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To: Pastors, parochial vicars, liturgy coordinators, altar server coordinators
From: Father Rey Pineda, director, Office of Vocations
The Office of Vocations is excited to offer a new effort to encourage vocational discernment among our youth by hosting the first ever “PROSIT” day for altar servers. The title comes from the beginning of the Latin phrase traditionally recited after the clergy and altar servers exit at the end of each Mass. The call and response is a prayer in which the priest says, “prosit,” which is Latin for “may it profit us.” The servers then respond, “pro omnibus et singulis,” which translates to “for all and for one.” The prayer asks God to allow the grace of the sacrament and the work done to profit the salvation of souls.
We have scheduled the event to conclude National Vocations Awareness Week. We invite each parish to send two to five middle or high school altar servers to join us for the inaugural PROSIT celebration Saturday, November 8, at St. Jude Catholic Church. These servers should be selected by the pastor or his delegate to represent the larger community of altar servers. Parishes should plan to provide chaperones for the altar servers.
The day will begin at 9 a.m. and will include a Mass, talks by seminarians and religious sisters, and a basketball game between priests and seminarians. We should conclude at approximately 1:30 p.m. Lunch will be provided.
Please see the attached flyer and register your altar servers here: calledbychrist.com/prosit-registration-2025/. For more information, contact the Office of Vocations at 404-920-7460 or vocationsatl@archatl.com.
