In this issue:
- Aveo Adventure
- MU Dementia Workshop
- Yeronga Fire Appeal
- Remembering a life and love
Celebrating Mary Sumner
We rejoice in the life and legacy of Mary Sumner, founder of the worldwide Mother’s Union movement.
Mary Sumner, the wife of a rector in Hampshire, set up a group to support mothers of all kinds in bringing up their children. After delivering a speech in 1885 to churchgoing women at the Portsmouth Church Congress, she inspired many of them to go back to their parishes and set up similar groups.
Over time the groups who met as Mothers’ Union became embedded in their communities. They forged strong links with local people and the Anglican Church. They worked to support one another and give a voice to disadvantaged women while addressing wider societal issues. Driven by Mary Sumner’s passion for the role of women in bringing about a better society, the groups proved very popular. By 1892, membership had reached 60,000 in 28 dioceses, growing to 169,000 members by the turn of the century.
Read the full Mothers’ Union story.
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