It sometimes takes a mystic to pierce through the familiar aspects of our Catholic faith and help us appreciate them anew. That’s what St. John Paul II did for me and my Eucharistic devotion. I had ...

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 ...

Along with Baptism and Confirmation, First Communion is one of the three sacraments of Christian initiation. Most often, children in the Latin Rite receive the Eucharist for the first time when they ...

When it comes to religious milestones, the first Holy Communion is an important one in some Christian traditions. It usually happens when a child is around eight years old and in the springtime due to ...