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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Your teen daughter can wear whatever she wants.  I wouldn't care if she showed up in ripped jeans and a rainbow mohawk.  Props to any teenager for even going.

You can give whatever you want.  I, personally, think that $50 is a LOT to give to an eight year old, but people run in different circles.  My brother gave my boys a bunch of comic books for first communion, and they thought that was the coolest thing ever.  One of my daughters treasured the cards with thoughtful words that people wrote in them.  I really can't think of anything inappropriate.  It's fine to bring nothing.  I was going to write that it would be kind of a faux pas to give something religious if you aren't Catholic, but I remembered that I was actually very touched when my sister's Muslim in-laws gave one of my children a beautiful rosary.

As far as the sitting, standing, and kneeling, just remember that you only kneel the second half of the service when the Body of Christ is up on the alter.  The first half of the mass is bible readings and the priest talking, and you either sit or stand.  Halfway through, there is a tiny parade where one family will bring the hosts down the center aisle.  After that, the mass essentially sacrifices Christ for our sins all over again, and we kneel a lot.  There will be a little ceremony for the kids getting their first communion.  Then everyone else will get communion.  If you do not believe that the host is the body of Christ, then you shouldn't get communion.  If you do believe that, then you should talk to a priest about being baptized and receiving communion.  Once everyone receives, the priest essentially washes the dishes.  Once the dishes are clean and the hosts are put back in the tabernacle, everyone sits.  
After communion, there is a prayer, then general announcements about whatever is going on in the parish, then a song.  During the song, the priest and alter servers have a mini parade down the center aisle, and everyone is free to leave.

I hope that this helps!

[/quote]Parades in the aisle and dish washing on the altar — this is the funniest description of Catholic services I’ve ever read! [/quote]

New poster here.  My family is as Catholic as they come and this poster is completely accurate!! I loved the description.  First Communion gifts tend to be things that are either religious (cross necklace, rosary, Bible, statue) or things that will be kept and cherished (picture frames with a name engraved, small keepsake box)  My boys are all teens now and still have the wooden boxes that they received for their First Communion.  I think your daughter can wear a white dress.  If the dress does not have sleeves than I would suggest some sort of shrug for the mass.[/quote]

You definitely don’t need to wear a cardigan or shrug to cover your shoulders in a Catholic Church?! No one cares unless you know for a fact the parish is super conservative/old school. Maybe if you’re worried she might be cold inside the a/c but I grew up in the Catholic Church 90s and this would have already been outdated advice and my church was pretty traditional. This isn’t a first communion at the Vatican.[/quote]

For the color, so she doesn't match the younger girls getting first communion.

Op, if it's a Protestant first communion, it'll be different than prescribed, but you'll get a bulletin to follow along.

$20 in a card is plenty for non close friends.[/quote]

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