Communion Service

A communion service has several similarities to the Mass:

• both are liturgical celebrations
• both include the day's readings from Scripture
• both include the distribution of the Eucharist

But a communion service is NOT the same as a Mass:

• communion services are held when a priest is not available to celebrate the Mass (The service can be conducted - not "celebrated" - by a deacon or properly-trained laity.)
• communion services generally do not include homilies (though a deacon, if present, is permitted to do so.)
• communion services do not fulfill a Catholic's obligation for Holy Days and Sundays; only participation in the Mass addresses this obligation.

Communion Services

at St. Bartholomew are

Monday-Friday  

6:15 AM