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Couldn't find the email from the particular person, but this is 
something I came across last eve.

Blessings
Sarah-Ann

> As of January 2004, an extremely low-gluten host became available in 
> the United States. The Benedictine Sisters of Perpetual Adoration 
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benedictine_Sisters_of_Perpetual_Adoration> 
> in Clyde, MO, after ten years of perseverance, trial, and error, have 
> produced a low-gluten host safe for celiacs and also approved by the 
> Catholic Church for use at Mass. Each host is made and packaged in a 
> dedicated wheat-free / gluten-free environment. The hosts are made 
> separately by hand, unlike the common host which is stamped out of a 
> long thin sheet of bread by a cutter. Therefore, each host is a 
> slightly different size and shape. Most importantly, the finished 
> hosts have been analyzed for gluten content. The gluten content of 
> these hosts is reported as 0.01 %. In actuality, the gluten content is 
> probably less than 0.01%. Sister Lynn, OSB, said that the result of 
> the analysis of the finished host revealed "no gluten detected". The 
> hosts are labeled as 0.01 % since the lowest limit of detection of 
> this analysis was 0.01 %. In an article from the Catholic Review 
> (February 15, 2004) Dr. Alessio Fasano was quoted as declaring these 
> hosts "perfectly safe for celiac sufferers."
>
>
>       Coeliacs and Passover
>
> The Jewish festival of Pesach <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passover> 
> (Passover) may present problems with its obligation to eat matzo 
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matzo>. Matzo is normally made from 
> wheat or other gluten-containing grains, so oat matzo is used. Many 
> products prepared for Passover are free of wheat, barley, spelt, oats, 
> and rye, as many Orthodox (especially Hasidic) Jews avoid non-matzo 
> wheat products (/gebroks <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gebruchts>/) 
> altogether. Potato starch is the primary starch used to replace the 
> grains. However, Jewish law clearly holds that a person with coeliac 
> disease should not endanger his health in order to fulfill a 
> commandment, and thus is not required, or even allowed, to eat any 
> matzo other than gluten-free matzo
>
And for anyone who wants more information than they can digest...

>    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coeliac_disease  

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