Paul,
I think your terminology may be a bit confused.
A lay person who distributes the consecrated Eucharist is an Extraordinary Minister of Holy Communion. They are not to be called "Eucharistic ministers", as that title is reserved to priests and bishops, though at this point it's probably a lost cause.
A deacon or priest who distributes consecrated Eucharist is an Ordinary Minister of Holy Communion. Only a priest or bishop may confect the Eucharist. (i.e. consecrate it.) In the absence of a priest, pre-consecrated hosts (consecrated at a previous Mass by a priest or bishop) may be distributed in a Communion service by either a deacon or Extraordinary Minister of Holy Communion but such a service is not a Mass.
So it would be legitimate, in the absence of a priest, to hold a Communion Service (the canonical term is "Sunday Assemblies in the Absence of a Priest") where the Word of God is read and Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion or Deacons distribute pre-consecrated hosts from the tabernacle but this should be rare and exceptional (which it sounds like it was in your case).
I do applaud your sensitivity to doing the right thing. I don't blame you for being suspicious, but this sounds perfectly OK as you described it.
Eric
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