As the months went on and you began to prepare for your First Communion, we talked about how this would bring you closer to God. But it was mostly about the dress. And the veil.

“First Communion was held on 10/1. We did not attend,” Mansell wrote. “We left the church/school immediately on 9/28 after the priest said if Cady showed up to the ceremony in a suit she ...

Church Leaders Blush at "Casual Catholic" Dress. Church leaders worry their flock are becoming a bit ... The deacon was distributing the Holy Communion to some of his 3,000-member-strong parish ...

The Communion ritual is celebrated in other Christian denominations, but the parade of white dresses with tiny hands folded in prayer is Roman Catholic Church territory.

Jalyssa's First Communion isn't until May, at Our Lady of the Assumption Catholic Church in Watsonville. Old enough to understand church teachings, she can now participate in this important ritual.

The wave of traditionalism that has been sweeping society in the late 1980s, bringing back elaborate weddings and other formal events that demand months of preparation, has not bypassed the Roman C… ...