First Holy CommunionNumber of children dwindling

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2,762 people took their first Communion in Luxembourg in 2018.
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2018 hunn 2.762 Persounen zu Lëtzebuerg hir éischt Kommioun gemaach. D’Zuel vun de Participanten ass an de leschte Jore konstant erof gaangen.

Maybe there's someone in your family who celebrated their first communion this year.

Because it's nearly time: the year's first communions are going to take place during the few weekends following Easter,

After baptism, it's the second step to initiating a person into Christianity.

But how many children actually participate in this tradition and what are the conditions to taking part in a changing world?

2,762 people took their first Communion in 2018, a number that has been consistently reducing.

Back in 2008, this number was still over 3,900.

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