Below are detailed explanations of the some of the more complex actions that servers are required to perform.

• Gesture, posture and movement - how to correctly walk, sit, stand and kneel

• Reverences - when and how to make appropriate reverences

• Lighting and extinguishing candles - how to correctly manage the altar candles and pavement lights

• Purification of sacred vessels - how an acolyte may purify vessels after mass.

• Dress and vesture - appropriate attire when serving