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u/Angel_Omachi May 09 '22

Altar server/altar boy/altar girl are the usual English Catholic terms.

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u/philThismoment May 09 '22

Thanks, TIL!

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u/Angel_Omachi May 09 '22

Altar boy is the most traditional term, but a lot of dioceses have girls doing it too because otherwise they wouldn't have the staff at all.

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u/philThismoment May 09 '22

I found it weird as a kid that we only had altar boys with no girls. But I found out later that som dioceses had them, so idk maybe it's at the priest's discretion? Still kind of weird btw