First Communion Resources

Mother Margaret Bolton

Foundation Material for Doctrinal Catholic Action

After creating the Spiritual Way series, Mother Bolton created a series meant to prepare children for that series, as well as for First Confession and First Communion.  This series, called A Little...

The Child's Book of Hymns

    If you enjoyed our Catholic Songs for Children, but are seeking songs children can sing at Mass, this is what you've been hoping for! This delightful selection

Our Holy Faith Series

Jesus Comes

      Jesus Comes is the 2nd grade textbook in the Our Holy Faith series.  It is based on the First Communion Catechism Confraternity Edition. This is

First Communion Days and True Stories for First Communicants

      This collection of First Communion day stories has remained popular among children ever since they were first published in the early 1920s.  They have stood the test of time for two simple...

Msgr. William R. Kelly

Our Sacraments

    Instructions in Story Form for Use in the Primary Grades Follow Tom and Ann as they learn about the Sacraments from their Uncle John.  What is grace, and how do we get it?  And how do the Sacra

Highway to Heaven Series

Religion in Life Curriculum First Grade Teachers Plan Book and Manual

      Developed in the 1930s by the Marquette Institute of Catechetical Research, the Religion in Life Curriculum is more than just a Teacher's Manual for use with its accompanying textbook series,...

Our Holy Faith Series

Jesus Comes: Teacher's Manual

  Jesus Comes is the 2nd grade textbook in the Our Holy Faith series.  It is based on the First Communion Catechism Confraternity Edition. This is the

Highway to Heaven Series

The Book of the Holy Child

      The Book of the Holy Child is the First Grade text in the Highway to Heaven Catechism Series.  It introduces young children to Our Lor

Mother Mary Loyola

Questions on First Communion

      By itself, Mother Mary Loyola's first book, First Communion, stands as a monumental achievement in catechesis, in that it teaches children the crucial truths of our faith in a way that is...

Mother Mary Loyola

First Confession

      The greatest challenge in preparing young children for the Sacrament of Penance is in making confession a habit to which they will be voluntarily attracted. We can require their presence at...

Mother Mary Loyola

The Children's Charter

      The Children's Charter was Mother Mary Loyola's response to Pope Pius X's 1910 decree Quam Singulari, which lowered the age for reception of First Communion to seven. Addressed directly to the