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 ...

Holy Spirit Parish recently celebrated First Holy Communion at St. Mary’s Church in Mocanaqua. Seven young people from St. Adalbert’s Church in Glen Lyon and St. Martha’s Church in Fairmount Springs ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Forty-five children received the sacrament of First Holy Communion on Saturday morning in Our Lady Star of the Sea R.C. Church, Huguenot. Girls donned traditional white dresses ...

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 ...

The event was held after a donation of 14 First Communion dresses from a primary school in Derry.

For many Catholic families, the day their child receives the Sacrament of First Holy Communion marks a pivotal moment in their journey of faith. The Archdiocese of Newark, New Jersey wants to make ...

“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 ...

Joseph McAuley, on the occasion of his First Holy Communion, Saturday, April 19, 1969 Some three months before Neil Armstrong stepped off the ladder of the lunar module and left his footprints upon ...

Service in which the Holy Scriptures are read, prayers offered, and bread and wine consecrated and received as the body and ...