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GRANDPARENTS CENTRAL ROLE IN WORLD YOUTH DAY!
The following is taken from the WYD website: Grandparents are being invited to participate in World Youth Day, not just watch as spectators. World Youth Day organizers have created…
Read MoreHUNDREDS OF HAPPY PILGRIMS ATTEND PILGRIMAGE IN AYLESFORD.
Hundreds of people attended the inaugural Catholic Grandparents Pilgrimage in Aylesford Priory on Saturday July 16th 2011. The event, though dampened by some inclement weather, failed to dampen the spirits…
Read More60th Anniversary of the Pope’s Priestly Ordination.
Blessings on Pope Benedict today – 60th anniversary of his priestly ordination. Comhghairdeas! Today is also the feast day of St Peter & St Paul. An extract from a poem…
Read MoreThank you from office of Pope Benedict XVI
Grandparents commended for being ‘foul-weather friends’
Over 10,000 grandparents, grandfathers and their families from all over Ireland converged on Knock Shrine, Co. Mayo, today (SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 12TH) to celebrate their Catholic faith – and they were…
Read MorePeople of the Year award for founder
A Co. Mayo grandmother, the driving force behind the world’s first national Catholic Grandparents Association, has been honoured in a prestigious People of the Year awards scheme. And now Catherine…
Read MoreTuam grandparents make history with first branch of new grandparents organisation
Grandparents in Tuam have created history by establishing the first-ever Galway branch of the newly-formed Catholic Grandparents Association. This follows an historic meeting in Westport last month which led to…
Read MoreHistory made as Westport forms first-ever parish branch of new grandparents organisation
History was made last night (THURSDAY) when Westport, Co. Mayo, set up the first-ever parish branch of the newly-formed Catholic Grandparents Association. The Association, which has grown out of the…
Read More10,000 Irish grandparents inspire worldwide movement
Over 10,000 Irish grandparents, who attended the National Grandparents’ Pilgrimage in Knock in September, have kick-started a worldwide movement of grandparents – and, next month, over 1m Catholics will hear…
Read MoreIrish pilgrimage inspires Pope to write new world prayer
Over 4,000 Irish grandparents, who attended the first-ever National Grandparents’ Pilgrimage in Knock Shrine last year, have inspired Pope Benedict XV1 to write a new prayer in honour of grandparents…
Read MoreHunt is on for 10,000 prayers
Grandparents all over Ireland have been asked to put pen to paper and compile a whopping 5,000 prayers in honour of their grandchildren. An appeal has been sent out to…
Read MoreGrandparents day in Mayo school
Primary school children all over Co. Mayo are set to receive special visitors to their schools – their own grandparents. A grandmother is spearheading a campaign to establish Grandparents’ Day…
Read MoreIrish grandmother inspires the world
A Co. Mayo grandmother who ran Ireland’s first-ever National Grandparents’ Pilgrimage last year has inspired church leaders in countries around the world to run similar pilgrimages, following her address to…
Read MoreGrandparents nationwide to be celebrated
It is said that the greeting card people Hallmark invented ‘Mother’s Day’ and ‘Father’s Day’ as a money-spinner. Seems like they never thought of the possibilities of a ‘Grandparent’s Day’…
Read MoreIrish grandparents to be honoured with new pilgrimage
Ireland already has a Mother’s Day and a Father’s Day, but now a Co. Mayo grandmother has launched a campaign to honour grannies and grand-dads and grandfathers – and the…
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