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Mothers' Union free homemade cake stall at RAF Odiham Families Day, 10th August 2011 – with Apache Helicopter doing aerobatics above! At an RAF base, on holiday, in word, through worship and with free cake, Mothers’ Union members across the Diocese are supporting families in fun, practical ways this month, as the [...] As the Anglican calendar remembered Mary Sumner, the founder of the Mothers’ Union, members and supporters across the Diocese of Winchester were actively living out her desire to support family life, in a whole variety of ways. At 10.30am on Monday 9th August , a small group of members gathered at the grave of [...] This year, Mary Sumner Day (9th August) falls on a Sunday. The Sumner Family with Mary Sumner seated to the left Mary Sumner is remembered in the Anglican Lectionary as the founder of Mothers’ Union, which started at Old Alresford in the Diocese of Winchester in 1876. There is much more information about [...] Old Alresford Place Mary Sumner founded Mothers’ Union in Old Alresford in 1876. Each year she is remembered in the Anglican Calendar on 9th August, which this year falls on a Sunday. To mark the day, the Diocese of Winchester have kindly made available to Mothers’ Union some of the facilities [...] |
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