{"id":7316,"date":"2023-10-15T07:00:07","date_gmt":"2023-10-15T11:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stjosephcoldspring.com\/church\/?page_id=7316"},"modified":"2025-02-11T10:43:43","modified_gmt":"2025-02-11T15:43:43","slug":"extraordinary-ministers-of-holy-communion","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/stjosephcoldspring.com\/church\/extraordinary-ministers-of-holy-communion\/","title":{"rendered":"Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover is-light has-tertiary-color has-text-color has-medium-font-size\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim-80 has-background-dim\" style=\"background-color:#9fdce0\"><\/span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1080\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-3554\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/stjosephcoldspring.com\/church\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/14.png\" style=\"object-position:55% 50%\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" data-object-position=\"55% 50%\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stjosephcoldspring.com\/church\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/14.png 1080w, https:\/\/stjosephcoldspring.com\/church\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/14-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/stjosephcoldspring.com\/church\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/14-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/stjosephcoldspring.com\/church\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/14-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/stjosephcoldspring.com\/church\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/14-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/stjosephcoldspring.com\/church\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/14-50x50.png 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-cover-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div id=\"section-g4d6f1c\" class=\"wp-block-gutentor-e1 section-g4d6f1c gutentor-element gutentor-element-advanced-text text-align-center-desktop\"><div class=\"gutentor-text-wrap\"><h3 class=\"gutentor-text\">Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion (EMHC) assist the priest in the distribution of the<br>Holy Eucharist during mass in accordance with the guidelines set forth by the Church. <br>They may also assist with the distribution of Holy Communion to the sick and homebound.<\/h3><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"background-color:#63ccd44d\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-black-color has-text-color\">To serve as an EMHC in the Diocese of Covington one must:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>fully initiated Catholics (Baptism, Confirmation, Eucharist)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>at least 16 years old (or soon to be 16)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>regular participants in the Sunday Mass<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>striving to form their lives by the Catholic faith<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>under no Canonical imposition (E.g, an invalid marriage)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>committed to serve at the Masses you schedule for yourself, or find your replacement<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"background-color:#63ccd44d\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-black-color has-text-color\">Formation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"section-g857763\" class=\"wp-block-gutentor-e1 section-g857763 gutentor-element gutentor-element-advanced-text\"><div class=\"gutentor-text-wrap\"><p class=\"gutentor-text\">Formation to serve as an Extraordinary Minister of Holy Communion (EMHC) takes place at both the Diocesan and parish levels. You can visit the Diocese of Covington\u2019s page for\u00a0Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion and Lector Training\u00a0for the most up to date information about upcoming Diocesan training sessions. Announcements about Parish training sessions will be in the bulletin and on parish social media.<br><br>We use Ministry Scheduler Pro to schedule EMHC at St. Joseph parish. You will be trained on how to use the program to sign up for masses you\u2019d like to serve or to request dates off due to vacations, etc. The handbook is linked below for future reference.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-width wp-block-button__width-100\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-black-color has-secondary-background-color has-text-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/covdio.org\/extraordinary-minister-of-holy-communion-and-lector-training\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion and Lector Training<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover is-light\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim-80 has-background-dim\" style=\"background-color:#9fdce0\"><\/span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-117\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/stjosephcoldspring.com\/church\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/10\/iStock-157503136-min-scaled.jpg\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stjosephcoldspring.com\/church\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/10\/iStock-157503136-min-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/stjosephcoldspring.com\/church\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/10\/iStock-157503136-min-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stjosephcoldspring.com\/church\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/10\/iStock-157503136-min-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/stjosephcoldspring.com\/church\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/10\/iStock-157503136-min-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/stjosephcoldspring.com\/church\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/10\/iStock-157503136-min-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/stjosephcoldspring.com\/church\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/10\/iStock-157503136-min-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-cover-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-black-color has-text-color has-medium-font-size\">For more information, please contact the Parish office at 859-441-1604.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To serve as an EMHC in the Diocese of Covington one must: Formation<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":11140,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-7316","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stjosephcoldspring.com\/church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7316","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stjosephcoldspring.com\/church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stjosephcoldspring.com\/church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stjosephcoldspring.com\/church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stjosephcoldspring.com\/church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7316"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/stjosephcoldspring.com\/church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7316\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11141,"href":"https:\/\/stjosephcoldspring.com\/church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7316\/revisions\/11141"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stjosephcoldspring.com\/church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11140"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stjosephcoldspring.com\/church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7316"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}