Hats off to all those who took the initiative to establish a Grandparents’ Day.
I would like to point out that when Fr E. Borg Bonello was parish priest at St Augustine’s in Valletta, he introduced a Grandparents’ Day within the parish.
I do not know why this took place on the second Sunday of October every year and I suppose July 26 would have been more appropriate, being the feast of St Anne and St Gioachim.
The devotion to St Anne and St Gioachim flourished at St Augustine’s in Valletta since the begining of the 16th century. A special feast used to be held to commemorate them, including a procession.
A confraternity was also founded in their honour.