A photo in the Sept. 14 edition of the Catholic News Herald, depicting “an army of altar servers” in the Eucharistic Procession of the annual Eucharistic Congress, couldn’t help but catch my attention. What was wrong with the picture? There was not a single girl shown in the procession of servers. As a mother to both a son and a daughter, this is very disheartening to me.
Church law states that service at the altar is one of the liturgical functions that can be performed by both lay men and women.
In light of the continuing sexual abuse scandals that plague our Church, maybe, if we could be more inclusive, we might be able to stop raising generations of misogynist male leaders and clean up our Church. Let’s try to be more inclusive in our diocese and follow the teachings of Jesus.
Ann Helms lives in Monroe.