Am I excommunicated?

[JCaudle]

I have a very serious question about excommunication. I was listening to a talk given by Francis Cardinal Arinze and I heard him say that if a person pours the Precious Blood of Christ into a sink (I think the same applies to pouring it into a Sacrarium) it is questionable whether or not they are still Catholic. The reason I am asking about this is that when I was first trained as an extraordinary minister of Holy Eucharist, I was taught that if there was too much of the Precious Blood left after Communion, I was to pour it into the Sacrarium, as that led directly into the earth and not into the sewer, thereby keeping the Precious Blood from being desecrated. Now, as I was taught this, I poured the Precious Blood into the Sacrarium several times, until about a year ago, when I was informed that we are to consume anything left over. I have recieved Communion many times since I last poured the Precious Blood into the Sacrarium, and I have also been to Confession many times since then. None of the times I went to confession did I confess pouring the Precious Blood out because I did not recognize that it was sinful. If I was excommunicated for my actions then I never actually recieved absolution any of the times that I went to confession, and I should not have recieved Communion any times since I committed this grave offense.
My question is, Am I still a member of the Catholic Church, or do I need to contact a local bishop to contact the Apostolic See to become accepted into the Church again? Also, is it possible to be excommunicated, and not know about it?

 

[Fr.Vincent_Serpa]

Dear C,

You did not sin because you were ignorant of the gravity of you action. But the pastor should be informed that such erroneous information has been given to the extraordinary ministers of the Eucharist. If he doesn’t respond, the bishop needs to be notified. This is a very serious matter!

Fr. Vincent Serpa, O.P.