Dear Dáithí: Should we attend or ignore a 'non-communion party'?

This occasion just doesn’t sit right with us at all. People who don’t get married don’t usually decide to just have a non-wedding party

My daughter and son-in-law are saying it’s not fair my grandson should miss out on a ‘big day’, so they’re actually having a non-communion party for him with new clothes and a pizza party with a bouncy castle and a cake.

D ear Dáithí,

My only grandson is in second class in school, so this year is all about the First Holy Communion as you might guess. But my daughter and her husband are now saying they don’t want him making his communion, as they aren’t happy with how the Vatican has handled terrible problems in the past.