Basic Orientation Lay Ministry

1. Basic Orientation
Lay Liturgical Ministries

2. Lay Liturgical Ministry:
HISTORY AND THEOLOGY

3. LAY LITURGICAL MINISTRIES
What is lay liturgical
ministry?
Who are the lay ministers?

5. Lay liturgical ministries

6. LAY LITURGICAL MINISTRIES
• Lectors Choir
• Altar Servers Cantor
• Commentator Sacristan
• Usher MC
• Basket collector/gift minister
• Acolytes

7. MINISTRIES IN THE EARLY CHURCH:
APOSTLES/DISCIPLES
– those who were sent;
– Didache : talks of the Apostles
– they were sent for a mission – to establish communities
– they also imposed hands for authority in building a community
PROPHETS
– Imposed hands
– 1 Cor. 14
– Didache: the prophets pray as much as they can
• Lived in the celebration of the Eucharist
– The first harvest are given to the prophets
TEACHERS (didaskaloi)
– Their job was to preach and explain the Scriptures
– Later it will be taken by the bishops and priests

8. MINISTRIES IN THE EARLY CHURCH:
ELDERS (presbyterio):
– “I your fellow elder…” -Peter
– Priests – office in the church
– Episcopoi
VIRGINS
WIDOWS
HEALERS
DEACONS

9. THEOLOGY OF MINISTRIES IN THE EARLY CHURCH
What we know today as lay liturgical ministries existed already in
the early centuries, but they were clericalized in the course of
time, until fairly recently that it was restored as lay ministries.
CLERICALIZATION?
Means that the clergy alone or those aspiring for the priesthood
could receive the ministries of porter, exorcist, reader and
acolyte.
MINISTRIES = ORDERS

10. MINISTRIES IN THE EARLY CHURCH:
ELDERS (presbyterio):
– “I your fellow elder…” -Peter
– Priests – office in the church
– Episcopoi
VIRGINS
WIDOWS
HEALERS
DEACONS

11. JUSTIN THE MARTYR (2nd Century)
• Presider – leads the community prayer
• Lector – reads from the Memoirs of the
Apostles
• Deacons – gather the gifts offered by the
community
• Bring the communion to the sick
• Acolytes – assist the bishop
• Presbyters – concelebrate and assists the
bishop

12. APOSTOLIC TRADITION:
Hippolytus of Rome – 3rd Century
2 kinds of Ministerial position:
• Ordained Ministry (Keirotonia)
– Imposition of hands
– Accompanied with Consecratory prayer
– For bishops, priests and deacons
• Non-ordained Ministry (Katastasis)
– Through praying over
• lectors
• virgins
• acolytes
• healers
– given to the lay people to work with the church

13. CONSTANTINIAN ERA
Ordination was introduced,
an influence from the
Roman system of CLASS
or ORDO. To become a
member, one must be
incorporated or Ordinatio.
One is ordained into the
presbyterium.
Lay ministries were taken by
those ordained. And thus
there was the
development of the
Minor and Major Orders.

14. Clericalization means that the clergy alone or those
aspiring for the priesthood can practice the liturgical
ministries.

15. VIGILANCE MUST BE OBSERVED.
Clericalization of the Lay
vs.
Secularization of the Clergy

17. INTRODUCTION:
 THEOLOGY OF VATICAN II
 By virtue of Baptism
 Common Priesthood
 Note: EMHOC
Lay Ministry
 Brief History
 Ministries in the Early Church
 Apostolic Tradition

18. THEOLOGY
 Vatican II
MINISTERIA QUAEDAM

19. INTRODUCTION:
VATICAN II
fully conscious, and active participation
in liturgical celebrations
Such participation by the Christian
people as "a chosen race, a royal
priesthood, a holy nation, a redeemed
people (I Pet 2:9; cf. 2:4-5), is their
right and duty by reason of their
baptism.” SC #14

20. Theology of lay ministry in Vatican II

21. THEOLOGY
Baptism is the dogmatic reason for the
development of lay ministries and
– not because of the decrease of the
numbers of priests;
– and also not because of the promotion
of faith.
The principal reason is that, the
foundation of ministerial life is
Baptism.
• Lay person is one who is baptized
• Lay ministry blossoms from baptism
– Common/Universal priesthood

22. •liturgical ministry of lay people is a type
of participation in the office of the
ordained clergy: PRIESTLY OFFICE.
•“The Church earnestly desires that all the
faithful be led to that full, conscious, and
active participation in liturgical
celebrations called for by the very nature
of the liturgy. Such participation by the
Christian people as ‘a chosen race, a royal
priesthood, a holy nation, God’s own
people’ (1 P 2:9) is their right and duty by
reason of their baptism”. Sacrosanctum Concilium 14

23. • THEOLOGY OF VATICAN II
– By virtue of Baptism
– Common Priesthood
– Note: EMHOC

24. Active participation
is the foundation of the
Constitution on the Liturgy
• “To promote active
participation, the people should
be encouraged to take part by
means of acclamations,
response, psalmody, antiphons,
and songs, as well as by actions,
gestures, and bearing”.
• “And at the proper times all
should observe a reverent
silence”.

25. MINISTERIA QUAEDAM
Lay liturgical ministries:
Lector / Reader
Acolyte /
Extraordinary
ministers of
Holy
Communion