First Communion Resources

Mother Margaret Bolton

Foundation Material for Doctrinal Catholic Action

How can a teacher lead children toward a genuine understanding of Catholic doctrine without first possessing a deep understanding of those truths? This was the conviction behind Mother Margaret...

The Child's Book of Hymns

If you enjoyed our Catholic Songs for Children, but are looking for hymns children can sing at Mass, this is just what you've been hoping for! Originally published in 1927 by the Sisters of Charity...

Our Holy Faith Series

Jesus Comes — Grade 2

Jesus Comes is the Second Grade textbook in the Our Holy Faith series, based on the First Communion Catechism, Confraternity Edition. This is the Student Textbook for the Second Grade. Beginning...

First Communion Days and True Stories for First Communicants

This collection of First Communion stories has delighted and inspired children since the original volumes first appeared in 1919 and 1920. Their enduring appeal is easy to understand: they are...

Msgr. William R. Kelly

Our Sacraments

What is grace? How can an outward sign give us something we cannot see? And why did Our Lord give us the seven Sacraments? In Our Sacraments, Father William R. Kelly takes the familiar truths...

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, The...

Our Holy Faith Series

Jesus Comes — Grade 2 Teacher's Manual

Jesus Comes is the Second Grade textbook in the Our Holy Faith series, based on the First Communion Catechism, Confraternity Edition. This is the Teacher's Manual and Course of Study for the Second...

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 series of religion textbooks.  It introduces young children to Our Lord and the Holy Family, as well as Jesus's Eucharistic...

Mother Mary Loyola

Questions on First Communion

  By itself, Mother Mary Loyola's First Communion stands as a monumental achievement in catechesis, teaching children the crucial truths of our Faith in a way that is both understandable and...

Mother Mary Loyola

First Confession

  The greatest challenge in preparing young children for the Sacrament of Penance lies in helping them to approach the confessional willingly and without fear. What children experience at their First...

Mother Mary Loyola

The Children's Charter

  Talks with Parents & Teachers on the Preparation of the Young for Holy Communion The Children's Charter was Mother Mary Loyola's response to Pope Pius X's 1910 decree Quam Singulari, which lowered...