He is a religious man by nature, having been an altar boy as a child.
The altar boy at Mass might now be a girl.
After all, the last time I'd been an altar boy was in 1957!
The former altar boy was an academic star and president of his high school class.
He said his brother was a happy child and altar boy who loved the church.
Well, she says, is he going to be an altar boy?
"Now I am just so glad my son has never been an altar boy."
I stood in the front door until the priest was gone and the altar boy.
Which is not to say he presents himself as an altar boy.
He was put in charge of three youth groups, including altar boys.
The festival has its roots in an annual party, which was organized by some local altar servers.
An altar server is a lay assistant to a member of the clergy during a Christian religious service.
In other places where altar servers are normally boys, adult men will not vest if called upon to serve.
Jack White has an uncredited role in the film as an altar server.
It has been so popular a custom at his church that girls outnumber boys as altar servers.
"The boys didn't know it was uncommon for girls to be altar servers."
The evolution of the ministry of altar server has a long history.
Starting at the end of fifth grade, students are invited to become altar servers for the church.
The altar boys and the older altar server were still too surprised to move.
All the altar servers are boys, and the Eucharist is distributed only by priests.