Active Parish Life & Volunteering

Community Groups, Choirs & Liturgical Ministries

Our three valley parishes thrive thanks to volunteers of all ages. New choir members, altar servers, lectors, and helpers are always warmly welcome.

Valley-wide

Altar Servers (Ministranten Ursern)

Service at the altar and vibrant youth community in the Ursern valley

Following First Holy Communion, girls and boys from Andermatt, Hospental, and Realp are warmly invited to join the altar servers. Alongside liturgical service on Sundays and feast days, the group enjoys excursions, summer barbecues, and community events.

Activities & Highlights:

• Assisting at Sunday, festival, and family services across all three parishes
• Annual autumn enrolment ceremony and recognition of long-serving altar servers
• Annual excursion, games afternoons, and St. Nicholas celebration

🤝 Contact & Get Involved

Karin Christen-Bissig & Sakristanenteam

📞 041 887 09 12 / 041 887 11 81

✉️ sekretariat@seelsorgeursern.ch

📷 Recent Group Reports:

→ Welcoming a New Altar Server into Our Valley Parishes 2026-11-29

Valley-wide

Children’s Liturgy Team (KiGo)

Celebrating faith with children through stories, songs, and crafts

Throughout the liturgical year, the KiGo team prepares special celebrations for preschool and early primary children and their families—including Harvest Festival, St. Martin’s Lantern Walk, Christmas Eve Nativity, and Palm Sunday.

Activities & Highlights:

• 5 to 6 themed children’s liturgies per year
• Christmas Eve Nativity service for families with young children
• Traditional Palm Sunday branch-tying workshop

🤝 Contact & Get Involved

Martina Regli, Mirjam Russi & Petra Zillig (Kontakt via Sekretariat)

📞 041 887 11 81

✉️ sekretariat@seelsorgeursern.ch

Valley-wide

Lectors & Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion

Proclaiming Scripture and assisting in the celebration of the Eucharist

Across Andermatt, Hospental, and Realp, volunteer women and men proclaim the biblical readings and intercessions, assist with Holy Communion, and help sustain lively parish liturgy.

Activities & Highlights:

• Scripture readings and intercessions at weekend and feast day Masses
• Assisting with Holy Communion at Mass and bringing Communion to the homebound
• Annual scheduling meeting and community appreciation dinner

🤝 Contact & Get Involved

Pfarreisekretariat Seelsorge Ursern

📞 041 887 11 81

✉️ sekretariat@seelsorgeursern.ch

Valley-wide

St. Cecilia Choir Andermatt & Realp Church Choir

Sacred choral music for feast days and parish celebrations

Sacred music holds a proud tradition in the Ursern valley. The St. Cecilia Choir in Andermatt and the Realp Church Choir enrich major feast days (Christmas, Easter, patronal feasts, All Saints) with choral music and organ accompaniment.

Activities & Highlights:

• Choral accompaniment for major liturgical feasts and patronal celebrations
• Weekly rehearsals and project-based singing opportunities for guests and locals
• Stewardship of the historic pipe organs across the valley churches

🤝 Contact & Get Involved

Kontakt über das Pfarreisekretariat

📞 041 887 11 81

✉️ sekretariat@seelsorgeursern.ch

📷 Recent Group Reports:

Valley-wide

Senior Gatherings & Women’s Community

Fellowship, solidarity, and intergenerational village life

Together with local women’s associations and volunteers, the pastoral area hosts regular senior afternoons, Lenten soup lunches, Anointing of the Sick services followed by refreshments, and Advent gatherings.

Activities & Highlights:

• Ecumenical Lenten Soup Day and charity drives
• Anointing of the Sick liturgy followed by community afternoon tea
• Advent gatherings, Rorate breakfasts, and pastoral visits

🤝 Contact & Get Involved

Pfarreisekretariat Seelsorge Ursern

📞 041 887 11 81

✉️ sekretariat@seelsorgeursern.ch