Promote Christian marriage; Marriage preparation: Encourage parents and carers through Mothers' Union Parenting Groups: Running Parent and Toddler Groups; Volunteering in Child Contact Centres: Helping children and families feel welcome in Church.

 

Caring for families in need; Working in partnership to support victims of domestic abuse, refugees, asylum, seekers and the homeless, etc; Offering holidays to needy families; Befriending families of those in Prison.

Training Mothers' Union Workers in their local communities; Promoting Parenting and Literacy and Development; Initiating Family Life Programmes; Supporting Mothers’ Union Overseas and Relief Funds.

Drawing attention to social concern issues; Supporting gender equality; Lobbying Governments; Contributing to programmes at the United Nations; Promoting Fair Trade.

In 2010 Mothers' Union will celebrate 10 years of the Parenting Programme. Mothers' Union has trained almost 40 Parenting Group Facilitators in Ireland to help parents reap the rewards and face the challenges of the most important job they'll ever do. For further information e mail actout@mothersunion.ie

Prayer is at the heart of everything we do in the Mothers' Union. Members in Ireland are linked with members around the world through the Wave of Prayer and from time to time visits are exchanged. Within Ireland members enjoy fellowship through the development of North/South links between Dioceses and individual Branches.

Exploiting children for profit is wrong
Mothers' Union in Ireland launched their Bye Buy Childhood Postcard campaign at their All Ireland Leadership Conference on 5th March 2011.

The Mothers' Union Bye Buy Campaign was initiated by the concern expressed by parents' of their experience of the pressures of commercialisation on family life and that marketing with sexualised content is too easily accessible.

Moving Forward with the Campaign
The Marketing Department have prepared 20,000 postcards to lobby OfCom (UK) and the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland if they feel a programme is unsuitable for viewing by children and teenagers and that it should not be shown before the 9.00pm watershed.

We would encourage you to look at the programmes and advertisements through the eyes of a child. Then ask yourself the question - Would the content make you behave in the way portrayed? If the answer is yes, send a postcard available from the All- Ireland Office Telephone 00353 1 8735075 or from marketing@mothersunion.ie or follow these links to OfCom and Broadcasting Authority of Ireland

The postcards are available to and can be used by everyone and anyone. The Mothers' Union do not want the flame of this campaign to go out.

OUR POSTCARD CAMPAIGN CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE TO US ALL & MOST IMPORTANTLY TO OUR CHILDREN.

Mothers’ Union has numerous other resources, including Resources for Groups, Children and Faith Resources.
For further information click here

 

 

This resource is intended both for those parents who already have a strong faith and desire to nurture this in their children, and for those who feel less certain.

The Booklet comprises a number of section which:

Connect us with a God who is love and who loves us daily. Offers practical ways in which t share family spirituality.

Help us enjoy finding faith in our families.

Celebrate the wonder of life in good times and bad.

Help us to find out more about the Bible together. Enable us to develop our personal and family faith.

These were the sentiments of members of the Action and Outreach Unit that lead to the publishing of the A - Z of Useful Contacts for support.

Our all year-round ethical gift shop

Mothers’ Union sew‘Snugglies’ for neo-natal units and knit matinee coats, bootees, bonnets and blankets for use in Neo-Natal Units and Maternity Hospitals, as well as Trauma Teddies which are given to children who find themselves in unexpected, stressful situations.