Liturgical life in the Catholic tradition strives to nourish the development of religious faith and practice of the Catholic community. The Center for Worship offers a variety of opportunities to deepen our understanding of and appreciation for liturgy. The Center offers training to and coordinates the participation of student volunteers who serve the Liturgical community as Ministers of Hospitality, Lectors, Extraordinary Ministers of the Communion, and Pastoral Musicians.

Liturgical Ministry

Applications for new liturgical ministers are accepted at the beginning of the each semester of each academic year. Training for new ministers occurs once each semester at a designated time and is mandatory for all those who desire to serve as a liturgical minister. New minister are commissioned after training at the beginning of the following semester.

Applications are accepted each semester due to the large number of students who desire to be a part of this unique spiritual and service opportunity to become full, active, and conscious participants in the ministry of the assembly in the Sunday evening and weekday worshipping community. The ministry of the assembly is the primary ministry of the liturgy. This ministry calls each person at Mass to fully celebrate the liturgy, with the gathered community, through prayer and song.

Due to an overwhelming interest in the liturgical ministry program, Campus Ministry cannot always accommodate the volume of students who apply to serve as Lectors, Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion, and Ministers of Hospitality. If all students who applied where scheduled to serve at the Sunday Masses, student ministers would serve so infrequently that the meaning of the ministry would be significantly diminished. Because of this, some students who apply to serve are deferred for one year and then welcomed into the program the following year. Freshmen are only eligible to serve during the second semester of their freshmen year giving them time to adjust to the transition of college life. 

Applications are now being accepted for the 2012-2013 school year. Please see the sidebar on the right to download an application. Thank you for your interest!

The Liturgical Council
Student play an integral part in every liturgy the community celebrates. Liturgical Council members coordinator all aspects of the liturgy. These student leaders  check ministers in before Mass, make sure everyone knows his or her role in the ministry of the liturgy, and prepare the sacred spaces and objects for the liturgy. Mass Coordinators are usually the first ones to arrive at a Mass and the last ones to leave.