World Days for Grandparents and the Elderly

Since 2021, the Day has been celebrated throughout the Church every fourth Sunday of July, around the liturgical commemoration of Saints Joachim and Anne, Jesus' "grandparents."

The Dicastery for Laity, Family and Life supports and promotes this celebration and invites people to experience the event -in every diocese, parish and church reality - by carrying out two significant actions: the celebration of a solemn liturgy together with grandparents and the elderly, and visits to the lonely elderly in one's own community.

Celebrating the Day aims at emphasizing the need for pastoral care of the elderly and countering the throw-away culture so that they acquire importance and become of ordinary concern in the life of every church community.

There are resources and material available on the Dicastery's website to celebrate the day.