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Lector Responsibilities
Lectors are responsible for reading so the last person in the back of the church can hear and understand what is being read. This means projecting the voice with plenty of energy, reading slowly, and articulating clearly. Here are some additional important responsibilties:
Find and practice reading the text assigned. Unless otherwise indicated, we use the Authorized Version (King James) at High Mass. The text is available on the parish web site under Assignments and texts for the year (see the links along the right side of this page and the Home page). You can also find the assigned text in your own copy of the Bible. Obtaining the appointed text is the lector's responsibility so that he or she need not be dependent on the head lector for a copy.
Arrange with the head lector to rehearse the reading in the church before the date assigned. Experienced lectors may not need to rehearse, but rehearsals are strongly recommended for those who have not served as lector in the past.
Arrange a subsitute if you are unable to serve on the date assigned. Both you and your substitute should notify the head lector of the substitution with as much advance notice as possible.
Rehearsal. If your substitute needs to rehearse in the church, he or she should make the necessary arrangement with the head lector.
Last-minute problems. If you have a last minute problem and must miss Mass, please call the undercroft phone and ask whomever answers to tell John Overall or the head lector that you can't make it. We will arrange a last-minute substitute.
How to arrange a substitute. Click here to read about it.
INFORMATION
Lector responsibilities
How to arrange a substitute
Reading tips for lectors
LECTOR ASSIGNMENTS
Assignments and texts for the year
