USHERS & COLLECTORS MINISTRY

USHERS & COLLECTORS MINISTRY

"Everything should be done in a fitting and orderly way"
(1 Corinthians 14:40)

The Ushers & Collectors Ministry is actually a minister of hospitality who plays a key role in the living Body of Christ as the first contact believers have with the assembly when they arrive for Mass. How Ushers greet and welcome both newcomers and longtime parishioners makes a world of difference in how people prepare for the liturgy about to take place.

Formally established as a full time celebration ministry in the first quarter of 2006 under the spiritual guidance then of former parish priest, Rev. Fr. Rex Delos Angeles. The UCM today is actually a spin-off of the Parish Youth Ministry (PYM). Sometime in year 1997, the PYM started to create various youth groups with them as the lead coordinating ministry to handle specific areas of apostolic service of youth under its former head, Dingdong Baban (the current Chairman of UCM)

UCM started with the 9 a.m. Sunday Mass only since the Anticipated Mass during Saturdays was used to be assigned to Catholic Women’s League (CWL) while the 7 a.m. and 6 p.m. masses during Sundays were used to be assigned to members of Cursilistas, Legion of Mary (LOM) and Mother Butler Guild (MBG).

When the time came that the group was given the mandate then to serve as a formal and recognized member of the Celebration Ministry, the collectors from the other Masses were absorbed as full time members already except with that of from the Legion of Mary. The very first members of the UCM then were actually from the Lingkod Parokya volunteers of Sta. Catalina College and Canossa Academy. It is worth mentioning also that those students from Sta. Catalina College who underwent the Lingkod Parokya Program last 2006 school year decided to stay with UCM as regular collectors of the 9 a.m. Mass.