students receiving communion in the second grade are considered at the age of reasoning
In most parishes it is the 2nd grade students who receive their First Holy Communion.
Pope St. Pius X introduced the custom formally on August 8, 1910 via his decree "Quam Singulari," which established that children at the age of seven could receive First Holy Communion. He judged it timely to do so since children by that age were capable of understanding the basic beliefs surrounding the sacrament. As well, this most powerful of sacraments would allow them to partake of the Eucharistic graces while forging good habits necessary to combat the ever mounting temptations and secularism of modern times.
Catholics do not take communion, they receive communion.
Given that religious instruction is meant to be the responsibility of parents as well as schools in Catholicism, from as early an age as possible.
No
No, a Catholic should not receive communion in anything but a Catholic Church.
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.
You do not have to be baptized to receive holy communion in the United Methodist Church. The only requirement is that you feel moved to take communion. This is called open communion.
You may never "take" Holy Communion, you may only "receive" Holy Communion. You should receive Holy Communion as frequently as you can, while you are in a state of grace, and have been fasting. You may not receive Holy Communion more than twice a day, and the second time only if you have been to an entire Mass. If you are not in a state of grace, or are not fasting, or have already received Holy Communion that day, you should never receive.
No.
Until they are baptized, they are not Catholics. Only Catholics may receive communion in the Catholic Church.
Yes! Any Christian baptized by water with a Trinitarian formula may receive communion.