The only “Eucharistic Minister” is the priest. He is the only Ordinary. There was never a change, the title as always been “extraordinary” because it would not make sense any other way. If your particular parish was using another version, and was corrected by someone in authority, that makes sense because you were using the wrong phrase. Nothing has been changed, except people’s casual substitution of an inaccurate title for the accurate (and original) one.
I’m not arguing that. I’m saying that our parish, our diocese, called us Eucharistic Ministers and that changed a couple years ago to Extraordinary Ministers. Per Rome.
It may not have been a change in other parishes but it was here. Just like the kneeling to standing to back to kneeling. The church is run by humans and in the US, it’s a whole lot more liberal, especially in certain areas, than in other areas.
Our parish is undergoing changes many are flipping out about. Many in the parish council and committees of parish councils are freaking out about this new pastor just like they did about the one priest. It’s not what they’re use to. They’re, we’re, use to doing it our own way with limited instruction by the priests, no involvement by the pastor. This priest, even though he’s leaving in August, shook them up and this new pastor who isn’t leaving anytime time soon is shaking it all up.
I dont’ care about names or titles. I care about what matters to my community, my parish. However, my parish and my Diocese called lay people who were mandated to serve the Eucharist, Eucharist Ministers, regardless of what others called them or what was the right thing. Now we’re called Extraordinary when we were called Eucharistic. That changed whether it changed in your parish or not.
There wasn’t a change in your parish or diocese but there was in mine and you can google it or visit the trenton diocese website. There was a change because it happened in this diocese and a few others. Claiming there wasn’t is silly regardless of what Rome teaches. American churches don’t always follow Rome/the Pope, until they have to.
So it’s back to Extraordinary here and it’s no differnt than Eucharistic, just the name changed. It’s back to kneeling when we use to stand once we were kneeling and it changed to standing. It’s all inconsequential for the most part for me.
The same goes for practicing the Seven Fishes, it’s a cultural thing and it’s important to those of us who adhere to it. I know Jesus doesn’t care really but it’s a way for us Italian Catholics to celebrate Christmas Eve, the anticipation of Christ’s birth. It’s a way to honor Him, to celebrate his Birth. I don’t care what anyone says about it, it’s not changing in our house.