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By RVA News
Jul 23 2021
Asia’s Catholic bishops have issued “suggestions” to celebrate the first “World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly” in a special newsletter released by the Office of Laity and Family of the Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences (FABC-OLF).
Pope Francis announced in January that beginning this year, the Catholic Church will be celebrating the “World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly” on the fourth Sunday of July.
“Grandparents are often forgotten, and we forget this wealth of preserving and passing on the roots. For this reason, I have decided to establish the ‘World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly,’” said the pontiff.
The Holy Father chose the theme “I am with you always (Mt 20:28)” for the first-ever celebration on Sunday, July 25, ahead of the feast of St. Joachim and St. Anne, Parents of Mary, Grandparents of Jesus, on July 26.
To prepare for the “World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly,” Archbishop Gilbert Garcera of Lipa in the Philippines, chairman of the FABC-OLF, collected information from the region’s bishops’ conferences about pastoral care for the grandparents and the elderly.
The FABC-OLF sent out three questions to the bishops’ conferences to find out the current pastoral response of the Church toward grandparents and the elderly in Asia. The survey also requested for the promotion plan for the pastoral care of grandparents and the elderly for 2021.
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