Exactly what does the altar server do? From what I can tell, the young boy or girl processes in and out with the priest, holds the book for the priest to read prayers, sometimes holds the waterbowl and towel for the washing of hands. If men feel inhibited from responding to the call to the priesthood because of the presence of an altar server who is a girl, he certainly does not have a strong vocation to begin with.
Our daughters had no interest in becoming altar servers, but they have helped take up the collection and handed out bulletins after Mass.Any objections to this?
That's because the Novus Ordo mass made altar boys largely redundant. Go to a Tridentine Mass and you'll see how busy altar boys can be.
In a properly celebrated Mass quite a bit.
From what I can tell, the young boy or girl processes in and out with the priest, holds the book for the priest to read prayers, sometimes holds the waterbowl and towel for the washing of hands.
It sounds like your parish has very stripped-down rubrics.
If men feel inhibited from responding to the call to the priesthood because of the presence of an altar server who is a girl, he certainly does not have a strong vocation to begin with.
Vocations do not usually happen spontaneously. They are composed of a thousand small inspirations and are often interfered with by the promptings of human nature.
Our daughters had no interest in becoming altar servers, but they have helped take up the collection and handed out bulletins after Mass.Any objections to this?
Neither of these helpful activities is liturgical.