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On the way home from @knockshrine after a wonderful pilgrimage honouring the 4th World Day for Grandparents and Elderly @KANDLEi @tuamarchdiocese @CGrandparents @CatholicNewsIRL

#worlddayforgrandparentsandtheelderly #lightacandle

It’s the Feast of Saints Joachim and Anne today. They were the parents of Mary and Grandparents of Jesus! They are a crucial part of our CGA story and a reminder of the important role of Grandparents in the family! Happy Feast Day!

Delighted to be joined by grandparents as I lit the candle on the sanctuary in Holy Family Church, Askea this morning on this Feast of St. Joachim & Anne as we prepare to celebrate the 4th Day for Grandparents & the Elderly on Sunday @KANDLEi @CGrandparents @AskeaParish

It was a joy to present at the monthly @CGrandparents Faith Café on the five lessons I take from my gran, who we always called ‘Gran Gran’, I was amazed in the sharing to hear all the names grandparents are called, such a special place in all our lives @KANDLEi @CatholicNewsIRL

28 days to go #worlddayforgrandparentsandtheelderly

Date for your diary @CathGrandAssoc Next Faith Cafe on 11 June catholicgrandparentsassociation.org/faithcafe/

God loved us first. He waited for us. He keeps loving us. This is our identity and our strength: we are God’s beloved.

#Women make the world a more beautiful place; they protect it and keep it alive. They infuse the grace of renewal, the embrace of inclusion, and the courage to make our lives a gift. Peace is born from women; it emerges and is rekindled from the tenderness of mothers.

FR DONAL ROCHE APPOINTED AUXILIARY BISHOP OF DUBLIN Pope Francis has appointed Fr Donal Roche, a priest of the Archdiocese, as Auxiliary Bishop of Dublin. Biography, photographs and statements from Archbishop Farrell and Fr Roche: dublindiocese.ie/fr-donal-roche…

“ I will walk before the Lord, in the land of the living”

Jesus has lovingly cared for us, mercifully tended our wounds, opened our hearts to joy with His Spirit. All these are goods that we cannot keep only to ourselves or hide away. We have been showered with gifts, so we are called to make ourselves a gift for others.

Pope Francis announces the theme for the 2024 World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly: “Do not cast me off in my old age”. vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2…

The theme chosen by the Holy Father for the next World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly, which will be celebrated on 28 July 2024, is: ‘Do not cast me off in my old age’ (cfr. Sal 71:9) #GrandparentsandElderly #laityfamilylife

“Do not abandon me in old age”, the theme chosen by #PapaFrancesco for the World Day of #nonni and #anziani @LaityFamilyLife

La solitudine è l’amara compagna di tanti anziani che sono vittime della cultura dello scarto. Non possiamo dimenticarci di loro! Per questo ho scelto come tema de la prossima Giornata Mondiale dei Nonni e degli Anziani:“Nella vecchiaia non abbandonarmi” (Sal 71,9).

The Week of Prayer for #ChristianUnity begins today, which this year highlights love for God and neighbour. Let us #PrayTogether that Christians may reach full communion and bear witness of love towards all, especially the most fragile.

As the Church marks the Epiphany of the Lord, Fr. Marion Nguyen, OSB, offers his thoughts on the day’s liturgical readings under the theme: “Attraction, Indifference and Repulsion”. loom.ly/fnuSQtA