MASSES for students at the Ateneo de Manila University have been suspended since Tuesday after a student from its Senior High School (ASHS) made a Twitter review of the communion wafer he received during mass.

In a since-deleted post that had been shared on social media, the department’s campus ministry said the purpose was for “reparation and atonement” for the ASHS member who committed an act of sacrilege.

Sacrilege means a profanation of the Holy Spirit, according to the Catholic Church.

“It has come to our attention that a student committed a sacrilegious act during our recent School-Wide Mass,” a separate memo on Tuesday wrote. “We would like to express our deepest apologies to the entire Ateneo de Manila Senior High School community for this unfortunate incident.”

The ASHS campus ministry said activities in line with the reparation and atonement will follow.

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The senior high school student, named @feignedflowers, reviewed a communion element as an “Ostiya Review” in a mass he attended on March 17.

The Twitter user, who has since changed his name and locked his profile, said the communion wafer he received tasted like breakfast cereal and was not soggy and had a satisfying crunch. He later apologized but netizens did not buy it.