The Elderly
Press conference for the World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly and the Holy Father’s Message
"After such a difficult year there is a great need to celebrate, together, grandparents and grandchildren, young and old." With these words, Card. Farrell, Prefect of the Dicastery for the ...
Press Release
Theme for the First World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly
Sunday 25 July will see the celebration of the First World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly. The theme chosen by the Holy Father for this World Day is “I am with you always” (cf. Mt 28:20) which ...
Elderly
Address of Fr. Alexandre Awi Mello on the institution of the World Day of Grandparents and the Elderly
On 11 February, l’Osservatore Romano published an address of the Secretary of the Dicastery, Fr. Alexandre Awi Mello, I. Sch., on the institution of the World Day of Grandparents and the Elderly, ...
Elderly
Cardinal Farrell “this is the first fruits of the Amoris Laetitia Family Year"
As announced today after the Angelus, Pope Francis has decided to institute a Church-wide celebration of a World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly. Starting this year, it will be held on the ...
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General Audience, 22 June 2022 - Catechesis on Old Age: 15. Peter and John
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General Audience of 18 May 2022 - Catechesis on Old Age: 10. Job. The trial of faith, the blessing of waiting
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General Audience of 4 May 2022 - Catechesis on Old Age
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General Audience of 20 April 2022 - Catechesis on Old Age
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General Audience of 30 March 2022 - Catechesis on Old Age
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General Audience of 23 March 2022 - Catechesis on Old Age
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General Audience of 16 March 2022 - Catechesis on Old Age
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General Audience of 2 March 2022 - Catechesis on Old Age - 2. Longevity: symbol and opportunity
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General Audience of 23 February 2022 - Catechesis on Old Age
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Prayer for the Third World Day
for Grandparents and the Elderly 2023
Virgin Mary,
Mother of faith and hope,
an example for this humanity bent by indifference,
make me as willing as You
to accept the will of God,
to magnify and praise His Mercy.
Mary, Mother of fortitude,
you who knows my heart,
do not allow me to become discouraged.
I confidently surrender my life into your hands.
Heal my wounds.
May your tenderness accompany me on the way.
Your presence, Mother of love,
brings us to experience the joy
of seeing our families united.
Help me to transmit the tenderness and Love of God
to the grandchildren and youth
so that, in addition to praying for them,
we can pray with them.
Mary, may the gift of the Holy Spirit intercede for me:
sustain my weakness;
breathe into my heart the consolation
that I may leave traces of faith among the young,
bearing witness to the beauty of life,
knowing that life has a limit
and that beyond it lies before us our Father's embrace.
Amen.
PASTORAL KIT

