Guided by the Holy Spirit, Our Lady of Loreto Catholic Parish is a Eucharistic community that seeks to live the Word of God, instill the legacy of faith, and proclaim the love of Christ through service to all.
Lectors Home Page
Ideas for this web page?
The following two web sites have very useful information regarding the Lector readings: please let me know what you think about them.
Randy White
I have found these websites below to be very informative and useful. Betsy Lillis
Save the Date: Saturday, January 29, 2011 at 10a.m. in the church. This formation will include some interesting hints and tips in improving each lector's proclaiming of God's Word presented by Marge Doyle. Bring the Handbook for Proclaimers of the Word 2011.
We want to develop our Lector Ministry to be the best we can be. So, we are always looking for ideas!
If you want to share your ideas of how to enhance our ministry, please email Betsy Lillis at
Please make sure your email subject line reads: "Ideas for Lector Ministry" so I will know it is not spam.
Preparation for Sunday's Readings
Practice, Practice, Practice
Each and every one of us should be prepared to proclaim Sunday's readings, even if we are not scheduled to read. Each of us could be called upon to read at any given Mass because of an emergency of the scheduled reader.
Besides, doesn't it make sense to use every opportunity to practice our ministry? Does a baseball player only practice hitting when he knows he is in that day's game lineup?
For those of you who would like to share comments on each particular Sunday Gospel - go to
This website is the brainchild of Kathy McGovern who was a teacher for the Denver Catholic Biblical School.
Here is a trick I have learned to loosen the tongue and lips while practicing reading...
Take a wooden pencil and place it length-wise between your teeth. While holding it in your mouth practice your reading. First of all it forces you to slow down and secondly it helps with pronunciation.
The Story and You website.
An Excercise to Try!
