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At my local Childhood Cathoic church only people want serve in the mass are Altar female servers
I think reason why the boys lazy
Having the girls there discourages the boys. The boys eventually think it is a ‘chick’ thing and won’t do it. But when they see other young men up there, they want to emulate them. It becomes a manly thing to do and they are attracted to it.
No, the boys aren’t lazy. They DON’T want to be up there with girls.
When I ask (fourth graders and up) children if they would like to be an altar server I do what the articles says. I invite only the boys.
Girls can be encouraged in other roles, perhaps as assisting a catechist for Sunday School/Religious Ed classes.
Maybe, I think the real reason has more to do with the perception of it being a "girl" thing now.
The boys do not want to serve with the girls. If you would take the girls out — the boys would come forth in droves.
Another thing is institute an acolyte class. When the boys reach a certain age they are an acolyte. Girls can’t go there.
At my local Childhood Cathoic church only people want serve in the mass are Altar female servers
I think reason why the boys lazy
I think that the reason why is that no normal young boy would actively join a group that is female dominated unless there was a very overriding reason. I have four sons, none of whom are lazy. All are very active in various activities that go far beyond just the minimum (Boy Scouts, TAG, school patrol, choir, football, basketball etc.). The only dominant female in the bunch is in the TAG programme, and they do TAG in spite of, not because of, the female leaders.