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WATCH: Ever Wonder How the Wafers for Holy Communion Are Made? (Catholic Caucus)
Aletelial ^ | March 9, 2016 | Zoe Romanowsky

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


TOPICS: Catholic; Prayer; Worship
KEYWORDS: catholic; communionbread; thehost

CATHOLIC CAUCUS


1 posted on 05/07/2016 3:23:36 PM PDT by NYer
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To: Tax-chick; GregB; SumProVita; narses; bboop; SevenofNine; Ronaldus Magnus; tiki; Salvation; ...

Wonderful video, ping!


2 posted on 05/07/2016 3:24:08 PM PDT by NYer (Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy them. Mt 6:19)
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To: NYer

We used to bake them at home for the local church. Golden Blossom honey.


3 posted on 05/07/2016 3:37:48 PM PDT by Williams (Dear God please save us from the democrats. And the republicans.)
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To: NYer

Thank you for posting this, NYer! I always wondered about the pre-consecrated wafer ...


4 posted on 05/07/2016 3:40:07 PM PDT by Ken522
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To: NYer

Beautiful. Thank you, NYer.


5 posted on 05/07/2016 3:43:13 PM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: 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! :)


6 posted on 05/07/2016 3:44:59 PM PDT by HypatiaTaught
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To: NYer

I tell the Spanish classes that it’s like an automated tortilla press.


7 posted on 05/07/2016 3:47:28 PM PDT by Tax-chick ("We like us the way we are. That makes us real, true friends." ~ The Undead Thread)
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To: NYer

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.


8 posted on 05/07/2016 3:49:25 PM PDT by Vinnie
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9 posted on 05/07/2016 3:50:22 PM PDT by patriot08 (5th generation Texan ...(girl type) ANGRY? REFUSE TO VOTE? HELLO HILLARY!)
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What a sweet face!


10 posted on 05/07/2016 3:56:48 PM PDT by MHGinTN (Democrats bait then switch; their fishy voters buy it every time.)
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To: NYer

Very interesting. Thanks for posting.


11 posted on 05/07/2016 3:59:39 PM PDT by Spunky (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2B9uAobbQ4A)
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To: NYer

I have always assumed cloistered nuns. Am I right?


12 posted on 05/07/2016 4:12:55 PM PDT by Oratam
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To: HypatiaTaught
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! :)

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.

13 posted on 05/07/2016 4:38:36 PM PDT by NYer (Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy them. Mt 6:19)
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To: NYer

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!


14 posted on 05/07/2016 5:18:13 PM PDT by Moonmad27 (Trump/Cruz 2016!)
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To: NYer

Good video.


15 posted on 05/07/2016 6:37:16 PM PDT by Salvation ("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
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To: lightman

Ping.


16 posted on 05/07/2016 7:42:59 PM PDT by Carriage Hill ( A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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To: HypatiaTaught

When we played priest and nuns we used Necco wafers as the Communion wafers.


17 posted on 05/08/2016 3:59:09 AM PDT by miss marmelstein (Richard the Third: With my own people alone I should like to drive away the Turks (Muslims))
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To: Moonmad27

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.


18 posted on 05/08/2016 5:44:02 AM PDT by Crolis ("To have a right to do a thing is not at all the same as to be right in doing it." -GKC)
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To: NYer

Not really, but Vanilla Wafers are a mystery to me.....


19 posted on 05/08/2016 9:30:24 AM PDT by ALASKA (Disgusted.....)
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