Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jun 10, 2025 /
06:00 am
“What if the most important thing that God wants you to do is still in front of you, and that is passing on the faith to your grandchildren?” That’s the proposition Pili Abouchaar focuses on as co-founder and director of Grandly, an apostolate dedicated to helping grandparents do just that.
In an interview on “EWTN Pro-Life Weekly,” Abouchaar acknowledged that grandparents often feel helpless and hopeless in regard to this mission, but Grandly can make a difference in their approach and outlook.
“The main thing that we try to tackle in our mission in Grandly is to try to give grandparents hope to help them bridge that generational gap between how they were raised and how youth culture is moving right now.”
The apostolate, which celebrates its 10th anniversary next year, is especially relevant now, within the context of the jubilee year and the upcoming July 27 World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly, with this year’s theme being “Blessed Are Those Who Have Not Lost Hope.”
Abouchaar said among Grandly’s offerings is “a seminar called the ‘Do It Grandly’ seminar, which grandparents can take by themselves. They can find the seminar on our website. We are also helping parishes across the United States and in other countries to host seminars for their grandparents locally.”
“Do It Grandly,” a five-session online seminar, helps grandparents embrace their unique role in fostering the faith of their grandchildren. The sessions include topics on a bold vision, renewing hope, grandparenting and youth work, the strategic grandparent, and faith to move grandchildren.
The series’ free, opening 30-minute session, titled “A Bold Vision,” covers how youth see our culture and how God is in their lives, and offers interviews and discussions with grandparents. Grandly also features on its website a variety of helpful testimonies, stories, and discussion groups.
So far, Abouchaar said Grandly has reached some 20,000 grandparents and, through them, approximately 100,000 grandchildren.
The full segment about Grandly on “EWTN Pro-Life Weekly” can be viewed below.
Paris Apodaca is a summer news intern for Catholic News Agency. She previously worked at the College Fix and has been published in a variety of outlets including the Washington Examiner, the Wall Street Journal’s Future View, and Campus Reform. In her spare time, she writes on Substack and reads political theory.
