A full year before your first Communion, you started shopping for your dress. Inspired by the girls' attire at your ... at the anti-feminist message of a veil and white clothing that emphasized ...

The ceremony, in which 7- and 8-year-old members are invited to receive communion for the first time, isn`t held until late spring. But many of the girls` parents ... dress and veil at her ...

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 while ...

There was a time when the children came dressed in their First Communion outfits, complete with the girls wearing their veils. This became harder to do when each of the local church parishes from ...

For the past three years, the Archdiocese of Newark has been gathering new and gently used dresses, suits, shoes and veils for children preparing to receive their First Communion. This year ...