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  At the beginning of this retreat, there was a Catholic laywoman who became aware that there were Protestants among us who were receiving the Eucharist daily. She objected, was taken aside, and was told (as I reported to me after the fact) any baptised retreatant who believes that what we do here is what Jesus commanded us to do at the last supper, is welcome to receive. A rather wise rule allowing for ecumenical respect for the Priesthood of the Baptised. 
  
  BTW, this is not a renegade place; just recognizes that accommodation is required for an ecumenical group engaged in very deep prayer and celebrating privately around the same altar. I have also been told that a former conservative bishop of this diocese used to pass on the the Jesuits every complaint he received, without approval or complaint, just FYI. Even the ultra-conservative may have a pastoral streak when confronted with something that just smells obviously "good."