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Though the suspect was quickly neutralized, panic broke out when the suspect told police a second shooter was near the building. Quick action by alert parishioners and local police are credited with averting a tragedy at St. Mary Magdalen Catholic Church in Abbeville, Louisiana yesterday. As 60 children were preparing for their first communion, the […]

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. – This year the Advance/SILive.com is documenting the sights from one of the shared milestones for young Roman Catholics: First Holy Communion. This past weekend we photographed children making their first Communion at Blessed Sacrament R.C. Church, St. Patrick’s Church and Our Lady Star of the Sea R.C. Church. In hundreds of […]

A Louisiana church avoided possible tragedy Saturday when several churchgoers confronted an armed teen who entered the church during a First Holy Communion service for 60 children. The 16-year-old has been charged with a count of terrorizing and two counts of possession of a firearm by a juvenile, according to the Abbeville Police Department, after […]

By Brandon DrenonBBC News 13 May 2024 Image source, St Mary Magdalen Catholic Church Image caption, St Mary Magdalen Catholic Church in Abbeville Louisiana A 16-year-old was arrested after entering a Catholic church in Louisiana with a gun, inciting panic among children gathered for their First Holy Communion last weekend. When police arrived to St […]

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Many children completed the sacrament of Holy Communion at St. Patrick’s Church in Richmond on Saturday morning. Girls donned traditional white dresses with lace veils while the boys were decked out in all white. Parents and other family members looked on as the second-graders walked down the aisle, their hands pressed […]

Dylan Dreyer was one busy mom this weekend. The TODAY co-host shared pics to Instagram May 12 from her jam-packed family weekend, which included celebrating her son’s First Communion and Mother’s Day. “First Holy Communion, family, and Mother’s Day!! What a special weekend!!” Dylan captioned the post, with the hashtag, #soblessed. Read more Dylan shared […]

(OSV News) — A first Communion Mass at St. Mary Magdalen Catholic Church in Abbeville, Louisiana, was disrupted May 11 after a teenager attempted to enter the church with a rifle. Parishioners prevented the young man from entering the church where 60 children were preparing to receive their first Communion. Police took the suspect into […]

ABBEVILLE, La. (KADN) — A tragedy was narrowly avoided at an Abbeville church this weekend, where a teen, dressed in black and armed with a rifle, was stopped by parishioners from getting inside where dozens of children were making their First Communion. The chaos in church was captured on a livestream of the service at […]

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Children received the sacrament of First Holy Communion on Saturday morning in Blessed Sacrament R.C. Church, West New Brighton. Girls donned traditional white dresses with lace veils while the boys were decked out in all white. Parents and other family members looked on as the second-graders walked down the aisle, their […]

This morning in Abbeville, Louisiana, a potentially dangerous situation unfolded at St. Mary Magdalen Catholic Church during a first communion service, leading to a swift evacuation and at least one reported arrest. According to multiple eyewitness accounts, law enforcement officers intervened abruptly during the mass, instructing parishioners to “get down” and quickly evacuate the building. […]