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There was a fascinating article that seems to have gone down the internet’s memory hole: Eucharistic bread was made by religious communities. Then a for-profit
by pyuser583 3y ago
There was a fascinating article that seems to have gone down the internet’s memory hole:
Eucharistic bread was made by religious communities. Then a for-profit corporation began competing with the nuns, and using brutal tactics was able to get a monopoly on supplying Eucharistic bread.
In any case, there’s no need for certification because there are so few sellers. It’s a specialized product. It’s not like priests are picking it up at the store.
- NoZebra120vClip 3y agoActually, some of the sisters (the Benedictine Sisters of Perpetual Adoration) made a remarkable comeback around 2004, when the need for extremely-low-gluten altar bread arose. They devised and refined a formula, cleared it with all legitimate Church authorities, and began marketing it to a very niche but expanding market, and they have enjoyed very good success. https://www.benedictinesisters.org/articledetail.php?id=434&start=0&status=1&m_year=2017 https://www.benedictinesisters.org/articledetail.php?id=434&...