altar boy

Example Sentences

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“I was raised a Catholic, was an altar boy, and at 14 I seriously considered becoming a priest,” Wilson told The Times in 1986.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 31, 2026

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

The church where Pope Leo XIV attended mass as a child and served as an altar boy is now an empty shell.

From BBC • May 8, 2025

While he served as an altar boy at his hometown Holy Trinity Catholic Church, Rother seemed destined for farm life.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 14, 2023

Dad says when he was my age in Toome he served Mass for years and it’s time for me to be an altar boy.

From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt