You may have heard that the Roman Catholic Church has outlawed gluten-free wafers/bread. You can read about it here:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/07/08/vatican-outlaws-use-gluten-free-bread-holy-communion/
Here at St. Peter's we have bread baked by families (we use 2 recipes) for our Eucharistic Bread. We also have wheat wafers and gluten-free wafers for those who need/prefer them.
What should we make of all this? Read these articles:
God and Gluten: Wheat, Tradition, and Eucharist
Bread: Becoming Who We Are
Protestant churches embrace gluten-free bread for Communion as Vatican reaffirms ban
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