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First Holy Communion: Do families deserve 'secular alternatives to religious ceremonies'?

With First Holy Communion season now at an end, debate has turned to whether the tradition will stay mainstream for much ...

I’m a school principal. I find it unsettling what First Holy Communion has become

I was out for a few drinks and got chatting to a psychologist. She began telling me about her daughter’s upcoming First ...
The Boston Pilot

Distribution of Holy Communion -- Preliminaries

A bishop of an American diocese recently sent a pastoral letter to the clergy, religious, and laity entrusted to his pastoral ...
National Catholic Reporter

Cupich: Standing, not kneeling, for Communion a 'powerful symbolic expression'

Cardinal Blase J. Cupich of Chicago is advocating for Catholic faithful to receive holy Communion standing — the normative posture established by the U.S. Catholic bishops — as part of a renewed ...
Staten Island Advance

Hundreds of photos show students receive First Holy Communion at 2 Staten Island Catholic churches

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.
National Catholic Register

‘But Only Say the Word’ — What Every Catholic Needs to Know About Receiving Communion

Since the Eucharist and the proper disposition to receive it is in the news, let’s review. The present day encouragement for all to receive Communion, simply because they are Catholic, desire to ...
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The Boston PilotOpinion

Distribution of Holy Communion -- More reports

We interrupt this Communion Rite . . . These may not be the introductory words used, but they might well be. At some point, the principal celebrant intervenes with something like this: ...