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First Holy Communions; Differences in celebrations
Topic Started: Tuesday, 20. March 2007, 22:07 (2,221 Views)
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Some photo's of the event
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The children seem older than our first communicants and we wondered if we were correct in our assessment of what was going on (my French is not good) until my brother in law came to collect us and spoke to people milling about- does anyone know what the usual age for receiving First Communion is in France?
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Rose of York
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Katy B
Jun 5 2007, 11:17 PM
We say to the children that we need to be friends again with God before we receive Communion.

Oh dear, how times have changed. What happened to the good old fashioned guilt complex?

When I was a kid a few of us would walk to confession. I used to hope and pray that if the bogey man got us, it would happen after, not before, confession.
Keep the Faith!

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KatyA

Thanks for posting these photos. They are lovely. What a good idea to keep wear simple! Far more appropriate I would have thought...
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Michael

Katy B wrote

I believe in Scotland the children wear simple white tunics to prevent too much excess in the way of clothing.

i think it all depends on the bishop and the parish priest our daughter and the other girls all wore the traditional communion dress and veil, how the children make their communion is a reflection of your parish life, a good strong parish with a good sense of reverance and perhaps taking the children of a certain age out of mass for a childrens liturgy where we can help emphasise what these important sacraments are and what it means goes a long way in instilling respect and reverance in the children, also explaining quietly to my daughter when the priest holds aloft the eucharist that that is the body blood and divinity of our lord helps a great deal,
so in short a simple alb/tunic like the french wear doesn't install reverance where there was none to start with
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Last week a girl came to Holy Mass dressed in a bridal outfit. I thought she may have been unable to attend with the rest of her group the previous week. I was away from the area that week-end. Today she appeared again in the same outfit. I mentioned this to my daughter who knows the mother, who is Irish. The mother had said it is the custom to wear a First Communion outfit for a few weeks. Has anyone experienced or have any knowledge of this custom?
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Michael

It has been known to happpen at our parish where the children have made their communion with their class at the cathedral rather than their own parish, our old priest used to encourage them to attend the following sunday in their dresses so the parish could celebrate it with them, he thought it helped to emphasise how important this sacrament is to the children, also gave him one last chance to tell them in front of the parents that they can't miss mass as they would be in mortal sin
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:D This is a good old subject and I have seen it all !!

One Parish I know in Italy was so appalled by the competition between families to dress their first communicant daughters in the most highly elaborate bridal wear that the Parish Priest imposed a ban on such apparel and the following year the young girls were all kitted out in standard apparel more suited to a pre-V2 novice in a nunnery!

On Sunday at a Church (not my Parish) where children were making their First Communion I witnessed a young girl in moderate 'bridal' gear but accompanied by her stunningly attractive mother dressed in the most expensive and revealing way, rather like a young Sophia Loren! attending a movie opening night (sigh!)

Can't we just let them be and enjoy the celebration of this important Sacrament?

Gloria!
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Carlo. You wrote:

"Can't we just let them be and enjoy the celebration of this important Sacrament?"

I don't quite understand your comment.

If it referred to me, among others, I was not criticising the parent and child, merely asking if anyone knew of the custom I mentioned.

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Michael

I could be wrong Derek but i think he was talking about the parents who dress their kids in over the top dresses, do hope he wasn't including me though whose daughter wore the traditional dress and veil :D
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Michael. I would have thought that Traditionalist Carlo would wholeheartedly approve of traditional dress for First Holy Communion even if it were during a vernacular New Rite Holy Mass!
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