by Joseph Stoutzenberger One of the most spiritually moving experiences of my life happened when I first served as a Eucharistic minister, distributing Communion at Mass. Before the changes brought on by Vatican Council II, only priests gave out Communion. In the1970s, laypeople were invited to serve as “extraordinary ministers of the Eucharist.” The firstContinue reading “Body of Christ, Then and Now “
Joseph Stoutzenberger, Ph.D., is a Professor Emeritus of Religious Studies at Holy Family University in Philadelphia.
Joseph Stoutzenberger 