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Thank you for all who replied. 
All who replied have not had usual gluten side effects. Those who had their blood levels monitored said that there had not been a difference since receiving the hosts.  In addition as one person put it:
"we've noticed no side effects except we now feel included in the mass"

A large majority of those who receive the low gluten hosts have their own pyx (small container usually used to carry hosts to the sick) and put the pyx on the altar before mass. They then sit in the first row of church. The priest carries the pyx down and the person removes the host with their own hands to avoid cross contamination. They usually sit on the side that the priest administers Communion from. Some had problems when visiting priests said the Mass. Some churches provide and keep the hosts in the refrigerator or freezer of the sacristy. The person then gets to the sacristy early and places a host on a  plate, pyx or a clean chalice.

Here are some excerpts from the emails I received:

 " I have the hosts in my freezer at home.  Before we leave for Church, I put one into a little plastic  bags that I got at a craft store  in the jewelry/beading aisle,they are just the perfect size for the host. I mark the bag "low-gluten host Father and I agreed that when we get to Church, I should just go up and place my bag on the Altar before the Mass begins.  When he goes up there, he sees it and knows to expect my daughter in his line for Communion.  He keeps it separate from the other Hosts as he serves Communion - sometimes still in the bag and sometimes not. "  

"my daughter's routine is that when she goes to Mass, she goes to the freezer where the hosts are kept and places a host on a cleaned chalice. She brings the chalice to the altar and alerts the priest/deacon that she is there. When it is her turn for communion, they go back to the altar and bring her the chalice. She removes the Blessed Host from the chalice herself to avoid contamination."

"We have been using the Benedictine Monastery hosts for over a year without 
adverse effects and all 5 of us are very sensitive.  We place our hosts in 
a pix which is placed into the container with the rest of the hosts to be 
consecrated.  Father opens the pix on the alter and consecrates ours at the 
same time as the rest to be used during mass.  He then closes the pix and 
places it back into the container he will use to distribute 
communion.  When we approach, he opens the pix and gives us our 
communion. "
 
"My 19 yr. old daughter has been receiving this host for almost two years. 
The pastor orders them for her and consecrates 2 hosts at the first mass 
each weekend. She stops in the sacristy before mass to let them know she is 
there and at communion she goes up after The Lamb of God prayer and goes in 
through a door which goes behind the altar. She waits in the sacristy 
doorway and after the priest distributes communion to the Eucharistic 
ministers he rinses off his fingers and gets the pic with the low gluten 
host and brings to this doorway. Another celiac child, she is younger and 
less shy, goes up with the ministers and receives right at the altar. 
Neither child has ever had any reaction and both have their anti-bodies 
checked regularly."

"I send my family to the first pew (always empty, imagine that), then I go to the sacristy and "order" two low gluten hosts, which the lady who runs the church (I am sure you have one, too) puts on a separate plate and puts the plate directly on the altar.  As my kids are always first in line to take communion, the priest carries the little plate with their host along with the regular plate, gives communion to them, and tucks the little plate away"

"They put the hosts in a small glass dish that then sits on the top of all the other hosts until it gets to the altar.  At that time, the glass dish is placed next to the regular dish of hosts on the altar.  At communion time, the priest holds the glass dish underneath his regular dish until my daughter and husband come up to him.  Then, my daughter and husband either get the host out of the dish themselves or the priest gives it to them.  Your personal procedure should be based on how sensitive you are."

"Our priest places the host in a pict prior to Mass.  It is 
then carried to the altar and blessed at the same time the other hosts are 
blessed.  My husband, who is a Eucharistic minister, goes to the altar and 
receives his communion and takes the pict.  He stands between the other 
Eucharistic ministers and gives the host to me.  Any understanding 
Eucharistic minister would be glad to do this for you, I would think. "

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