Ellie Duff (8) from Rathfarnham, who made her first confession at Ballyroan Parish Church. PHOTO: STEVE HUMPHREYS Emma greets family members Emma Purcell (8) is celebrating after making her first ...

In this humorous and heartwarming film, we follow four very different little girls and their families in the months leading up to their First Holy Communion. Show more In this humorous and ...

There are rites of passage in every religion. They usually involve rituals or ceremonies to mark significant moments in a person’s life, such as birth, adolescence, marriage and death. These highly ...

NEW YORKNEW YORK — 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 ...

Teachers View: Miriam MulKerrin, assistant principal of St Colmcille's, Knocklyon, will be helping to supervise 180 children as they take their First Communion over the next couple of Sundays. "I'd ...

For about five years, Charlotte Coker has attended Hebrew School three times a week at Temple Concord in Binghamton. A 13-year-old seventh-grader at Vestal Middle School, Charlotte studied Hebrew, ...