Divine Worship

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 [...]

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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 [...]

Faculties granted to priests serving in the Archdiocese of Atlanta

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