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can a Catholic who is married outside the church, awaiting an annulment be an EM?
 
rhgrimaldi said:
can a Catholic who is married outside the church, awaiting an annulment be an EM?
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Would it not be weird to not be receiving with the other EMHC’s but yet distributing the precious body/blood?
 
You are obviously divorced if you have petitioned for nullity. If you have gone to confession, and are not involved in another relationship, yes, you may apply to serve as an extraordinary minister of Holy Communion. It is up to your pastor to decide whether to approvve your application… He might want you to attend the parish for a while first, so that he knows you have a good character.
 
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can a Catholic who is married outside the church, awaiting an annulment be an EM?
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Although the requirmenets for EMHCs are set by the bishop of the diocese, and this specific item may not be addressed in a written form, in general a person in an invalid marriage would not be able to perform such a function. Catholics serving on the altar are to be in good standing, which a person in an invalid marriage is not.
 
rhgrimaldi said:
can a Catholic who is married outside the church, awaiting an annulment be an EM?
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no unless they have been to confession and are in the meantime living “as brother and sister” with the current spouse. Since the pastor has asked them to serve in this capacity, we assume this is the case, or better yet we assume absolutely nothing about their personal life and leave it to the priest.
 
puzzleannie said:
no unless they have been to confession and are in the meantime living “as brother and sister” with the current spouse. Since the pastor has asked them to serve in this capacity, we assume this is the case, or better yet we assume absolutely nothing about their personal life and leave it to the priest.
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I think that even then one should not serve as an EMC, because it may give scandal to those who do not know how they are living.

I recall reading someplace that even if they are living as brother and sister they may be restricted from receiving communion at churches where they are known; again to avoid giving scandal.
 
rhgrimaldi said:
can a Catholic who is married outside the church, awaiting an annulment be an EM?
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Your description of your situation could be read two ways.

If you are presently in an irregular marriage because you or your spouse is awaiting an annulment of a previous marriage, the pastor would probably ask you to wait until your marriage situation is taken care of before becoming an EM.

If you married outside of the church, are now divorced from that person and not remarried, that would not prevent you from serving in this ministry.
 
rhgrimaldi said:
Thank you, I am not the OF
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uh? The question about one being at the OF is not directed towards you it’s part of his sig, and a general question. For future reference only deacons, priest, and bishops are Eucharistic ministers, lay people (non ordained or non-religious) may be extraordinary eucharistic ministers when needed.
 
Joe_Kelley said:
I think that even then one should not serve as an EMC, because it may give scandal to those who do not know how they are living.

I recall reading someplace that even if they are living as brother and sister they may be restricted from receiving communion at churches where they are known; again to avoid giving scandal.
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yeah well that is up to their priest, so we really would have no knowledge of that, would we, and if we minded our own business there would be no scandal.
 
rhgrimaldi said:
can a Catholic who is married outside the church, awaiting an annulment be an EM?
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Please note that only the priest is a Eucharistic Minister. Lay people (assuming no impediments) can be Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion. Lay people are not Eucharistic ministers.
 
archangel04 said:
For future reference only deacons, priest, and bishops are Eucharistic ministers, lay people (non ordained or non-religious) may be extraordinary eucharistic ministers when needed.
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To further clarify, only Priests and Bishops are Eucharistic Ministers. To be a Minister of the Eucharist means that one can confect the Sacraments.

There is a distinct ministry called Ministers of Holy Communion, in which the Sacrament of the Eucharist is made manifest to the Community.

In that Deacons, Bishops and Priests are Ordinary Ministers of Holy Communion and lay people are Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion.

Minister of the Eucharist and Minister of Holy Communion are to seperate ministeries, lay people can be one (EMHC) but cannot be Eucharistic Ministers.

Redemptionis Sacramentum
154.] As has already been recalled, “the only minister who can confect the Sacrament of the Eucharist in persona Christi is a validly ordained Priest”.[254] Hence the name “minister of the Eucharist” belongs properly to the Priest alone. Moreover, also by reason of their sacred Ordination, the ordinary ministers of Holy Communion are the Bishop, the Priest and the Deacon,[255] to whom it belongs therefore to administer Holy Communion to the lay members of Christ’s faithful during the celebration of Mass. In this way their ministerial office in the Church is fully and accurately brought to light, and the sign value of the Sacrament is made complete.
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puzzleannie said:
yeah well that is up to their priest, so we really would have no knowledge of that, would we, and if we minded our own business there would be no scandal.
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The fact of their divorce and remarriage is public knowledge; as is the fact that this would disqualify them from receiving the sacraments in most cases.

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Joe_Kelley said:
The fact of their divorce and remarriage is public knowledge; as is the fact that this would disqualify them from receiving the sacraments in most cases.

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Did I miss something (maybe from another thread)? The OP never said this.
 
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