Our party of walkers met on a sunny Monday morning at Holy Trinity Parish Church in Portrush. The rector, Canon Peter McDowell set us on our way with the Mothers’ Union Prayer. Our group included All Ireland President June, Regional coordinator for National Churches Trust Nina, Kim & Alicean from Agherton Parish and Jean &…
Covid-19 has brought many ‘firsts’ for so many people and for Connor Diocesan Mothers’ Union their latest first was to hold their Spring Council meeting via Zoom. For posterity photos of the participants are captured below. Preceding the meeting the ladies joined together in a service of worship which was led by their Diocesan Chaplain…
Our sincerest congratulations to Valerie from Christ Church branch as the winner of the recent Mums in May Mascot and Logo Competition with her very beautiful and intricate designed logo shown below. The logo is being used extensively to help promote All Ireland President, June Butler’s ’21 in 21’ – Walk. Well done Valerie! New All-Ireland competition All-Ireland…
In lovely sunshine, AIP June was blessed on her way by The Reverend Canon Kevin Graham, Rector of St Bartholomew’s parish as she set off to complete the first of her walks in Connor Diocese. June was accompanied to Ormeau Bridge by Alberta, Co-ordinator of the Finance & Administration Unit. The Very Reverend Stephen Ford,…
Many congratulations to Paddy, a member of All Saint’s Parish Church Mothers’ Union Branch, who today received the gift of Maundy Money from Her Majesty the Queen. By tradition, Royal Maundy takes place every year on Maundy Thursday. For more information on the Maundy Service click here. Speaking about receiving the Maundy Money, Paddy said…
This year Mums In May challenges members to walk ‘21 in 21’ – this can be 21 yards, 21 laps, 21 furlongs, 21 kilometres, 21 miles or 21 something else……… let your imagination run wild…… Or you can think about walking 21 of your chosen length virtually and ask friends and family to support you!…
One of the many Mothers’ Union projects in Connor Diocese is AFIA (Away From It All), which provides short breaks for families who are experiencing difficulties. With travel restrictions in place for most of 2020 and as they look set to continue for most of 2021, we could not provide any AFIA experiences. The Connor…
Spring Letter 2021 Dear Fellow Members,What a joy it is to see the warmer days arrive and to witness the spring flowers coming into bloom! It is truly a wonderful time of the year. “for now the winter is past, the rain is over and gone. The flowers appear on the earth; the time of…
The ladies from Ballymoney, Finvoy and Rasharkin Branch have been very busy and generous in supplying items for washbags following an appeal from the Sanna Mallon, Church of Ireland Chaplain at the Royal Victoria and Musgrave Hospitals. The ladies have made up 75 bags for distribution which is fantastic work from such a small branch….
Despite the Covid-19 pandemic and the resulting lockdown’s the ladies of Craigs, Dunaghy & Killagan Branch have still been working extremely hard to support Mothers’ Union projects in Connor Diocese. Our highly creative members have been getting those knitting needles clicking and produced over 270 items, including hats, blankets, cardigans and angel cribs and gowns. …