Sessions required for all ministers of Communion

On 1 June 2009 Bishop Lennon issued Instruction: Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion Assisting at Mass and Communion to the Sick in the Diocese of Cleveland and wrote to pastors, administrators and parish life coordinators indicating that all current extraordinary ministers of holy communion are required to attend diocesan formation sessions before 1 January 2010 in order to continue in this ministry going into 2010.

Formation sessions were offered in June.Additional sessions will be offered in September and October. Notification of the dates for the September sessions will be sent in early August.

The formation sessions are for both those individuals currently exercising this ministry, as well as persons new to this ministry.With the promulgation of the Instruction the regularly scheduled formation sessions for Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion will continue to be offered biannually in April and October.