Diocese of Winchester

This year, Mary Sumner Day (9th August) falls on a Sunday.
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 her linked to our page here: Mary Sumner
In the companion volume to Common [...]

Two useful updates have come out from Mothers’ Union central office today.
The first is the latest update about Social Policy issues as the Mothers’ Union connects with current reports and issues affecting family life, including parental leave.
Rachel Aston, Head of Social Policy at Mothers’ Union, and speaker at this weeks Mary Sumner Day event at [...]

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 at Old Alresford Place, the rectory in which [...]