Altar Society

Contacts:

To help with linens please call Alicia Rodriguez: 703-273-5369
To help with flowers, please email Dorothea Ku-DiPietro: dkudipietro@viocvirginia.com.

The members of the Altar Society commit themselves to the service of God through the care of the altar linens used at Mass and the arrangement of flowers for the altar.

This year the 11 members who care for the linens and the three who are responsible for the flowers:

    • Changed, cleaned and pressed the altar cloth weekly;
    • Cleaned and pressed corporals, purifiers, and finger towels weekly;
    • Maintained the good condition (mending, embroidery) of altar linens;
    • Planned, purchased (or provided from their own gardens) and arranged flowers daily and for each weekend Mass;
    • Polished all the vessels used at Mass;
    • Planted and cared for the flowers surrounding the statue of Mary by the School.