But one thing was different: Instead of passing around two plates with Holy Communion ... of Communion cups to more than 40,000 churches. “Every time people see it for the first time, and ...

First, the more cups there are, the greater chance of spilling ... Shemitz) He added that the reception of both species at holy Communion will be "a big part" of the bishops' forthcoming National ...

Most recently, the archbishop of New Orleans announced that parishes could once again offer the Communion cup. Father Nile Gross ... both kinds beginning on the first Sunday of Advent, if the ...

Church member J.H. Brittain worried about the spread of disease caused by hundreds of parishioners drinking from the same Communion cup. The Englishman ... polio in the first half of the 20th ...

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 ...

Their first Holy Communion is just a few days away ... by writing into a line drawing of a loaf of bread and a wine cup what these two symbols mean for Christian children. This topic will be ...

Every year, thousands of seven and eight year-olds across the UK take their First Holy Communion - an important rite of passage in the Catholic Church. It’s a sacred ceremony but the ...