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. Nicholas-St. Mary School’s second-grade classes recently celebrated a group communion Mass at St. Nicholas Church, Wilkes-Barre. The classes combined to celebrate each student’s First Holy ...

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 ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Many children completed the sacrament of Holy Communion at Blessed Sacrament R.C. Church in West Brighton Saturday morning. Girls donned traditional white dresses with lace veils ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Last weekend, hundreds of second-graders of the Roman Catholic faith received their First Holy Communion in churches across Staten Island, after months-long delays due to the ...

“First Communion” is featured in the Irish Film Institute’s Father Delaney Collection. This video, preserved by the Irish Film Institute as part of their Father Delaney Collection, looks at what the ...

For many Catholics, the eucharist is something wholly apart from partisan skirmishes. It is quite literally about God. Consecrated communion wafers known as the eucharist are stored under lock and key ...