Diocese of Winchester

Mothers' Union members distributing relief aid in Kitgum in 2003

Mothers’ Union is a global organisation with members living out their Christian concern for family life in their own communities in 81 different countries.

The regions of Mothers’ Union work are defined using the same pattern as that of the Anglican Church, within which it was originally formed, which is why we are Mothers’ Union in the Diocese of Winchester.

Every family is formed by a network of relationships where some members have particularly close relationships, and the same is true of the Mothers’ Union family; each diocese which has Mothers’ Union members is linked closely with a small group of other Mothers’ Union diocese around the globe, so that they get to know each other particularly well. They can they pray for each other, and if appropriate support each other in more practical ways, and occasionally with visits. Each small group of diocese are also at the centre of the daily prayers of all members for a few days each year, forming what we call our ‘Wave of Prayer’.

Mothers’ Union members in the Diocese of Winchester are linked in this way with fellow members in Kitgum (Northern Uganda), Muhabura (South Western Uganda), Masasi (Southern Tanzania) and Kajo-Keji (Southern Sudan). Together we are at the centre of the ‘Wave of Prayer’ from 21st – 25th January each year.

More information about these four specific diocese is available through the these pages, and updates will become available through the tags on our blog posts.

Historically the Anglican Diocese of Winchester has been linked with the Anglican Province of Burma (now Myanmar) since 1877, and with the old Province of Uganda (now divided into the provinces of Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi and Congo) since 1977. Some local groups of Mothers’ Union members within the Diocese of Winchester maintain active links with members in these countries, or maintain other international links that have often developed via personal contacts.

A map of Uganda showing the location of Kitgum and Muhabura

All information relating to our links is accurate to the best of our knowledge at the time of writing, but situations can change quickly and communications can be difficult with some areas of the world, meaning that news can seem a little out of date.