The Company of Servers (CoS) is a society within the Anglican Communion for lay people whose vocation includes serving at the altar. It was inaugurated on 24 January 2009 at Southwark Cathedral.http://www.scp.org.uk/uploads/media/Purpose_of_meeting.pdf
It is formed of many chapters based on diocesan boundaries, with the first chapters being inaugurated in the dioceses of Norwich, Exeter, and Ripon and Leeds.
Each chapter appoints a chaplain who is a member of the Society of Catholic Priests and members of the Company uphold a rule of life which includes: centre their spiritual life on the Eucharist, by sharing in the celebration this sacrament on Sundays and Principal Feasts and Principal Holy Days devote a period each day to private prayer make use, as appropriate and according to conscience, of a spiritual director and the sacrament of reconciliation befriend other members of the company and attend all meetings of their chapter and central festivals, unless prevented by good reason.http://www.scp.org.uk/uploads/media/CoS_Constitution_Sept2009_CG_Omega.pdf
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