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The Servers' Guild was founded on December 3rd 1898 at a meeting of priests and laymen in Church House,
Westminster. Fr. Denny, Vicar of St. Peter's, Vauxhall was elected the first Warden and Fr. Deedes, Vicar
of St. John the Divine, Kennington, Was elected the first Chaplain-General. The Guild Office was compiled the-
next year and in 1903, Fr. Frere, CR (later Bishop of Truro) was responsible for the plainchant setting, which
present members know.
Membership of the Guild is open to any communicant altar server who 'unreservedly accepts Traditional
Catholic Faith and practice,' The Guild grew rapidly in numbers from the turn of the century, the country is
divided into Areas and then Chapters. Each Chapter meets usually monthly to sing the Office or for Mass. There
are social events also. Throughout the year there are a number of Area Festivals, as well as the National
Festivals on Easter Saturday (with the AG.M. - always in London) and an Autumn Festival in a Cathedral or large
parish church in the provinces.
The Guild still has a part to play a century after being founded. The Objects of the Guild are still important and meaningful, for
they are basically a call to holiness, "without which no man shall see God."
Westminster. Fr. Denny, Vicar of St. Peter's, Vauxhall was elected the first Warden and Fr. Deedes, Vicar
of St. John the Divine, Kennington, Was elected the first Chaplain-General. The Guild Office was compiled the-
next year and in 1903, Fr. Frere, CR (later Bishop of Truro) was responsible for the plainchant setting, which
present members know.
Membership of the Guild is open to any communicant altar server who 'unreservedly accepts Traditional
Catholic Faith and practice,' The Guild grew rapidly in numbers from the turn of the century, the country is
divided into Areas and then Chapters. Each Chapter meets usually monthly to sing the Office or for Mass. There
are social events also. Throughout the year there are a number of Area Festivals, as well as the National
Festivals on Easter Saturday (with the AG.M. - always in London) and an Autumn Festival in a Cathedral or large
parish church in the provinces.
The Guild still has a part to play a century after being founded. The Objects of the Guild are still important and meaningful, for
they are basically a call to holiness, "without which no man shall see God."
