A company that makes pre-filled disposable communion cups has seen a deluge of orders ahead of Easter Sunday. The cups are sealed with grape juice at the bottom and a single wafer sealed in a separate compartment on top.
In the United States, the Chicago-based business Blessed Communion, which makes pre-filled disposable communion cups, has seen a deluge of orders ahead of Easter Sunday. The cups are sealed with grape juice at the bottom and a single wafer sealed in a separate compartment on top."Our phones have not stopped ringing in the last two weeks," said Israel Idonije, a former NFL player with the Chicago Bears who founded the company in 2009.
With pre-filled communion cups, Idonije said congregants can still fully participate in mass. Some Church officials have deemed taking communion at home acceptable during the pandemic. Blessed Community has doubled production to 600,000 cups a day.To keep up with demand, Idonije is prioritizing bulk orders"of 250 to 500 cups," he said. "We run a lean operation of 20 people.
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