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The term "Eucharistic Minister", or more properly a Lay Eucharistic Minister (LEM), denotes a lay person who assists the priest in administering the elements of Holy Communion, the consecrated bread and wine. [1] They may also take the sacrament to those who are ill, or otherwise unable to attend the church service.
An instituted acolyte is an extraordinary minister of Holy Communion by virtue of his institution. [7] Such acolytes are, in practice, seminarians or former seminarians, or those in deacon formation, although canon law allows the ministry to be conferred on any lay people, men or women, who have the age and qualifications that the episcopal conference is to lay down.
The only minister of the Eucharist (someone who can consecrate the Eucharist) is a validly ordained priest [126] (bishop or presbyter). He acts in the person of Christ, representing Christ, who is the Head of the Church, and also acts before God in the name of the Church. [127] Several priests may concelebrate the same offering of the Eucharist ...
Pars statica (tribunals & ministers/parties) Tribunals. Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura; Tribunal of the Roman Rota; Apostolic Penitentiary; Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith; Ministers of Justice Judicial Vicar/Officialis; Auditor; Parties Defender of the Bond; Procurator; Pars dynamica (trial procedure) Dignitas connubii ...
Promoting liturgical pastoral activity, especially regarding the celebration of the Eucharist; Drawing up and revision of liturgical texts; Reviewing particular calendars and proper texts for the Mass and the Divine Office; Granting the recognitio to translations of liturgical books and their adaptations
While bishops, priests and deacons are ordinary ministers of holy communion, [1] only someone who has been validly ordained as a priest is a minister of the Eucharist. [2] If a priest is, for some reason, debarred [3] and yet celebrates the Eucharist, he does so illicitly (i.e. against canon law), but the Eucharist is still valid.
[10] The Guidelines for Admission to the Eucharist between the Chaldean Church and the Assyrian Church of the East issued by the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity in agreement with the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith and the Congregation for the Oriental Churches on 20 July 2001 say that "the words of the institution ...
The eucharistic celebration is enhanced when priests and liturgical leaders are committed to making known the current liturgical texts and norms, making available the great riches found in the General Instruction of the Roman Missal and the Order of Readings for Mass. Perhaps we take it for granted that our ecclesial communities already know ...