The early spring of 1945. Highbridge, Bronx, NY. World War II is about to end. Over fifty boys and girls cram together into our second grade classroom. Sister Mary Herbert stands tall at the front of ...
Look down at your shoes, I thought to myself. My daughter, Rachel Day, was decked out in her first Communion attire: pristine white dress, neatly kept veil and silver shoes that looked both beautiful ...
After my mother died five years ago, I learned that she had been born to young Russian Jewish parents living on Orchard Street on the lower East Side of Manhattan. She had never spoken of this ...
Joseph McAuley, on the occasion of his First Holy Communion, Saturday, April 19, 1969 Some three months before Neil Armstrong stepped off the ladder of the lunar module and left his footprints upon ...
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 Emma watched the ceremony via webcam, I was torn between my role as photographer and dad Emma Purcell's virtual first communion day. Photo: Mark Condren Emma Purcell's first communion cake. Photo: ...
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 ...
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