Ministry Training

The extraordinary minister of Holy Communion performs a great service to the Church, by distributing Holy Communion to God’s people on those occasions where there are an insufficient number of [...]

Persons authorized to distribute Holy Communion in special circumstances should be commissioned by the local Ordinary or his delegate according to the following rite. The rite should take place [...]

Also consider the new videos produced by the Archdiocese of Portland.  They are available in English, Spanish, and Vietnamese.  One is even closed captioned.  Msgr. O’Connor notes that they can [...]

The Diocese of Baton Rouge has a series of videos which were created for training Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion. The EMHC training videos have been developed by Fr. Tom Ranzino.

Coordinating ministers to the homebound brings with it a number of special challenges and opportunities.  This workshop prepares trainers to instruct their extraordinary ministers and others to [...]

The purpose of this two- to two and a half-hour, single-session training program is to help experienced lectors who may have received little or no prior training to improve their abilities with [...]

The Proclaimer’s purpose … to enchant the reader or the listener into the world of the story in the hope that when they emerge from the world of the story, they do so with an enhanced view [...]

This is a guide that puts forth some ideas that parishes in the Archdiocese may choose to use in order to better their programs for Altar Server Formation. It is only a suggestion, and it is [...]