JUL20.2024 WORLD DAY FOR GRANDPARENTS AND THE ELDERLY (SU. JULY 28)

The fourth World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly will be celebrated on SUNDAY, JULY 28.  Pope Francis inaugurated this World Day to be celebrated by the universal Church on the Sunday closest to the feast of Saints Joachim and Anne, Jesus' grandparents, to help “treasure the spiritual and human wealth that has been handed down from generation to generation.”

In his MESSAGE for this edition of World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly, Pope Francis shares the day's theme:  “Do not cast me off in my old age” (Psalm 71:9).  He invites the Catholic faithful to reflect on the loneliness of the elderly, encouraging us to “take a new path” and to spend time with them, “acknowledging their unique role in the family, in society and in the Church...”

Let us welcome this opportunity to ‘BUILD SOMETHING DIFFERENT’, reaching out to each other, both young and old, to strengthen our bonds of love and fraternity, so that no one may ever feel ‘cast off’, lonely, or discarded.

For more information on this special day, please visit the CCCB WEBSITE.