Originally published at Orange County Catholic
EACH YEAR, JSERRA Catholic High School honors the grandparents of its students with a special Mass, followed by lunch and other festivities.
The latest Grandparents Day Mass and celebration held on Oct. 16 was JSerra’s most successful ever, with nearly every seat in the 2,000-seat gymnasium filled with students, parents, school officials and of course, grandmothers and grandfathers.
“It’s just exploded and it’s super exciting to see that much enthusiasm for not only being with your grandkids, but being at Mass with your grandkids,” said Pat Reidy JSerra’s vice president of mission and faith. “We realize it’s very important that our students know that we see the value of them not only interacting with their grandparents, but having their grandparents influence their lives in a spiritual sense as well as in a practical everyday sense.”
The celebration also provides an opportunity for the grandparents to see what everyday life is like at JSerra for their grandchildren, Reidy said.
Reidy also said it is important to dispel the belief that elder members of the community have little to contribute to the younger generation.
“The opposite is true,” he said. “If you’ve walked around the block 35 times and someone else walked
