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I am a doctoral student at The Catholic University of America
in Washington, D.C., I have celiac disease, and I am a member of
a Roman Catholic community of women religious (I am a nun, basically).
I have been asked several times, and am curious myself, about how
having Celiac disease affects the religious practices of people.  If
people would like to e-mail me privately, I would love to hear from you,
and I will post a summary of the responses to the list.
I receive communion daily, and because my church will not allow
anything other than wheat, this means that I do ingest a bit of wheat
(gluten) every day.  I know this makes some people on the list cringe,
but it is how I have decided to deal with the problem>  I have been
fortunate to have a priest who knows of my illness and breaks a very
small piece of the host for me.
How do others deal with questions of communion, Passover, etc?
 
Sr. Tracey