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You take a saints name for your Confirmation, not your First Communion. See the related question below.

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Taking a saint's name at First Communion is a way to choose a patron saint to guide and inspire you on your spiritual journey. It is a tradition in the Catholic Church to adopt a saint's name as a symbol of faith and a reminder of their virtues to strive towards in one's own life.

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Can c of e take communion at child's first communion?

Nobody can take Holy Communion in a Catholic Church, you may only receive Holy Communion from the priest, and then only if you have been baptized in the Catholic Church and previously made your first Confession and First Holy Communion. Bottom line? An Anglican may not take communion in a Catholic Church.


IS taking communion before your First Communion bad?

Definitely. John 13:2: "if you take the Host before First Communion you'll burn in hell."


Do you have to be baptized to take communion?

Catholics do not 'take' communion, they 'receive' communion. Yes, you must be a baptized Catholic to receive communion in a Catholic Church. Also, you must have undergone instruction and received your First Holy Communion.


What age do church of England children take communion?

In England the children take their first communion when they are roughly ten years old.


What happens if you accidentally take Communion before First Communion?

Roman Catholic AnswerIf you accidentally receive Holy Communion before your First Holy Communion, then you better accidentally talk to a priest ASAP and accidentally receive First Confession.


Can you take Communion in a Catholic church before being baptized?

You may never "take" Holy Communion in a Catholic Church. You MAYonlyreceive Holy Communion after you have been baptized, and in the Latin Rite, made your First Confession.


When to take when not to take?

In the Catholic church if it not permited for someone to take communion if they have not been through the classes and steps to receive their first communion, if they are not a member of the Catholic church, or if they have not been to confession recently.


Taking your Holy Communion?

Catholics do not take communion, they receive communion.


Do other religions besides catholics take communion?

Yes, other religions that take communion are Orthodox Christianity, Protestants (Anglican, Lutheran, Baptist, Mennonites, Anabaptists, Reformed, Presbyterian, United Methodist), and Restorationists (Jehova's Witness, Latter-Day Saints, Seventh Day Adventists, Branch Davidian Seventh Day Adventists).


Is it a sin not to take the communion?

It is not a sin to not take communion. The sin is to not attend mass. Most people do take communion when they come of age if they decide to continue with the religion.


What day can you take communion?

You can take communion any day even if you aren't Catholic.


When are christians allowed to receive there First Communion?

In order to do Communion, you have to take special classes that are around 3 months long and the Pastor/Preacher teaches the class. The classes are about communion, baptisim, the Ten Commandments etc. and once a person passes all the classes and attended all of them, the then go into Confimation which is a big deal. In confirmation the person has to memorize afew things and then they are confirmed and have their first communion. From then on, in the next church services(Sundays), the person can take communion. Before Confirmation even happens, the person cannot do communion.