Easter. There is a number of specialized music pieces they
prepare which is meditative and inspiration for the congregation to join in. The choir is an invaluable
instrument of our liturgy to enhance full and prayerful worship.
For more information, please contact Pat Filak at 724.736.4442 or jack1@atlanticbb.net.
Lectors
This ministry derives from the call to proclaim the Word of God in the liturgical assembly. Lectors are
men and women of the parish who are a part of the worship team that leads the congregation in worship.
They study and pray over the Scriptures for Sunday and proclaim the First and/or Second Readings from the ambo.
The Ministry of Lector is one of the traditional stated ministries of the Church that was given to a young
man on his journey to becoming a priest. Therefore, in some sense, it is extraordinary for those who are not
candidates in the priesthood to share in it. Church regulation calls for only those in good standing in the
Church to participate in this ministry in Mass.
For more information, please contact Sr. Loretta Topper at 724.736.0158 or sjbreled@yahoo.com.
Special Ministers of Holy Communion
These ministers are men and women who are specially commissioned by our Bishop to dispense Holy Communion at Mass,
to our homebound parishioners, and to Catholics at Mon Valley Hospital. This ministry is especially noteworthy
in that it serves directly, not only at the altar of the Lord, but in sharing the sacred treasury of the Eucharist
among the people of God for the building up of God's kingdom.
For more information, please contact Sr. Loretta Topper at 724.736.0158 or sjbreled@yahoo.com.
Ushers
Ushers are a group of dedicated men of the parish who perform specific duties at Mass. Ushers are formed into three
teams to be available at Mass early enough on weekends to act as cordial greeters to those coming to worship. Ushers help
with the smooth operation of some of the mechanics of the Liturgy: ensuring proper seating of the congregation,
taking up the collection, distributing bulletins, and any other item that is needed for any given liturgy. Ushers also help
to straighten out and tidy up after Mass is over.
For more information, please contact the Parish Office at 724.736.4442 or parish@sjbperry.org.
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