Students from Divine Child Elementary School, Divine Child High School, public schools, and home-schooled students are invited to train as Altar Servers. Students must be in the 6th grade or higher to serve.

Training sessions take place in May/June of each year.

An announcement regarding training sessions will be made at Divine Child Elementary School, Divine Child High School, and at Faith Formation classes for home-schooled students and public school students in the spring of each year.

Registered parishioners 16 years of age and older who have received the Sacrament of Confirmation are needed to assist the priests in distributing the Holy Eucharist at the weekend Masses and also to the homebound and nursing home residents on a regular or emergent basis. Training is held approximately once a year or on an as-needed basis.

We strongly encourage high school students to volunteer for this ministry!

To bury the dead is a Corporal Work of Mercy. If you feel called to serve in this ministry, you would assist priest and family before and after the funeral liturgy held during the morning or early afternoon. You may choose your available days; frequency varies depending on need.

The Church of the Divine Child’s Liturgical Art & Environment ministry enhances the liturgical seasons and special celebrations with appropriate liturgical drapings, banners and symbols throughout the Church. We welcome any parishioners who are experienced with machine or hand-sewing fabric, graphic design or flower design to participate in this fulfilling ministry!

In our effort to be safe and comfortable at Mass, Divine Child offers six Masses every weekend. More Mass times though means we need more ministers.

The Mass Coordinator Ministry began as we responded to the new ways of doing things at our liturgies, like the attendance count and the Holy Communion line procedure. Mass Captains additionally handle the new collection basket stations. Three Mass Coordinators and one Captain are scheduled on a rotating basis for the Mass time of your choice and arrive 20 minutes before Mass.

Any one can serve in this ministry – a family, single persons. If you have been a part of the Ushers or Greeters Ministry, please consider serving as a Mass Coordinator.

Do you feel called to express the intentions of God's Word and the needs of people spiritually, physically, mentally and emotionally? Do you have a talent for writing?

We invite parishioners to write for the Prayers of the Faithful on Sunday and Holy Days that are celebrated on Sundays. A guide book is provided and the ministry is performed on a rotating basis of one month at a time.

Readers for the Mass are trained on an as-needed basis by the Worship Commission at the discretion of the Pastor. You must be a registered member of Divine Child Parish, must be Confirmed, and must also be high school age or older.

Most of the liturgy of the Word is made up of readings from Scripture. On Sundays and solemnities, there are three Scripture readings:

1. Throughout Ordinary Time, the first reading is from the Old Testament. During Easter Time, the first reading is taken from the Acts of the Apostles, which tells the story of the Church in its earliest days.
2. The second reading is from one of the New Testament letters.
3. The last reading is always taken from one of the four Gospels.

We have a new ministry at Divine Child - the Video Ministry. This Ministry began in a response to the COVID shutdowns in order to bring our DC Mass, Prayer Services and faith-based talks to parishioners through live and recorded video broadcasts.

As restrictions on gatherings ease and in-church services return, we would like to continue with the video ministry and possibly expand, bringing more parish events to the community. To do this we need a few more of you! Please consider joining this unique form of outreach.