It was Valentine"s Day, Sunday morning in Mapleview. Just as many Sunday mornings, Loraine Trivelli attended early mass at the Infant of Prague Catholic Church. Like many parishioners, Loraine felt so strongly about the Eucharist and wished to distribute it during communion. This is why she is a Eucharistic minister.
Every Sunday, Loraine Trivelli would greet each parishioner as he or she approached with hands in praying position and prepared to receive the body of Christ. She would announce, “Body of Christ.”
The parishioner would acknowledge by replying, “Amen” before taking the host. Many of them, however, had little reverence for this ritual and walked some feet away from the altar before popping the host in his or her mouth. To make matters worse, these people often chewed and chewe
