Over 30 years ago Serra held its first Bishop’s Altar Server Award ceremony.  Today Serra Canada, through its Serra Clubs, sponsors the Bishop’s Altar Server Awards in numerous dioceses across Canada with over a thousand altar servers receiving awards annually.

The Bishop’s Altar Server Award Program is an opportunity for parishes to recognize and honour those devoted altar servers who display a sense of responsibility, leadership and dedication in their duties and who appreciate and understand their responsibilities at the altar.

The annual Bishop’s Altar Server Awards starts with Mass celebrated by the Bishop followed by the awarding of medals to the altar servers and a reception.  The ceremony is well attended not only by parents of the altar servers but also by grandparents, aunts, uncles and even godparents of the altar servers.


November 9, 2019 – Serra Club of Toronto West
Toronto Archdiocese, All Saints’, Etobicoke – Bishop John Boissonneau

November 7, 2019 – Serra Club of Kitchener Waterloo
Hamilton Diocese, Sacred Heart Church, Walkerton – Bishop Matthew Ustrzycki

October 26, 2019 – Serra Club of Toronto Downtown
Toronto Archdiocese, St. Paul’s Basilica, Toronto – Bishop Robert Kasun

October 24, 2019 – Serra Club of St Catharines
St. Catharines Diocese, St. Alfred Parish, St. Catharines, – Bishop Gerard Bergie

October 19, 2019 – Serra Club of Toronto Central
Toronto Archdiocese, St. Clare of Assisi Parish, Woodbridge – Bishop Wayne Kirkpatrick

October 19, 2019 – Serra Club Markham Scarborough
Archdiocese of Toronto, St. Joseph Parish, Highland Creek – Bishop Vincent Nguyen

October 19, 2019 – Serra Club of North Peel
Toronto Archdiocese, Our Lady of the Airways, Mississauga – Bishop John Boissonneau

June 16, 2019 – Serra Club of Montreal
Archdiocese of Montreal, Mary Queen of the World Cathedral – Chancellor Father Francois Sarrazin

April 24, 2019 – Serra Club of Kitchener-Waterloo
Hamilton Diocese, St. Michael’s Church, Waterloo – Bishop Matthew Ustrzycki