The event was held after a donation of 14 First Communion dresses from a primary school in Derry.

Dunnes Stores has caused a stir among social media users over a ‘Say Yes to the Dress’ Communion stand. Holy Communions may be a few months away, but Dunnes has given parents plenty of time to get all ...

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 ...

In the Derbes family home there is a wall of honor. Lined up on the bedroom wall are six pictures featuring pretty little girls in a similar pose. They represent three generations of the Derbes family ...

LINWOOD – Sydney Dawkins of Linwood and Brooke Iacono of Cape May Court House met three years ago as members of All-Star Cheerleading and became fast friends. Now they are partners in a charitable ...

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 the ...

When Charlotte’s Kids first opened in 1980, Communion dress-buying season was chaotic. Families would come in last-minute to shop for the big occasion and have to wait for a dressing room or someone ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Forty-five children received the sacrament of First Holy Communion on Saturday morning in Our Lady Star of the Sea R.C. Church, Huguenot. Girls donned traditional white dresses ...

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 ...