The
Mothers' Union is a Christian organisation which works to
support and encourage marriage and stable family life. There are
3.6 million members in 77 countries. Here in Coventry
Diocese, which encompasses Coventry and Warwickshire,
we have a network of members, working individually or in parish-based
groups, who pray, volunteer, fundraise and campaign on a variety
of family-based issues.
Our trained
facilitators run Parenting
Groups in various locations around the Diocese, sometimes
in conjunction with statutory bodies. Members run Toddler Groups,
Baby Groups and Pram Services to reach out to young
families.
In 2008 around
£7,000 was raised and sent to our London Headquarters to
support overseas projects
and £3,400 for the Relief
Fund.
We have volunteers
reaching out to prisoners at Ryehill
Prison, to refugees in Coventry, and to overseas
students at Warwick and Coventry Universities.
Others knit premature baby clothes,
prayer shawls and cot
blankets.
Our Christian
faith is strengthened by Services, Quiet Days, Prayer
and Bible Study, and put into practice through our Social
Policy work, campaigning for justice and equality for all.
Find out more
about what we do and how to join
us, by following the links. I hope you will be inspired!
Felicity
Hawke
Diocesan President
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"When
I've said, in the past year or so that the Mothers' Union
is the fifth instrument of Unity in the Anglican Church, I'm
not joking. I think it is the most powerful lay movement in
the Anglican World; it is one that does far more for education
and development than any other agency in the Anglican Communion
and, more than any other agency, it builds relationships at
grass roots level between ordinary believers working for change.
If that isn't an instrument of Unity, I don't know what is"
The
Archbishop of Canterbury
February 2006
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Newsfeed
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06/09
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President
of Indian Ocean Diocese, Maud Patten, to visit Coventry
Diocese... see Events
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05/09
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A&O
Newsletter ... view
PDF
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05/09
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Coventry
Diocese Programme Competition ... read
more
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05/09
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St Nicholas
Kenilworth MU's Spring Weekend to Harrogate... read
more
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03/09
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Coventry
MU wins bronze Warwickshire Award for Involvement... view
pdf of Di's Parenting Report or read
more about The MU Parenting Programme
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03/09
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21-25
March: Coventry Wave of Prayer ... view
pdf
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02/09
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Lent
Calendar ... view
pdf
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12/08
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Visit
of Worldwide President and Advent Carol Service at Coventry
Cathedral ... read
more
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09/08
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NEW MAGAZINES,
Families First and Families Worldwide launched ... read
more
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07/08
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Lambeth
Conference and Mary Sumner Day Tea Party... read
more... and
Bishops from around the world visit Coventry Diocese... read
more
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06/08
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60 Years
of Membership ... read
more
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06/08
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News
from Myanmar... read
more
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06/08
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New Bishop
of Coventry... read
more
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06/08
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Diocesan
Festival:
Order of Service ... view
pdf
Fleur Dorrell's Address ... view
pdf
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05/08
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Whitnash
celebrates 100 years... read
more
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05/08
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Diocesan
Festival Flyer ...
read more
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05/08
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Please
pray for Burma... prayer
link ... read
more
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03/08
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Please
pray for Madagascar... read
more
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04/08
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MU Enterprises
launches new catalogue... read
more
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03/08
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Please
pray for Madagascar... read
more
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03/08
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New Bishop
for Coventry... read more
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03/08
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Wave
of Prayer... read
more
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01/08
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Bishop
of Coventry retires ... read
more
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01/08
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Pauline
Wilkes retires as DIocesan Secretary ... read
more
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12/07
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Bishop
of Warwick joins MU ... read
more
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10/07
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338 years'
long service in Bilton...read
more
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