Where has this been reported?
I could not sleep last night so I perused everything back to May 7th here on FR. everything I read said they intended to use a consecrated host. There were two comments that said they were not planning on using one. One comment was from you yesterday and one from another Freeper on the 9th. Even the article you posted said they intended to use one.
Do you have a link to a reliable source? I am not saying you are wrong, but I want to see it for myself.
Over the past few days, there have been any number of reports updating the original news.
I initially came across this when my son took a picture of one of the posters put up on Harvard's campus proclaiming this bit of nonsense, and he put it up on his Facebook page. Googling led to some comments by a deacon who blogs, which led to this site:
http://www.womenofgrace.com/blog/?p=29977
The original blog item at this site said that someone from the organization said that the group would be using a consecrated host. From there, the “news” spread far and wide.
A few hours later, the blog was updated with what you will see when you now go to the blog. It has been reported elsewhere, but I'm not going to bother to try to hunt down pages that may or may not have been altered within the last 72 hours.
As an example, Harvard has had three different responses. The first basically said, we (Harvard) aren't involved in this. This is an independent student group doing its own thing. The second was a bit stronger, and if I recall correctly, was clear that no consecrated host would be used. However, both previous versions are no longer readily available. The “operative” statement, the second update, is at this link. At least until the third update is released, LOL:
I will quote a small part:
“To that end, the Harvard Extension School has worked with the club’s student leaders to address specific concerns that have been expressed. For instance, we have ensured that no consecrated host will be used as part of the reenactment.”
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