What's out in finery: socks, crowns, knee-length dresses, hand-sewn cotton smock dresses or anything screaming pageant. In the old days, the only choice was puffy or puffier and pearls.

I found in her desk a lovely Communion photo, her Communion prayer book, with the creamy white cover and gold-edged pages that so many of us remember, and a prayer card with a hand-written message ...

A full year before your first Communion, you started shopping for your dress. ... in the pocket of the car door by your seat and hand them out to people begging between cars at stop lights.

FIRST COMMUNION GIFT IDEAS. Here are nine appropriate first Communion gift ideas.There’s something here for every budget, and any of these gifts is sure to be appreciated. 1. JEWELRY ...

The day of his First Holy Communion, then, came on the Feast of St. Anthony of Padua. We live 30 minutes from the basilica in Padova, and it was a great opportunity to venerate a saint and make ...

First Holy Communion is one of the great sacraments of the Catholic Church, but its religious significance sometimes seems overshadowed by the grandeur of the occasion as expressed through the ...

Even though, as Pope John Paul acknowledges, Communion in the hand can be carried out with reverence and devotion; and even though reception on the tongue is no guaranteed symbol of fidelity and ...

But, Gill, who is helping oversee the planning for Papal Mass, promises he has everything mapped out. Under his committee's choreography, nearly 1,500 priests will distribute Communion to the ...

It's a scene playing out in Catholic households across metro Detroit as families, churches and volunteers figure out ways to make sure First Communion lessons and ceremonies can still be held ...