Celebrating a Mass for Blessed Sacrament School in Washington that included a May crowning by second graders who had recently ...

The parish community of Blessed Sacrament St. Mary’s, Pittston, recently celebrated First Holy Communion. Having completed a two-year preparation program, twenty-four children received their First ...

With First Holy Communion season now at an end, debate has turned to whether the tradition will stay mainstream for much ...

Remember your first Holy Communion? I was reminded of mine recently when I saw the son of a close friend receive his. Many things have changed in the Church and the world since my first reception in ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Children received the sacrament of First Holy Communion on Saturday morning in Blessed Sacrament R.C. Church, West New Brighton. Girls donned traditional white dresses with lace ...

As a parent of young children, the importance of First Communion was not lost on me, although I admit I had not anticipated any sense of excitement or anything beyond the happiness that my child had ...

St. Ursula's, who received their First Holy Communion at the Sacred Heart Church. All Photos: Joe Evans Brendan Keane ...

I was out for a few drinks and got chatting to a psychologist. She began telling me about her daughter’s upcoming First ...

When it comes to religious milestones, the first Holy Communion is an important one in some Christian traditions. It usually happens when a child is around eight years old and in the springtime due to ...

We interrupt this Communion Rite . . . These may not be the introductory words used, but they might well be. At some point, the principal celebrant intervenes with something like this: ...

Pupils across Waterford recently received their First Holy Communion and Waterford News & Star photographer, Joe Evans was ...