Is a Host Consecrated if not on the altar during consecration?

[Yerusalyim]

Main reason i ask is because it seems to me that if a host is in Church + the words of consecration are said, that should = consecration (in my way of looking at things).

Nope, there is no such thing as incidental or accidental consecration.

 

[kleary]

I had the great honor of being an "extraordinary minister of the Holy Eucharist years ago when Pope John Paul II came to the United States. This was before I became a deacon in 1991. There were about 500,000 to 700,000 + people at this mass. We (the Eucharistic ministers) were all given a ceramic ciborium (I acknowledge that now, them must be of a precious metal) and I was about 175 feet from the altar where the Pope was saying mass. We were instructed to then proceed to different stations where we distributed Holy Communion. So, no, the hosts do not have to be on the altar to be consecrated. All that is necessary is for the intention of the celebrant to consecrate, in this case the Pope. We were allowed to keep these ciborium as a memento of the mass. Mine is kept in a special place in my home.
Deacon Ed B

I have been informed that those ciboria contained the Blessed Sacrament already…they were consecrated previously…validly at a previous Mass somewhere else before that Mass in the stadium.
Ken

 

[kleary]

Well what about the second scenario I posted? No priests were holding the ciboria.

Consecrated at a previous Mass by another priest or bishop…not consecrated at the Stadium by the Pope.

Ken

 

[Joannm]

I highly doubt that. In the scenario I pointed out I know FOR A FACT that they hosts on the table were unconsecrated. They were all brought in procession at the presentation of the gifts.

 

[Deacon_Ed_B]

I have been informed that those ciboria contained the Blessed Sacrament already…they were consecrated previously…validly at a previous Mass somewhere else before that Mass in the stadium.
Ken

This is not what we were told. We were even told how to hold them during the consecration. . incidentally, “what is your source of information.” And where was the mass you were talking about?
Deacon Ed B