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, 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 ...

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 ...

LOS ANGELES (RNS) — Across the United States, parishes’ celebrations of sacraments and rites have been greatly impacted by the coronavirus, a survey of bishops found. LOS ANGELES (RNS) — It’s been ...

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 ...

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 ...