The annual Altar Servers' Day is on Saturday 16 September 2023 at The Gillis Centre, 100 Strathearn Road, Edinburgh. Registration is from 10:30am and the day concludes with Mass at 3:00pm.
It includes games, activities, faith formation, and the awarding of certificates/medals to new members of the Guild of St Cuthbert.
Contact your parish priest for registration details.
Altar servers play an important role in our parishes.
So we're inviting them to the Gillis Centre in Edinburgh for a day of training, activities, testimonies...and games!
Servers should bring a packed lunch, comfortable clothes and the robes they normally wear for serving at Mass (don't worry if you can't bring them).
We will conclude with Mass, during which Archbishop Leo Cushley will present medals to those participating in the Guild of St Cuthbert.
Speak to your parish priest for details.
**Please ensure under 18s have a completed parental consent form - ask your parish priest for one or email fr jamie.mcmorrin@staned.org.uk. It should be completed by all servers under 18 and this is responsibility of each parish to organise.
We look forward to welcoming you!
Schedule
10.30am: Arrival and Registration
10.45am: Welcome; Housekeeping (Fire, First Aid, Timetable)
10.50am: Warm-up Game
11.00am: Talk 1
11.30am: Break – Juice.
11.45am: Group Game (Juniors); Discussion (Seniors)
12.00pm: Talk 2
12.30pm Lunch – Juice.
1.15pm: Warm-up Game
1.25pm: Talk 3: Guild of St Cuthbert
Vote of Thanks (Archbishop)
1.50pm: Preparation for Mass
2.00pm: Mass with Enrolment in Guild of St Cuthbert
3.00pm: Departure – Ice lollies.