WHAT

lec-tor n. 1. A person chosen or commissioned to proclaim Holy Scriptures in church services.  2. Someone personally and prayerfully involved in proclaiming the Word of God with the central purpose of celebrating and refreshing the faith of the hearers.  3. One who combines strong personal faith, good communications skills and spiritual inspiration to cause the assembly to listen to what is being proclaimed.  4. The church community’s storyteller who brings life and flesh to the Word of God.

HOW

1. Be a mature, fully initiated Catholic.

2. Be a registered parishioner.

3. Have a strong desire to competently proclaim the Word.

4. Complete the Lector Training Course.

5. Undergo the Lector Mentoring Program.

6. Be recommended to and selected by the Lector Leadership.

7. Be commissioned by the Pastor to the Lector Ministry.

8. Be committed to the ministry for one year.

WHY

Because…

… He called and you answered, “Here I am, Lord!”

… you realize “The harvest is abundant, but the laborers are few.”

… you would like to fall more deeply in love with God and His Word in Scripture.

… your parish needs you to take on a more active role in the church community.

...God blessed you with a good speaking voice and would like to return the favor.

… you were a Lector at your former parish and would like to continue serving.

… you believe you can do a better job than those you’ve already seen and heard.

… one of the Lectors has inspired you to want to do the same thing they do.

… someone said you just might be good at it and you believe you would.

… you’ve got this nagging feeling in your gut that you’ve got to.