A directive circulated to priests in the Diocese of Austin has told parishes to withdraw kneelers used during the distribution of Holy Communion.
The instruction, issued on 12 November by the Vicar General, the Very Reverend James A. Misko, and copied to Bishop Daniel E. Garcia, states that fixed prie-dieu kneelers should no longer be set out in churches for Holy Communion.
The memorandum notes that while the General Instruction of the Roman Missal permits the faithful to kneel, the normative practice in the United States is to receive the Eucharist standing unless an individual chooses otherwise.
