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by Pete Vere, JCL Other Articles by Pete Vere, JCL When Lay Ministers Take Holy Communion to the Sick 12/02/2005 The Second Vatican Council, in its Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy, speaks of the Holy Eucharist as the source and the summit of our spiritual life. This means the Holy Eucharist is the source from which all other blessings flow, as well as the summit to which all of our spiritual works are directed. In This Article...Canon Law and the Lay Minister of Holy CommunionPastoral Principles for Lay MinistersOrdinary Visits to the Sick, the Elderly, and the Infirm Canon Law and...

The sexual abuse scandal definitely has undermined the credibility of the leadership of this diocese and most others in the nation. Apologizing time and again does not alleviate the responsibility and negligence involved. The tremendous increase of abuses began after Vatican II with the loose interpretation and drastic changes in the 2,000-year-old Mass, and with the loss of faith and morality that resulted in the proliferation of homosexuality, gay/lesbian and bisexual activities portrayed as normal and acceptable. To hasten the return to morality, these abnormal and sickly disorders must be rooted out of all diocesan offices. Secondly, we need to...

Now Formalized . . .Lay Preaching To Spread In Rochester DioceseBy PAUL LIKOUDIS   ROCHESTER, N.Y. — The abusive practice of laymen — usually nuns or ex-nuns — preaching during Mass, a nearly quarter-century-long practice in several Catholic parishes in the Diocese of Rochester, N.Y., received the imprimatur of Bishop Matthew Clark on April 24, when he issued new norms for lay preaching to take effect immediately.   "I would want for us to enjoy as fully as we possibly can . . . the beauty of lay preaching in this diocese," he said at a May 4 meeting that brought together about 150 priests,...