altar boy

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Scorsese grew up in New York’s Little Italy as a Catholic altar boy and aspiring priest who was also fascinated by the mafiosos that loomed large in his community.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 28, 2025

Born in Chicago in 1955 to parents of Spanish and Franco-Italian descent, Leo served as an altar boy and was ordained in 1982.

From BBC • Jul. 29, 2025

From his childhood serving as an altar boy, he misses “the sense of community that formed on Sunday mornings.”

From Seattle Times • Oct. 4, 2023

I know the Latin Mass. I memorized the Latin Mass as an altar boy.

From Washington Post • Feb. 13, 2023

He read books, slowly, mouthing words, holding them reverently like an altar boy the missal for the officiating priest.

From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez