Three ways we wouldn’t have Jesus without St Joseph The above article is from the Aleteia website. ALETEIA (Aleteia.org) is a Catholic social networking site that gathers together “seekers of the truth” to look for, share and disseminate the best answers to th

Rome Congress The First International Meeting on the care of the elderly, will take place in Rome on 29 – 31 January 2020 The first International Conference on the pastoral care of the elderly “The richness of many years of life” is the response of the Dicastery for

The 9th World Meeting of Life Ascending International (MCR/Vie Montante International) took place in Santo Domingo, capital of the Dominican Republic, during 19 – 23 November 2018.  The theme of this meeting «Elders, actors of evangelization in a mul- tigenerational and multicul

“ … We are all a little fragile-the elderly. Some, however, are particularly weak, many are alone, and affected by illness. Some depend on the indispensable care and attention of others. Will we take a step back for this? Will we abandon them to their fate? A society without closeness

Valuing and cherishing the elderly The author Nicci Gerrard, interviewed on 19 October 2014 in The Sunday Times (Style magazine), spoke tenderly of her parents and understanding the value of old age. She says “to be old is to have lived a life, something we forget when all we se

The Joy of the Gospel is the long-awaited teaching of Pope Francis on the proclamation of the Gospel. The Holy Father writes in very normal, plain, everyday language so that all he says is very readable, understandable and inspiring.  Some parishes have been using the document during