Grandparent
to give her testimony to the Pope
(Vatican Radio) What is the role grandparents play
in keeping prayer at the heart of the family in the 21st century
and how important are they in passing down the faith to a new generation?
That is what grandparent and founder of the
Catholic Grandparents Association, Catherine Wiley will be highlighting when
she gives her testimony on the vocation of grandparents to Pope Francis on
Sunday.
Catherine will be among forty thousand
grandparents and elderly people who will meet the Pope in an event entitled
“The blessing of a long life” which will take place in St Peter’s Square.
The event organised by the Pontifical Council for
the Family, will also see Pope Francis celebrate Holy Mass which will be
concelebrated by more than fifty elderly priests from around the world.
Speaking to Vatican Radio about her testimony on
Sunday, Catherine Wiley says she wants the focus of her words to the Holy
Father to be about the unique role grandparents have in guiding grandchildren in
their faith. “They (grandparents) really have a unique opportunity to pass on
the faith to their grandchildren when they’re small”.
Pope Francis has spoken often during his
pontificate about the importance of grandparents and Catherine says “that
everybody thinks of the Pope as a grandfather figure and in fact my grandson
will be asking the Pope a question and he will be telling him that the children
of the world love him like a grandfather”
The Catholic Grandparents Association, which has
offices in both England and Ireland was started by Catherine in 2009 after she
successfully organised the first National Grandparents’ Pilgrimage to the
National Shrine of Our Lady in Walsingham in England and the first Irish
National Grandparents’ Pilgrimage to the Knock Shrine in September 2007. The
pilgrimages are now held annually.
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