The Open Episcopal Church in England, not to be confused with the U.S. Episcopal Church, is offering to send the Eucharist by mail to believers, according to the Guardian. The liberal church is part of the communion of Independent Catholic Churches Worldwide.

Sez the Guardian: The new service… is aimed at people who either cannot attend Eucharist, through age or ill-health, or those who have drifted away from church.

Although the pre-consecrated wafer is free, there will be a charge for postage and packing. Receiving one host costs £2; receiving 500 costs £10.

Jonathan Blake, an Open Episcopal Church bishop, said the initiative was also designed to reverse the way the church presented itself to people.

`The churches we work with have got respect for the fact that we’re taking the church to places it hasn’t been before.’ [snip]

Blake said”care and concern” is taken over appropriate packaging for the wafer, which is no more than a millimetre thick, to ensure it remained intact on arrival … (anyone) including atheists and even satanists – could avail themselves of the service, Blake acknowledged. `Jesus did not make these distinctions. He gave himself to anyone and everyone. It makes no difference, the body of Christ is redeeming.'”