The Eucharist arrives at St. Mary of the Pines in Manahawkin, New Jersey, May 29, part of the Seton Route of the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage 2024. (photo: Jeffrey Bruno/EWTN) Register Staff Blogs ...

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 ...

A full year before your first Communion, you started shopping for your dress. Inspired by the girls' attire at your brother's first Eucharist, you begged me to Google "first Communion dress" and oohed ...

Your Dad and I stood proudly behind you as you received the body of Christ for the first time Saturday. You looked so serious, in your thrifted blue blazer and Grandpa's tie. After you sipped from the ...

A Reflection for the Memorial of Saint Pius X, Pope “Amen, I say to you, unless you turn and become like little children, you will not enter into the kingdom of heaven.” – Mt 18:3, cited in “Quam ...

When I was a small child, I used to get thrilled whenever our parents would bring us to church, not because I got to witness the aesthetics of Catholicism, the classical architectural designs of the ...

Vatican City (Fides Service) - In the early evening of Saturday October 15, over 100,000 children who made their First Holy Communion this year, mainly from Italy but also from other countries, ...

For Jacob Grice, preparing for his First Communion has meant more screen time than class time. Weekly catechism lessons on Zoom, online Mass and a virtual retreat were just a few of the ways the ...