{"id":15753,"date":"2012-07-31T23:06:12","date_gmt":"2012-08-01T05:06:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/?p=15753"},"modified":"2012-08-01T05:07:58","modified_gmt":"2012-08-01T11:07:58","slug":"holy-communion-and-celiac-disease","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/2012\/07\/31\/holy-communion-and-celiac-disease\/","title":{"rendered":"Holy Communion and Celiac Disease"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Pray Tell<\/em> reader writes:<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve been approached recently by a new parishioner about providing low-gluten hosts.\u00a0 I\u2019m curious how other parishes manage distribution of low-gluten hosts when you only have one of two folks who need a low-gluten host.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

In the recent years, many more people have become aware of celiac sprue disease — the inability of people to ingest gluten, a key ingredient in wheat flour. Restaurants are adding, or noting, gluten-free items on their menus; schools are taking steps to accommodate students who can’t eat bread, or pasta, or the surprising number of foods of which wheat flour is an ingredient.<\/p>\n

For Roman Catholics with this condition, the act of taking holy Communion would risk serious health complications. Some people with celiac disease are able to receive from the Cup; for others, the trace amount of gluten present (from the piece of the Eucharistic host) makes this impossible. And, unlike other traditions, using a host made from rice is not an option.<\/p>\n

The U.S. conference of Catholic bishops has a document titled “A Short Introduction to Holy Communion and Celiac Sprue Disease<\/a>” which notes that the Benedictine Sisters of Perpetual Adoration in Clyde, Missouri have produced a very low-gluten host that is said to be safe for sufferers of Celiac Sprue disease.<\/p>\n

I know of a few parishes where the entire parish simply uses low-gluten hosts. There are other parishes where a parishioner who needs a low-gluten host is able to check in with a sacristan before Mass, who will add a gluten-free host to those to be consecrated; the parishioner then sits in a certain spot of the church so that they receive this special host.<\/p>\n

Some information and articles are online at www.catholicceliacs.org<\/a>.\u00a0 Are there other resources that Pray Tell<\/em> readers know about? What are the best ways to handle this situation pastorally?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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