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Altar Guild
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The St. Theresa Altar & Linen Guilds are a group of women and men who are called to quietly serve God by offering their time and talents to prepare and tend to our worship space. It is a ministry of love that our patron saint, St. Theresa the Little Flower, called the "little way." Please contact Kendall Solé 713-869-3783 or K.sole@sttheresa.cc with questions or to sign up for one of these ministries.
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Altar Guild
The members of this ministry ensure that the Sanctuary, the nave and the narthex of the Church are each clean and prepared for the celebration of the weekend celebration of the Eucharist and other sacraments. Their duties include, among many others:
- Cleaning and caring for the Sacred Vessels and other artifacts such as our monstrance
- Replacing votive candles
- Replacing the altar and vigil candles; cleaning up residual wax
- Maintaining and watering the flowers
- Ensuring the entrance tables in the Narthex are clean and orderly by straightening or discarding bulletins, flyers, etc
- Helping with the seasonal decorations of our worship space which includes elements such as colors, flowers, candles, and more.
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Linen Guild
The Linen Guild takes home our communion linens (purificators and corporals) to reverently launder, iron and return to the church each week. Purificators are used to wipe the Precious Blood and any other soils from the rim of the chalice during Mass and are laundered after each use. Corporals are larger, white cloths, placed on the altar prior to Consecration of the bread & wine, to protect against any loss of crumbs or drops of the Precious Body and Blood during Mass. Corporals are laundered only if visibly soiled.
1. Collect altar linens each week in bag labeled “Altar Linens.” You can retrieve linens from Sacristy after the Mass that you normally attend and return them the following week also after the Mass that you normally attend. If you need more time, that’s not a problem. You may also collect bag from front desk Monday morning if you miss mass.
2. Check for stains and if you find any pre-treat with stain remover spray & rub together if stubborn.
3. Soak in a bucket/basin for at least 2 hours (longer if possible). Pour out this water outdoors per the UCCB Secretariat of Divine Worship.
4. Wash altar linens alone on a delicate cycle.
5. Check for any residual stains and if necessary, treat stains and repeat (occasionally needed).
6. Hang out or lay altar linens on a clean towel to soak up some of the water. Corporals take a little longer, but Purificators dry quickly & you can iron damp. If you can't iron right away, put in freezer until you can, or spritz with water when ironing.
7. Make sure your iron is clean (hack: use a magic eraser on cool iron bottom to remove any rust stains you might have).
8. Place the altar linen on the ironing board on the and iron all the wrinkles out on both sides. Fold and iron linens so that folds make a crisp crease. For Purificators, fold so that the cross faces out (at top of purficator). Purificators are folded in thirds and then in half (you should have six rectangles when unfolded). For Corporals, fold so that the cross faces in (when the corporal is folded, it will appear to be inside out). Corporals are folded into equal thirds, twice which creates nine squares when the corporal is unfolded. See the video below:
Ironing and Folding Corprals Video
Ironing and Folding Purificators Video9. Return cleaned linens in bag: either drop off at front desk or to the sacristy where altar linens are stored in designated drawers.
*If you need help or a sub for your assigned month, please contact Kendall Solé 713-869-3783 or k.sole@sttheresa.cc