89 For "by the sacrament of Confirmation, [the baptized] are more ... anointing with gladness, clothing with light, a cloak of salvation, a spiritual gift, the sanctification of souls and bodies ...

by collecting First Communion outfits for families who might not be able to afford a suit or dress for their child receiving the sacrament. "It's a unique idea and you wouldn't think there would ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Many children completed the sacrament of Holy Communion at Blessed Sacrament R.C. Church in West Brighton Saturday morning. Girls donned traditional white dresses with lace ...

urging them not to turn the sacrament of confirmation into their “last rites” as Catholics but to use it as “the beginning of an active participation in the Church.” Continuing his ...

“Simply put, our younger Catholics need the strengthening graces and gifts of the Sacrament of Confirmation at an earlier age during this time of increasing secularism,” Deshotel said in ...