By SALINA POST
In 1977, Jennings Randolph, U.S. Senator for the State of West Virginia, introduced a joint resolution to the senate requesting the president to “issue annually a proclamation designating the first Sunday of September after Labor Day of each year as ‘National Grandparents’ Day’.”
Congress passed the legislation, proclaiming National Grandparent's Day the first Sunday after Labor Day. On August 3, 1978, Jimmy Carter signed the proclamation, and the day was finally celebrated the following year.
On Sept. 22, Sacred Heart Jr./Sr. High and St. Mary's Grade School hosted Mass for 1,000 people at the Sacred Heart gymnasium to celebrate Grandparent's Day. The event began at 10:00 a.m. Fr. Brian McCaffrey, Associate Pastor for St. Mary Queen of the Universe Catholic Church, led the service.
Following Mass students showed their classrooms to their grandparents and attended a St. Mary's Grade School carnival featuring games and outdoor activities.
Sacred Heart's Grandparent's Day celebration was not only a day to celebrate the treasured relationship between grandchildren and their grandparents, but a day to celebrate as a whole community, giving thanks for the wise life lessons our grandparents teach us every day.
