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: Mass (liturgy) and Eucharist in the Catholic Church. A 15th-century Mass. The Mass or Eucharist is the central act of worship in the Catholic Church, which describes it as the source and summit of the Christian life.Many of the Catholic Church's other sacraments are celebrated in the framework of the Eucharist. Nuptial Mass is a Ritual Mass within which the sacrament of Holy Matrimony is celebrated. If one of a couple being married in a Catholic church is not a Catholic, the rite of Holy Matrimony outside Mass is to be followed.