Visiting the Sick & HomeBound 2026

Visiting the Sick & HomeBound 2026  is the essential resource for lay Ministers of Care, especially Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion.

This portable, annual resource contains all of the official rites a lay minister will need from the Book of Blessings and Pastoral Care of the Sick to bring the Eucharist to and pray with those who cannot regularly worship with their parish community: children, adults, the suffering, the dying, and those who mourn.  Handbook features:

• Communion in Ordinary Circumstances
• Communion in a Hospital or Institution
• Simple, pastoral introduction to help navigate the rites¬†
• Gospels for Sunday and holy days of obligation¬†
• List of patron saints for those who are sick and suffering
• Orders for the Blessing of the Sick
• Order for the Blessing of a Person Suffering from Addiction or from Substance Abuse

Visiting the Sick & HomeBound 2026 , Paperback, 6 x 9, 256 pages,  9781616711993