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Click on the links (underlined words) to read the articles.ArticlesHistory
of a celebration in honor of mothers goes back to ancient Greece.
16th Century England celebrated Mothering Sunday.
The celebration of this day in the United States was first suggested in
1872 by Julia Ward
Howe, who wrote the words to the Battle Hymn of the
Republic. Mother's Day - What Does it Really Mean? A Catholic mother speaks about the connection between her own personal faith journey and her motherhood. A Saint for Moms and Everyday People American Catholic magazine looks at the story of St. Gianna Beretta, the wife of Peter Molla and the mother of three children. Gianna was a modern working mother (a medical doctor), who lived an ordinary life extraordinarily well in our own times. (St. Gianna was born in 1922 and died in 1962 at the age of 39. She was canonized in 2004.) Website
devoted to news, information, articles for Catholic mothers. It is a place to share the faith and learn about parenting
your children. Meditation
for Mothers
Faith
of Our Mothers American
Catholic online magazine guides offers two insightful meditations
Reflections
of a First-Time Mom
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