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I received over 65  responses.  Here are some more excerpts:
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Our parish, Christ  (Episcopal) Church in Winnetka, IL has a separate, small 
chalice for the wine,  and gf communion bread either in its own bowl or on its 
own small plate. It is  always available, though sometimes the Altar Guild 
forgets to put it out on the  altar and the priest has to get it from the 
sacristy! The priests are instructed  to let the recipient pick up his/her own wafer 
so it is not contaminated by the  priests' administering of the regular 
wafers.

Additionally, on the first  page of our Sunday (or other days)service 
bulletin, there is a paragraph that  reads:

"Gluten-Free communion hosts and a separate chalice are available  at the 
altar rail for those who are wheat intolerant. Please identify yourself  to the 
clergy before the service or at the altar  rail."
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As for preparing it, we  use Ener-G's white tapioca bread, strictly because 
of the color, not the  taste, and remove the crusts and slice it into small 
rectangles about 3/4 by  3/4 of an inch, and do not tamper with the thickness 
of the slice.   This we toast in the oven at 150 to 180 degrees for about two 
hours to dry  it out completely.  If it is not completely dry, it will 
develop green  mold.  We watch the drying process so that the bread does not 
become  toasted because then it would be brown and more obvious on the 
patten.   When properly toasted, we put the pieces in small zip-lock bags and 
place  them in the freecer. At the beginning of the month, I put 4 pieces in 
a  small zip-lock bag in my purse, and replace them at the end of the month.  
This way, the pieces are completely unfrozen when they are needed.   They 
would unfreeze in a couple of hours, probably, but I don't want to risk  
crunching a piece of frozen bread, especially when I am a chalice bearer and  
must speak, as I offer the wine to the communicates.

I have used this  system in two Episcopal Churches and it has worked very 
well.  When  there is a service that I will attend at a church where the 
priest doesn't  know me, I go to that priest before the service begins and 
ask if   he/she will accept my bread and place it on the patten, and I have 
never  been refused.  We agree about which side of the church I will be on,  
and about when I will be approaching the alter and I have always been  
communed without any difficulty.
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There's many great threads about catholic and communion at the Delphi CD  
Forum:  _http://forums.delphiforums.com/celiac/start_ 
(http://forums.delphiforums.com/celiac/start) 
 
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Chris owns the _www.catholicceliacs.org_ (http://www.catholicceliacs.org/)   
website.  I believe she is the founder, and Bobby has spoken to the  Benedict 
sister that has created the accepted host.
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one person included the recipe she uses to make gf communion.  let me  know 
if you'd like a copy.
Thanks again! Sherri

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