Your Dad and I stood proudly behind you as you received the body of Christ for the first time Saturday. You looked so serious, in your thrifted blue blazer and Grandpa's tie. After you sipped from the ...

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 ...

After my mother died five years ago, I learned that she had been born to young Russian Jewish parents living on Orchard Street on the lower East Side of Manhattan. She had never spoken of this ...

A full year before your first Communion, you started shopping for your dress. Inspired by the girls' attire at your brother's first Eucharist, you begged me to Google "first Communion dress" and oohed ...

This heartwarming documentary follows Molly, Mia, Helena and Isla, four little girls from across Scotland, as they prepare for a day they’ll never forget - their First Holy Communion. Each year, ...

First Communion season is approaching and the killjoys are already out of the traps, suggesting that parents lavish far too much money on making our kids feel special. Sure, every family needs to set ...

As Emma watched the ceremony via webcam, I was torn between my role as photographer and dad Emma Purcell's virtual first communion day. Photo: Mark Condren Emma Purcell's first communion cake. Photo: ...

The early spring of 1945. Highbridge, Bronx, NY. World War II is about to end. Over fifty boys and girls cram together into our second grade classroom. Sister Mary Herbert stands tall at the front of ...

'What God is giving us in faith and strength is helping us to give more, and that by itself will bring us closer to God,” said Sister Waffa Yousif, who helped train the 30 first communicants. Iraqi ...

In this humorous and heartwarming film, we follow four very different little girls and their families in the months leading up to their First Holy Communion. Show more In this humorous and ...