First Communion portraits of this era made visible a link between heaven and earth. What did girls think, carefully posing for images purchased as souvenir keepsakes of this day? How did it feel ...

That day was a very special day for a girl called Rita ... the holy card and her portrait. Whatever else happened in my mother’s early life, her first Communion day was clearly a significant ...

For all those parents who have children preparing for First Communion in the coming months, we know boys and girls experience the same thing: They receive the sacrament of reconciliation and then ...

Haley’s Communion controversy isn’t the first. In 2001, the family of a 5-year-old Massachusetts girl with the disease left the Catholic church after being denied permission to use a rice wafer.

A 9-year-old girl wasn't able to participate in her first Holy Communion because she wanted to wear a suit. "They said, 'We're hearing rumors so we want to know what she's wearing,'" the girl's ...

The Mansells made St. Mary's aware of the situation before they enrolled the girls and were told it was not an issue. Cady has still not made her first communion because St. Mary's holds theirs ...