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by bcadmin | May 25, 2022 | Featured, First Communion, News, Sacrament of confirmation, sacrament of matrimony, Sacraments | 0 |
“Sacraments Season” comes around each year in the Church. In most parishes, this season stretches from the celebration of the Holy Triduum all the way through First Holy Communions and Confirmations. Sometimes this season stretches all the way to Pentecost and the Solemnity of Corpus Christi. We might also note that this season often includes […]
by bcadmin | May 9, 2022 | Confirmation, culture of life, Dobbs, Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, First Communion, From Readers, News | 0 |
The Catholic Spirit has recently asked readers to share a vivid memory from their first Communion or confirmation, and what that memory means for them now.
Read Moreby bcadmin | May 27, 2021 | First Communion, Graduation, News, No choice, Only Jesus, Vietnam, War in Vietnam | 0 |
My graduation from high school was most memorable. For those who read my last column on my first Communion, my graduation was nothing like it. In January of 1973, my senior year, I was drafted for the war in Vietnam. Two weeks later, my mother died very suddenly.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Apr 12, 2021 | Faith, First Communion, Last Word, News, Patricia Morin Haggerty | 0 |
by Patricia Morin Haggerty My sisters and I were cleaning out my mom’s house following her passing. When I opened her cedar chest, I made an amazing discovery. My First Communion veil was there and still in good condition! I had no idea that my mother …
Read Moreby bcadmin | Dec 30, 2020 | Faith & Spirituality, Featured, First Communion, News, Prayer, Sophia Excerpts, St. Thomas Aquinas | 0 |
I can remember walking into the room and my mother’s encouragement to buy something that I really wanted, something special that would help me recall this significant moment of my life. I think we were both surprised by my choice. I have always been a girly girl who loves her share of bling. But I […]
by bcadmin | Jun 11, 2020 | Body and Blood of Christ, Corpus Christi, Eucharist, Feast, First Communion, News, Sunday Scriptures | 0 |
This weekend we celebrate the Feast of the Body and Blood of Christ, Corpus Christi. This beautiful feast reminds us and calls us to remember that Jesus’ presence in the Eucharist is the greatest of all gifts; for the Eucharist is the very body and blood, soul and divinity of Jesus Christ.
Read Moreby bcadmin | May 28, 2020 | Associated Press, Catholic Church, Church in the US, Confirmation, Coronavirus, COVID-19, COVID-19 pandemic, First Communion, News | 0 |
For many religious families across the United States, the coronavirus has disrupted their most anticipated traditions – the rites of passage that mark their adolescent children’s full entry into their congregations.
Read Moreby bcadmin | May 23, 2020 | Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, Coronavirus, COVID-19, COVID-19 pandemic, First Communion, News | 0 |
May is the month many eagerly await because it is the time many children receive first holy Communion. Sadly, this year the coronavirus has made pastors postpone this momentous milestone in the spiritual lives of waiting first communicants.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Apr 23, 2020 | Catechesis, Confirmation, COVID-19 pandemic, First Communion, News, Religious education, U.S. & World News | 0 |
When parishes announced they were no longer having public Masses or church events due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this brought typical religious education classes, youth retreats and preparation programs for first Communion and confirmation across the country to a stop or at least sent them in a slightly different direction.
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