2008 THE CATHOLIC HANDBOOK FOR VISITING THE SICK & HOMEBOUND

264 pg. PB

The Catholic Handbook for Visiting the Sick and Homebound 2008 is the essential resource for lay Ministers of Care, especially Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion. This portable, annual resource contains all the official rites a lay minister will need from the Book of Blessings and Pastoral Care of the Sick to bring the Eucharist to and pray with those who cannot regularly worship with their parish community: children, adults, the suffering, as well as the dying, and those who mourn.

It includes:

Communion in Ordinary Circumstances

Communion in a Hospital or Institution

Simple, pastoral introduction to help navigate the rites by S. Genevieve Glen, OSB

Gospels for Sunday and holy days of obligation (Year A)

List of Patron Saints for those who are sick and suffering

New to 2008:

Orders for the Blessing of the Sick

Order for the Blessing of a Person Suffering from Addiction or from Substance Abuse

Order for the Blessing of Parents after a Miscarriage

Visits to the Sick and to a Sick Child

Celebration of Viaticum Outside Mass

Pastoral Care of the Dying

Explanations of the Reading to share