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is supplementary and provisional. Furthermore, when recourse is had out of necessity to the functions of
extraordinary ministers, special urgent prayers of intercession should be multiplied that the Lord may soon send a
Priest for the service of the community and raise up an abundance of vocations to sacred Orders.”

Paragraph 157: On Priests abusing the use of Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion.

Paragraph 158: Brief prolongation of the Mass is not a sufficient reason for the use of Extraordinary Ministers of
Holy Communion.

Sign of peace

Optional

GIRM

Our Father

Holding hands

Architecture
Altar “should be truly central so that the attention of the whole congregation naturally focuses there” Inter
Oecemunici 90
• Choir competes with the Mass
• Slide projectors redirect attention

Altar rails
The sanctuary…should suitably be marked off from the body of the church either by its being somewhat elevated
or by a particular structure and ornamentation
GIRM 295

that can be considered an extension of the altar and

The Communion rail, in addition to providing a fitting and efficient means for receiving Holy Communion, is the
descendent of the iconostasis screen in Eastern Catholic churches and the rood screen of Gothic and early
Western churches and evolved into this proper and useful ‘structure and ornamentation’.

architecture including distracting audio/visuals and choir locations.
“parishes will want to choose a seating arrangement that calls the congregation to active participation and that
avoids any semblance of a theater or an arena.”
• Built of Living Stones, USCCB,
2000, p. 22

Tabernacle should be easily seen.
Choir loft
Audio / Visual