St. Gregory Catholic Church was kept at 25% capacity. Parishioners stood in line 6 feet apart and took the wafer by hand.

It changes you. You’ll always be nicer because Jesus is in you,” said Father Greg Ames of St. Peter’s Catholic Church, 915 12th St., as he talked to the 50 children awaiting their First Holy Communion ...

Featured this week are some photos of young Staten Islanders who celebrated their First Holy Communion recently at Our Lady of Good Counsel, St. Ann’s Church and Our Lady Star of Sea.

Children receive this sacrament solemnly a first time — in First Holy Communion — and are encouraged to receive it afterwards as often as possible in order to remain in close friendship with ...

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 ...

Each year, around 8,000 children in Scotland take their First Holy Communion. This rite of passage brings with it months of preparations, dress shopping, party planning and religious instruction.