[Sundaycommunity] Fwd: Communion at Zoom masses

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Thanks Bill



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From: William Watson via Sundaycommunity <sundaycommunity at lists.integralshift.ca>
Date: 2025-11-24 1:09 p.m. (GMT-05:00)
To: Sunday Community <sundaycommunity at integralshift.ca>
Cc: William Watson <bill.watson at utoronto.ca>
Subject: [Sundaycommunity] Fwd: Communion at Zoom masses

Responses from Paul and Ron...
-As expected, looks like we will stay with our current practice-we don’t want to put our priests in a difficult position.

Also, note Paul’s comments about inclusions for Liturgy of the Word.
Bill

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From: Ron MacDonell <ron.macdonell.sfm at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: Communion at Zoom masses
Date: November 24, 2025 at 11:07:15 AM EST
To: Paul <ckedobw at gmail.com>
Cc: William Watson <bill.watson at utoronto.ca>, "Lohale, Fr. Prakash" <plohale at archtoronto.org>

Thanks, Paul, for outlining the theological reasoning and the practical implications concerning the question.

One thought that comes to mind is Pope Francis' call to become "digital missionaries" in our increasingly digital world. How this would be worked out is a new frontier for Church...how to listen to the Spirit....how to grapple with electronic communication in the religious world and how to appoach the question of AI and its role in humanity. Many questions for us and for future generations!

Thanks,
Ron






On Mon, Nov 24, 2025, 21:04 Paul M <ckedobw at gmail.com<mailto:ckedobw at gmail.com>> wrote:
Sure, you can pass the note onto the community
Paul

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On Mon, Nov 24, 2025 at 10:24 AM William Watson <bill.watson at utoronto.ca<mailto:bill.watson at utoronto.ca>> wrote:
Thanks for the clarification, Paul. We thought the same but I wasn’t sure if the Archdiocese/Rome had changed the policy since Covid.

We certainly don’t want to put you in a difficult position. I suspect there will be more discussion at Mass on Sunday.

Would you mind if I sent your note around to he community?
Bill


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On Nov 24, 2025, at 10:07 AM, Paul M <ckedobw at gmail.com<mailto:ckedobw at gmail.com>> wrote:


Hi Bill,

I would not be comfortable with that idea if a priest is the celebrant as it is not a valid communion and furthermore if the Archdiocese found out about this practice, it would put me (and the Sunday Community) in a very difficult position.
Also, I understand that there are some in the community who, when there is no priest available, wish to include in the liturgy the Offertory and the Eucharistic Prayer. This is also invalid. When there is no priest available, the community is supposed to have a Liturgy of the Word, which only includes:

Opening Prayers
Penitential Rite
Liturgy of the Word and reflection on the readings
Creed
Prayers of the Faithful
The Lord’s Prayer
Sign of Peace
Closing Prayer.

There can be no Offertory or Eucharistic Prayer as that is reserved for Mass only and is the purview of the ordained priest only as opposed to the “priesthood of the faithful.”

I hope this answers your question.

All the best,

Paul






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On Sun, Nov 23, 2025 at 12:58 PM William Watson <bill.watson at utoronto.ca<mailto:bill.watson at utoronto.ca>> wrote:
Dear Paul, Ron and Prakash,

We had a brief discussion today at our zoom mass about the possibility of having communion at our weekly mass. We have discussed this issue before but didn’t come to any decision.
One of my Anglican friends who is a former minister said they have been having Eucharist during their zoom masses for some time. Congregants would have a small piece of bread while the priest reads the Eucharistic prayer at the time of the consecration.

There seems to be a lot of interest and concern in our group and we would like your input and feedback on the idea. We may have a further discussion with group after mass next week.
 If it’s not acceptable to you all, then we will can the idea.

Looking forward to hearing from you.

Bill

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