Parish took it 1 more step than no wine

Dipping - called intinction is not usually done in the Catholic church and self-intinction (when the person dips his own host into the wine) is not allowed at all.

And besides when you think about it, that would still bring people's hands in contact with the Precious Blood which is one thing to be avoided. There has even been a suggestion (I think from the US Bishop's Committee) that parishes might want people to receive the Bread only in the hand and not on the tongue so that it would lessen germs from a person's mouth being transmitted from whoever is distributing the Eucharist to other persons.

This morning our pastor came out before Mass and explained that our EM's