Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion are members of the congregation who are commissioned to help with the distribution of communion at Mass. With additional training, some Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion extend this to the Hospital Ministry and visit the sick and homebound.
Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion are men and women who are:
Registered parishioners
Fully initiated members of the Church having received Baptism, Eucharist, and Confirmation
In full communion with the Catholic Church. If they are married, it must be a sacramental marriage in the Catholic Church
Regularly receiving the Sacraments in the Church; of genuine Eucharistic faith, living exemplary Catholic lives, with a love of the Eucharist and a heart for service
at least 18 years of age or a senior in high school
of sound psychological maturity and physically able to freely manuever around the altar as needed
Cannot be co-habiting couples, members of forbidden organizations (e.g., Free Masongry, etc.) or a notorious sinner
DRESS CODE FOR MASS: Simple, modest and appropriate Sunday dress - no jeans, shorts, sneakers, flip-flops, tank tops, spaghetti strap/strapless tops or shirts with inappropriate slogans.
If you feel called to serve God’s people by distributing our Lord’s Body and Blood at Mass...
Training for NEW ministers this Fall: To be announced in bulletin