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Neither. A priest celebrates a mass.
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Can a child serve at a Catholic mass if she or he is not Catholic?
Anyone may serve at Mass IF the priest celebrating the Mass allows, it would be up to the individual priest who was the celebrant.
Can a lay Catholic do Mass in a rural base community?
No, only a priest can say Mass. An Extraordinary Minister of the Eucharist could, with pastoral permission, hold a Communion Service and distribute hosts that were previously consecrated by a priest.
Is a celebrant a Bishop priest or Deacon?
In the Catholic church, a celebrant is one who celebrates a sacrament. In a wedding, this would be the priest because he is the one authorized to perform the marriage.
What is the role of a priest in a Catholic Church?
The most important role of the priest is to perform mass. Without a priest, we could have no communion. A deacon can do almost everything else a priest can do, but only a priest (or higher) may perform transubstantiation (the miracle of turning bread into the body of Christ).
Can bishops perform Eucharist?
A bishop is first of all a priest and can say mass as any priest can.
Who holds a Catholic Mass?
The celebrant of mass must be an ordained Catholic priest. This includes monsignors, bishops, archbishops and popes.
What is the difference between a vicar and priest?
A priest (Refereing to a Catholic) does mass as transfiguration / communion as transubstation and a vicar does a service in rememberance only. If i was you, i would go for option one , it is a true mass.
What do you call the children who assist the priest in the Catholic mass?
Altar servers.
What is the name of the person holding the incense in a Catholic Mass?
Often it is the altar server or the priest
Who can perform confirmation in the Roman Catholic Church?
Often, a bishop or another clergyman with higher rank performs the Confirmation, but by delegation (If they are authorized to take over the confirmation for the bishop because he is busy with something else), an abbot or priest can also perform the Confirmation Mass.
What is the name where the altar and priest are during a mass?
Roman Catholic AnswerThe altar (and the priest when he is at the altar) are contained in the sanctuary of the Church.
What do you call the clothes a catholic priest wears?
The traditional robe worn by a priest when not offering Mass or administering the sacraments is the cassock. The clothing he wears during Mass are called vestments.
