The American Ambassador pleads for her life and the Reverend Gerard demands the right of see her and administer communion.

The council ordered Calvin and Farel to use unleavened bread for the Easter eucharist; in protest, the ministers did not administer communion during the Easter service.

They typically employ professional clergy who perform many of the same functions as priests such as clarifying doctrine, administering communion, performing baptisms, marriages, etc.

Ordained elders and deacons, as they serve as worship leaders, readers, and administer communion may also wear cassocks which tend to be black.

The organizers stress that what drives them to push for optional celibacy is what they call a major shortage of priests, leaving some parishioners without anyone to administer holy communion and crushing workloads for many pastors.

Years later, he reemerged in England as a self-proclaimed bishop, roaming the Midlands with a band of rogue altar boys, administering forced communion to lapsed Catholics.

He was accused of attending Catholic mass with his family, inappropriately administering baptism and holy communion.

In the Orthodox practice, the consecrated bread and wine are placed together in the chalice, and the priest administers communion with a small spoon.

There, under the supervision of another Maryknoll missionary, he learned the craft of priests, helping poor farmers from 42 neighboring villages build homes, administering communion and aiding in baptisms.

Richard Baxter requested the opportunity to preach a farewell sermon and administer communion to his former flock, but this too was denied.