This personalizable gift book commemorates the preparation for and reception of the final sacrament of initiation. Blending the traditional with the contemporary, prayers, Scripture, and Bible stories are integrated with scrapbooking, photography, journaling, and activities. By linking the story of the Eucharist with the story of your First Communicant, this gift provides the special child in your life-whether you are a parent, grandparent, godparent, guardian, relative, or family friend-with a keepsake that not only preserves his or her special day, but also inspires the growth of faith. This illustrated remembrance book contains: -A presentation page for gift-givers -Scriptural quotes -Scrapbooking spaces for invitation, photographs, and card/letter attachments -Fill-in-the-blanks to record dates, times, locations, and names of the parish and the place of celebration -Spaces for drawing -An autograph page for friends who also received their First Holy Communion -Blank pages for guests to sign their names and write greetings -A page to list gifts received and thank you notes sent out -Popular Bible stories -Traditional Catholic prayers and prayers specific to the sacrament of the Eucharist -Explanations of the First Holy Communion Mass and the Sacraments of Initiation