05-19-2016, 10:37 AM
(05-18-2016, 11:25 PM)Poche Wrote: It is the tradition of the Catholic Church to recruit young boys to serve at the altar. It is from them that we hope to inspire with a vocation to the priesthood..
Actually, if you had read the post, that's mostly a product of the Industrial revolution/war. The norm used to be to have adult men, instituted in minor orders, to serve. It's only once men stopped doing it that boys were recruited.