Posted on 05/07/2016 3:23:36 PM PDT by NYer
The Passionist Nuns were founded in the 1700s in Italy by St. Paul of the Cross. In 1910, five of the sisters arrived in the U.S. and went to Pittsburg, PA, eventually spreading out to Erlanger, KY, in 1947. In this video, Sr. Mary Angela, a Passionist sister who lives with eight other women in the Erlanger community, introduces us to their ministry of making wafers for communion at Mass. She particularly addresses children who are making their first Holy Communion. Since May and June are two months when most children make their first communion, Sr. Mary Angela’s tour is a great tool for parents and catechists to provide children a better understanding of the Eucharist they will be receiving, as well as to give them a window into the life of a Passionist sister.
The Making of Communion Bread for Holy Communion
Wonderful video, ping!
We used to bake them at home for the local church. Golden Blossom honey.
Thank you for posting this, NYer! I always wondered about the pre-consecrated wafer ...
Beautiful. Thank you, NYer.
I remember as a little girl, I tried to make my own communion wafer. I took an empty prescription bottle and a slice of wonder bread... I turned the plastic bottle upside down and made about four wafers. They were delicious! :)
I tell the Spanish classes that it’s like an automated tortilla press.
The wafer the Polish pass around at Easter has to be made out of styrofoam. Feels and texture exactly like that.
Although it eventually melts on your tongue.
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What a sweet face!
Very interesting. Thanks for posting.
I have always assumed cloistered nuns. Am I right?
Wonderful! My daughter used to do the same thing. She would pack up her home made host and bring it to mass each week. Thank you for sharing your memory which triggered the one of my daughter. That is a beautiful gift for Mother's Day.
My first communion, I hadn’t tasted one of them before and thought it was like a piece of paper/cardboard. While I don’t recall spitting it out, it was a bad moment and I clearly recall sitting in the pew really not liking it.
No longer a Catholic, but even in my denomination I’m hesitant due to that memory!
Good video.
Ping.
When we played priest and nuns we used Necco wafers as the Communion wafers.
Before I made my first communion, during instruction, we all got to try an unconsecrated wafer so that we could learn what to expect.
I’ve always wondered how they are made.
Not really, but Vanilla Wafers are a mystery to me.....
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