If someone is going through the process of becoming Catholic, can they partake of the communion?

Answer 1

Hi heron, :)

A person may not receive the Eucharist until after they are officially brought into the Catholic church. For most converts, this is during the Easter Vigil. That would be the first time a convert would receive the Body and Blood of Christ.

Answer 2

Another word for communion is the Eucharist—that part of the Catholic Mass when the priest says a blessing over the bread and wine and the congregation is invited to receive Christ in Holy Communion. Pope Benedict XVI said that for Catholics, this ceremony is “the sum and summary of our faith.” Not long ago, the church observed the “Year of the Eucharist” as part of an effort to “reawaken and increase eucharistic faith.” People all over the world take communion regularly—whether several times a year, weekly, or even daily. Yet, it is called a mystery of faith, and many of those who practice it do not claim to understand it. It is viewed as sacred and is even supposed to be miraculous. The Catholic Church teaches that the bread and the wine are miraculously transformed into the literal body and blood of Christ—a doctrine called transubstantiation. This teaching arose gradually, with the word first being defined and used officially in the 13th century. In the days of the Protestant Reformation, certain aspects of the Catholic Eucharist were called into question. Luther rejected the doctrine of transubstantiation in favour of consubstantiation. The distinction is subtle. Luther taught that the bread and the wine coexist with, rather than transform into, the flesh and blood of Jesus. Jesus himself instituted “the Lord’s evening meal,” or Memorial of his death. (1 Corinthians 11:20, 24) However, would he have set up a mysterious rite in which his followers would actually eat his body and drink his blood? Jesus could not have meant that his followers were literally to eat his flesh and drink his blood. Why not? After the Flood of Noah’s day, when God gave man permission to eat the flesh of animals, he directly forbade man to consume blood. Since the Mass is a principal rite of the Catholic Church, one might expect the Scriptures to support it. They do not. The Catholic Encyclopedia (1913 edition) explained why: “The chief source of our doctrine . . . is tradition, which from the earliest times declares the impetratory [entreating] value of the Sacrifice of the Mass.” Yes, the Roman Catholic Mass is based on tradition, not the Bible.

Answer 3

Going through the process, no.

1) Get baptized Catholic.
2) Confess (Any priest will do so)
3) After confession and contrition, you may partake of the communion.

Essentially you have to get your "membership" before partaking of anything.

Answer 4

No, the Catholic church takes Communion very seriously. It is only for members of the faith, and you have some steps to take before you are an accepted member. You need to take some classes, ask at the church how to go about joining.

Answer 5

Communion is for anyone who believes in Christ not just the Catholics the disciples were not catholic and Jesus told them do this in remembrance of me

Answer 6

I`m not Catholic my self but I believe you can only take communion after you have been confirmed...

Answer 7

No you have to have your first communion I already had mine and you have to go to a class every Saturday and to church every Sunday for two years then they test you to see if you know the prayers.Then you can do the communion thingy .then you can forget the prayers I did!!!!!!!!!

Answer 8

If they haven't made their first holy communion then they can go up and receive a blessing rather than a host

Answer 9

No Not till you come to that part of the religions ritual. Your first holy communion.

Answer 10

Noone is holding a gun to your head. I do it at Catholic weddings and I am not Catholic.