A Reflection for the Memorial of Saint Pius X, Pope “Amen, I say to you, unless you turn and become like little children, you will not enter into the kingdom of heaven.” – Mt 18:3, cited in “Quam ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Every time a Catholic receives Communion, it should be like his or her first Communion, Pope Francis said. Marking the feast of the Body and Blood of Christ June 23, the pope spoke about the gift of ...

‘Since Christ is whole and entire in each of the Eucharistic species,’ says the Catechism, ‘anyone who has received either of the consecrated species has received Christ whole and entire.’ Pascal ...

When I was a small child, I used to get thrilled whenever our parents would bring us to church, not because I got to witness the aesthetics of Catholicism, the classical architectural designs of the ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Scores of Staten Island Catholic school students on Saturday received, for the first time, the sacrament of Holy Communion. Both Holy Rosary R.C. Church, South Beach, and St.