Eucharistic Ministers are lay parishioners who are specially trained and mandated to distribute the sacred body and precious blood of our Lord, Jesus Christ. These ministers receive training both at the Diocesan level and the parish level concerning the spiritual aspects of the ministry as well as the logistics of how to distribute. Diocesan Bishops have the faculty to permit a suitable person individually chosen as an extraordinary minister for a specific occasion or for a time or, in the case of necessity, in some permanent way, either to give the Eucharist to himself or to other faithful and to take it to the sick who are confined to their homes. This faculty may be used whenever:

a. There is no priest, deacon, or acolyte available

b. The priest, deacon or acolyte are prevented from administering Holy Communion because of another pastoral ministry or because of ill health or advanced age

c. The number of faithful requesting Holy Communion is such that the celebration of Mass or the distribution of the Eucharist outside of Mass would be unduly prolonged. 

For additional information on this ministry or if you have an interest in becoming a Eucharistic Minister, please email [email protected] or contact the Parish office.