Recently Pope Francis instituted the “World Day of Grandparents and the Elderly,” to be celebrated on July 25th, the Feast of Saints Anne and Joachim, the parents of the Blessed Virgin Mary. In Canada devotion to St. Anne has a long history, so integrating a new dimension to the feast will be an extension of its impact for pilgrims to the shrine of Ste. Anne de Beauprès in Quebec and to Lac Ste. Anne in Alberta.
The Pontifical Academy for Life offers a document “Old Age: Our future. The condition of the elderly after the pandemic.”
May these teachings hear much fruit for a deeper humane response to the challenges of life!