Hundreds of photos show students receive First Holy Communion at 2 Staten Island Catholic churches [Video]

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Scores of Staten Island Catholic school students on Saturday received, for the first time, the sacrament of Holy Communion.

Both Holy Rosary R.C. Church, South Beach, and St. Peter’s R.C. Church in St. George hosted ceremonies the many youngsters who took part in the Catholic rite of passage.

The Eucharistic ceremony is derived from the Last Supper, when Jesus offered bread and wine to his disciples.

The Staten Island Advance/SILive.com documented each ceremony by sharing hundreds of photographs. Images from St. Peter’s, where Notre Dame Academy students received the Eucharist, are available in the gallery above, while pictures of students receiving the sacrament at Holy Rosary are in a gallery below.