After the eucharist, they took these little metal containers and some people carried them out. they called it sending out the ministries or something like that.
2006-10-08 03:42:17 · 2 answers · asked by Heron By The Sea 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
The Eucharist is treated with a very high respect by Catholics and there are various ways it can be carried/distributed: in a pyx, luna or an actual ciborium. All three are basically the appropriate containers for the Catholic sacrament.
"Sending out the ministries": these containers are being taken from the Church to the people (many of whom could not otherwise come into contact with them easily, such as the sick or elderly).
2006-10-08 03:49:08 · answer #1 · answered by tyrian&eustas(the puffin) 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
The "Ordinary Eucharistic Minister" is a bishop, priest, or deacon.
Lay people who distribute the Eucharist are called "Extraordinary Eucharistic Ministers."
A person who takes Eucharist to the sick or home-bound is called an "Extraordinary Eucharistic Minister to the Sick" or an "Extraordinary Eucharistic Minister of Care"
With love in Christ.
2006-10-08 16:04:46 · answer #2 · answered by imacatholic2 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Shut-ins...sick, elderly, etc.
2006-10-08 03:43:56 · answer #3 · answered by just browsin 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋