Staten Island Advance

First Communion Mass 2024: 188 photos from Blessed Sacrament R.C. Church

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 ...
Catholic Standard

Blessed Sacrament second graders lead May crowning at bishop-elect’s last school Mass as their pastor

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

My First First Communion

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 ...
Staten Island Advance

First Communion Mass 2024: 88 photos from St. Patrick’s Church

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Many children completed the sacrament of Holy Communion at St. Patrick’s Church in Richmond on Saturday morning. Girls donned traditional white dresses with lace veils while the ...
National Catholic Register

First Communion Is More Than a Memory

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 ...
National Catholic Reporter

Louisiana first Communion Mass disrupted by gunman

A first Communion Mass at St. Mary Magdalen Catholic Church in Abbeville, Louisiana, was disrupted May 11 after a teenager attempted to enter the church with a rifle. Parishioners prevented the young ...
Detroit Free Press

First Communion is much different this year for metro Detroit Catholic families, churches

For Jacob Grice, preparing for his First Communion has meant more screen time than class time. Weekly catechism lessons on Zoom, online Mass and a virtual retreat were just a few of the ways the ...