FIRST COMMUNION\ IT'S A RITE OF PASSAGE FOR CATHOLICS, AN EVENT THAT BINDS FAMILIES IN A CELEBRATION OF FAITH.(News) From: The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH) | Date: April 23, 2004| Author: | COPYRIGHT 2004 The Cincinnati Post. All rights reserved. Reproduced with the permission of the Dialog Corporation by Gale Group. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information) Copyright information

Byline: Peggy Kreimer Post staff reporter

White veils, lace dresses, nervous rehearsals down the church's central aisle. Fancy cakes. Gifts.

It has all the trappings of a wedding, but in the weeks after Easter, the largest Catholic Church rite of passage is not marriage, it's First Communion.

It marks the first time a church member receives what Catholics believe is the actual body and blood of Christ, in the form of a miraculously transformed wafer of bread. For children, First Communion is in the second grade, when they are 7 or 8 years old.

The sacrament is ...

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