What We’re Reading: The Food Section

Posted on August 3rd, 2009 by Wendy Harman

The Food Section

Adapting Communion in the Face of Swine Flu
Fear over swine flu is changing the way some Catholic parishioners take communion.

COMMUNION wine from chalices is no longer being shared among parishioners as churches battle the swine flu pandemic.

Instead, the vicar, after using an alcohol handwash, will dunk a Communion wafer into the wine then hand it to the parishioner to avoid spreading disease.

What are some other traditions that might need to be altered in a pandemic? 

Filed under: Disaster Response, Preparedness

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