CAN A FEMALE CONDUCT A COMMUNION SERVICE IN THE CATHOLIC CHURCH?
June 6, 2022
QUESTION? / COMMENT!
What is your opinion when a priest is not available to say mass and a lay female minister conducts a communion service. It just didn't look right, nor did it feel right to see a woman opening the tabernacle, praying at the altar, and distributing communion.
ANSWER! / COMMENT!
That is a Liturgical violation. This is not allowed in the General Instruction of the Roman Missal which governs the postures and prayers of the Liturgy. A Deacon is allowed in case of emergency to do a para-liturgy. I would report this to the Pastor and than to the Bishop and demand that they provide you with the Church teaching (book, paragraph and page number) that allows for a laywoman to do this.