Liturgical Life
As a Catholic, Holy Cross school, students, faculty, and staff gather to celebrate the Eucharist, the central expression of faith. All gather as a community to celebrate the church’s sacraments, and to mark significant moments in the life of Moreau Catholic.
Liturgical Ministries
Art & Environment
Campus Ministry student leaders of Art & Environment are responsible for working with Moreau Catholic’s liturgist on thoughtful decoration of the school’s worship space in the Main Gym and the St. André chapel to reflect the various liturgical seasons and special school events. They care for this sacred space in a special way and seek to make them beautiful, prayerful, and inviting. Students with gifts for visual design or with an interest in creating prayerful environments are always needed.
Sacristans & Altar Servers
Sacristans serve as acolytes during liturgy, assisting the presider at the altar during Mass and helping to thoughtfully prepare the chapel and various liturgical supplies for worship. In both behind-the-scenes and particularly roles, these leaders ensure that everything runs smoothly during Mass and help create a prayerful environment for all.
Eucharistic Ministers
Moreau Catholic’s faculty, staff and confirmed students serve as Eucharistic ministers to distribute the Eucharistic at Mass under both forms of the Body and Blood of Christ. Through their service, they strive to maintain a prayerful connection to the community and encourage the building of the Body of Christ at Moreau Catholic.
Cantors
Students use their gift for music to enrich and enhance the worshiping life at Moreau Catholic. There are opportunities for developing one’s voice, prayer leadership, and developing a greater understanding of the liturgy and the role of liturgical music at Mass. Music Ministers just released Close to You, a CD of original songs and reflections reflective of the Holy Cross charism.
Lectors
Student lectors serve as readers during liturgy, sharing their gifts for preaching through the proclamation of the Word and in leading communal prayers of petition.
Hospitality
Students involved in hospitality ministry are responsible for welcoming worshipers into the prayerful community and creating thoughtful preparations of the Campus Ministry space for social gatherings. Through gifts for building relationships and shaping environments in which all feel a sense of belonging, these leaders create a community where all are truly welcome and they embody the spirit of hospitality modeled by the Congregation of Holy Cross.
Masses
*All liturgical celebrations take place in the Main Gym at 9:40 am
Morning Mass: Every Wednesday in Saint Andre Chapel at 7:15 am
Confession: Contact Fr. Bruce Cecil, C.S.C. to make an appointment
Advent & Lenten Confessions
*Confessions will be held at Moreau Catholic High School during school hours, with sign-ups through email and through students’ Theology teacher (Contact Ann Khristine Tabora OR Kristie Ann Alejo ’15 for more information)
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Advent Confessions: Thursday, December 12 - Friday, December 13, 2024
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Lenten Confessions: Thursday, March 27 - Friday, March 28, 2025