One essential tool that a priest or any clergyman from any denomination needs when assigned in a remote area are portable communion sets.

There are many places that a clergy might make use of these portable sets.

Uses of Portable Communions Sets

For example, it can be used in a nursing home, hospital, or even in the battlefield. This makes it easy for people to participate in the communion even without attending the actual service.

There are four main elements that make up communion sets. There is the cruet, paten, chalice, and pyx. There are small as well as large communion sets that you can use.

To make it portable, it is accompanied with a carrying case. Some pieces are designed ornately while others are made from simple silver.

Each piece also has a specific function during the service. The cruet is a small container or bottle that is used to hold the wine during the service. The Paten is a small disk or plate that is used to hold the communion bread during the service.

You also have the pyx; this is a small, round container that contains the sacramental bread. Lastly, you have the chalice, which holds the wine and often called the communion cup.

These important items come together to make up portable communion sets.

Also visit this related page about Portable Communions Sets