That was the 33rd IEC held in Manila, Philippines, in 1937 – the first IEC in Asia. Then 6 years old, Vidal received his First Holy Communion when the IEC first happened in the Philippines.

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'What God is giving us in faith and strength is helping us to give more, and that by itself will bring us closer to God,” said Sister Waffa Yousif, who helped train the 30 first communicants.

For First Communion, the school required parents or guardians to attend a half-day recollection on Nov. 27 on the importance of the Eucharist and Mary. That topic was inspired by the Philippine ...

Every Saturday morning since mid-January, 15 young parishioners of Mar Abda Maronite Catholic Church in Bikfaya, a mountain village in Lebanon, have been diligently preparing for their first Communion ...

MANILA, Philippines — Negros Oriental Representative Arnolfo Teves Jr. said on Monday that if Catholic children are given their first communion, they can already determine the right from wrong ...

Our Lady Star of the Sea School 2nd-grade students celebrate First Holy Communion at Our Lady Star of the Sea R.C. Church on Saturday, May 11, 2024, in Huguenot. (Owen Reiter for the Staten Island ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Last weekend, hundreds of second-graders of the Roman Catholic faith received their First Holy Communion in churches across Staten Island, after months-long delays due to ...

Every year, thousands of seven and eight year-olds across the UK take their First Holy Communion - an important rite of passage in the Catholic Church. It’s a sacred ceremony but the ...