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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Look down at your shoes, I thought to myself. My daughter, Rachel Day, was decked out in her first Communion attire: pristine white dress, neatly kept veil and silver shoes that looked both beautiful ...

“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 ...