On Sundays and other more important occasions, two or more servers should be employed to carry out the various functions normally entrusted to these ministers. Servers should normally be vested. This is within the tradition of the Church and prevents difficulties regarding appropriate dress for these ministers. All servers should wear the same liturgical vesture. 2 Servers carry the cross, the processional candles, hold the book for the priest celebrant when he is not at the altar, carry the incense and censer, present the bread, wine, and water to the priest during the preparation of the gifts or assist him when he receives the gifts from the people, wash the hands of the priest, assist the priest celebrant and deacon as necessary.
Servers respond to the prayers and dialogues of the priest along with the congregation.
They also join in singing the hymns and other chants of the liturgy. Servers should be seated in a place from which they can easily assist the priest celebrant and deacon. The place next to the priest is normally reserved for the deacon. Servers may not distribute holy communion unless they have been mandated for this function by the bishop. Footnotes 1 Number 70, para.