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Eucharistic Minister

Thank you for your commitment to this ministry.  On the day you are serving at a 6 p.m. mass, please arrive at 5:40 p.m. to check in at the table in the gathering place.  If you are serving for a 10:30 a.m. mass, please arrive at 10:10 a.m. to check in also at the table in the gathering place.  If you are unable to be a Eucharistic minister on the day(s) that you are scheduled, it is your responsibility to find your own substitute.  Once you have found a substitute, please call David Fremo or another member of the liturgy staff and let us know who your substitute is, at ext. 5062 or ext. 5603.  If you are serving at the 10:30 a.m. mass, please call Sr. Elaine Schroeder (ext. 7030) with substitutes.

Before the Eucharist

  • Sign-in in the gathering place by 5:40 pm
  • Select an EM position around the altar

At Communion Time

  • During the Sign of Peace, go to the vessels table and take either the plate or cup (whichever you have been assigned) and carry it to the Santuary--try to walk up two by two in an orderly and dignified fashion
  • Cup ministers stand in a circle around the altar their selected position and wait to have their cups filled
  • The Special Cup minister assigned to stand by the presider should carry a plate up, set it on the altar, and take the special cup and stand in the circle with the other cup bearers.
  • Plate ministers should place their plates on the side of the altar and wait for presider to fill them with the consecrated bread.  When their plate is filled, they should pick it up and join the circle in their designated place around the altar
  • When the presider says "Behold the Lamb of God..." turn to face the assembly, holding your cup or plate in the air.  After the prayer is done, walk down the steps to your designated place
  • Your plate holder will meet you and hold the plate on the left side of you while you distribute communion.
  • Look at the communicant as you are making the proclamation "The Body of Christ"/"The Blood of Christ"
  • After everyone in the assembly has received communion, return your vessel to the table and partake in communion by the north side pillar

After the Eucharist

  • Bring the vessels from the side table to the sacristy to be washed.
  • Consume, in silence, any Consecrated wine or bread that is left over
  • Help with the washing and drying of the sacred vessels
  • Cups and plates should be rinsed first and the water poured down the left (east) drain this is called the sacrarium or holy space.  Then they may be washed normally.
  • The water used to wash/rinse the vessels is poured down the right (west) drain
  • Hang towels in sacristy closet