Posts Index

  • Grandma Gorbachov

    What did Raisa Gorbachev, the wife of Mikhail Gorbachev say about grandparents and faith? There has been little research done on the correlation between grandparents’ faith and the faith of their grandchildren. However, the bond between grandparents and their grandchildren was the subject of a British study of 1,566 children, ranging in age from eleven…

  • How I Started a Grandly Group

    An Interview with Jenn Galer Grandly: I am here with Jenn Galer, the mother of 7 and grandmother of 13. Jenn, you began a Grandly group in your church. Why? Jenn: I read The Strategic Grandparent and really liked it. I know many grandparents in my parish and wanted to support grandparenting. I have a…

  • Winning the Right to Be Heard

    One of the most important skills in youth work is knowing how to win “the right to be heard.” To be effective at passing on your faith, your audience has to believe that you are worth listening to. So how do grandparents, acting as youth workers to their grandchildren, win this “right to be heard?”…