World Day of Grandparents and the Elderly
July 26 All day
The World Day of Grandparents and the Elderly will be celebrated on Sunday, July 26.
Find Pope Leo’s message for the World Day on the Vatican website at: https://www.vatican.va/content/leo-xiv/en/messages/grandparents.html.
“Pope Francis instituted the World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly in 2021, to highlight the importance of providing adequate pastoral and spiritual attention to the elderly and to call upon communities to manifest the closeness of the Church to them.” – ORDO Liturgical calendar. It is celebrated on the fourth Sunday of July, close to the Memorial of Saints Anne and Joachim, parents of the Blessed Virigin Mary and grandparents of Jesus.
A pastoral resource kit for parishes and families is also available at: