Spring is the season that marks children receiving first Holy Communion. From a Bible to a cross, a keepsake box and more, consider gifts to shop on Amazon that mark the celebration of the ...

SANTA CRUZ — To honor local first responders and commemorate the tragic events of Sept. 11, 2001, faculty and students at Holy Cross School in Santa Cruz on Friday held their 20th annual Cookies ...

Pope Benedict XVI spoke of this joy in 2005 to first communicants: “As for the question, of course I remember my first Communion day very well. It was a lovely Sunday in March 1936, 69 years ago.