First Communions becoming more elaborate Gown makers prepare for proms%2C weddings to follow Shopping trips bring together generations of women When the little angel is grinning from ear to ear, ...

In the Derbes family home there is a wall of honor. Lined up on the bedroom wall are six pictures featuring pretty little girls in a similar pose. They represent three generations of the Derbes family ...

A Catholic school banned a girl from attending her First Communion because she wouldn’t wear a dress to the ceremony. For Cady Mansell, who has a strong sense of fashion, an all-white suit was the ...

Port resident Helena Sanders started a project she calls Blessed Dresses. Sanders is collecting gently used First Communion dresses for children who may not be able to afford a dress. She will be ...

The wave of traditionalism that has been sweeping society in the late 1980s, bringing back elaborate weddings and other formal events that demand months of preparation, has not bypassed the Roman ...

Nine-year-old Cady was thrilled to be receiving her first communion at her local Catholic church in Indiana. She and her mother, Chris Mansell, went out shopping to buy a very special suit for Cady to ...