1 Thanatophoric dysplasia is typically characterized by abnormal shortness of limbs; a bowed femur (thigh bone) or other bones of the extremities; a small chest cage; thickened soft tissues; flattened vertebrae; unu sually prominent forehead and depressed nasal bridge; and Cloverleaf skull (type II).
Eucharistic Minister, or more properly Lay Eucharistic Minister LEM, is used to denote a lay person who assists the priest in administering the sacraments of holy communion, the consecrated bread and wine.They may also take the sacraments to those who are ill, or otherwise unable to attend Mass.ucharist, in the Catholic Church, refers to both the celebration of the Mass, that is, the Eucharist liturgy, and to the bread and wine which are transubstantiated (changed in substance) into the body and blood of Jesus Christ.
See also: Eucharist in the Catholic Church. The Catholic Church sees the Mass or Eucharist as the source and summit of the Christian life, to which the other sacraments are oriented. The Catholic Church believes that the Mass is exactly the same sacrifice that Jesus Christ offered on the Cross at Calvary.he term Mass is generally used only in the Latin Church, while the Byzantine Rite Eastern Catholic Churches use the analogous term  Divine Liturgy  and other Eastern Catholic Churches have terms such as Holy Qurbana.