>>Good. Accept that it is not a "problem" as such. Ideally, the schola is all male as well, as music is a "ministry" in the Church and only MEN can serve as "minister" according to Catholic discipline and doctrine. However, even some Traddie parishes allow women to sing when there are not enough men to volunteer.<<
Not having Altar Girls is a problem for some people. For me, the mother of girls, I see nothing wrong with it.
I believe that boys have been so marginalized in our society that giving them a special place is not only right but needed. Altar Boys become Priests, not Altar Girls.
The discussion comes where there are not enough boys to serve. This was never a problem in my home parish in Cleveland (although I have heard it is different now) nor my parish now.
Our pastor leans down to the little boys and says, "How old are you?"
If the boy says, "Three." Father tells him that next year he can be an Altar Boy!
The older boys help the younger ones. It is a beautiful sight to see!
Even at the 6am Holy Mass on weekdays, we have Altar Boys.
As for any other parish being like this, I'm looking HARD! We would like to move back to Cleveland, but leaving this parish would be very tough. One of the FReepers told me there is a parish with Latin and Greek in Northern Ohio. If we move back we will go there.
Next month, my daughter's First Communion party is back home. We will go to Holy Mass at that parish and see what it is like.
"Not having Altar Girls is a problem for some people. For me, the mother of girls, I see nothing wrong with it."
As a father of three boys and two girls, I see plenty wrong with it. In fact, the text that follows your quote from above answers correctly what you pose. My family (and many others I know, all with many girls in their families) refuses to attend Masses where altar girls flit around the sanctuary, ESPECIALLY when they reach puberty and beyond. It is a distraction, and one that is being made especially to adolescent males.
Anyway, this is the official document on "allowing" female altar servers.
http://www.ewtn.com/library/CURIA/CDWCOMM.HTM
1) Canon 230 #2 has a permissive and not a preceptive character: "Laici . . . possunt." Hence the permission given in this regard by some Bishops can in no way be considered as binding on other Bishops. In fact, it is the competence of each Bishop, in his diocese, after hearing the opinion of the Episcopal Conference, to make a prudential judgment on what to do, with a view to the ordered development of liturgical life in his own diocese.
2) The Holy See respects the decision adopted by certain Bishops for specific local reasons on the basis of the provisions of Canon 230 2. AT THE SAME TIME, HOWEVER, THE HOLY SEE WISHES TO RECALL THAT IT WILL ALWAYS BE VERY APPROPRIATE TO FOLLOW THE NOBLE TRADITION OF HAVING BOYS SERVE AT THE ALTAR. AS IS WELL KNOWN, THIS HAS LED TO A REASSURING DEVELOPMENT OF PRIESTLY VOCATIONS. Thus the obligation to support such groups of altar boys will always continue.