“What does it mean to receive Jesus in Holy Communion? It’s like Jesus is giving us a big hug, saying, ‘I love you so much. I want you to be close to me always,’” says Russell Pollitt, S.J., pastor of ...

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 ...

Six Lakeview School students with disabilities received baptism and first Holy Communion during an inclusive ceremony at St.

In an atmosphere of celebration, joy, and devotion, some 25,000 people, including 1,600 children in white robes and traditional costumes who received their first Communion, participated Sunday in the ...

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 ...

Five young people recently received their first Holy Communion at St. Michael’s Lutheran Church on God’s Acre: Sarah Carstensen, Brynne Harris, Julia Kempton, Abigail Seaman and Giuseppe Sinibaldo.

RELATIVES and friends of youngsters making their Holy Communion are each expected to give them almost €40 to mark the big day. The sheer size of the cash gifts means that Communion is proving to be a ...

Transubstantiation is dogma in the Roman Catholic Church. The consecration and conversion of bread and wine into the body and blood of Christ -- the real substance of the Savior, ingested -- is at the ...

WELL, holy payday... children are raking it in on their First Communion Day. While parents continue to pay for expensive First Communion celebrations, despite the recession, their children can expect ...

In the midst of war and suffering, the Catholic faithful of Holy Family parish in northern Gaza continue to walk in the light of faith. Eight children received their first holy Communion this past ...