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CLF Announce
UU Resources for Mother's Day
May 4, 2004

Did you know that a Unitarian poet is one of the cofounders of Mother's Day? And that it was conceived as a rallying day for peace?

The UU connection to the history of Mother's Day:

In last year's May issue of Quest, Betsy Hill Williams writes about the history of Mother's Day: http://www.clfuu.org/quest/2002-05.html#resources

There are many Julia Ward Howe resources on the internet. One place to start is the Dictionary of UU Biography: http://www.uua.org/uuhs/duub/articles/juliawardhowe.html

About.com's Women's History pages have a wealth of Julia Ward Howe information as well. http://womenshistory.about.com/library/weekly/aa013100d.htm

Julia Ward Howe's original Mother's Day Proclamation from 1870: http://womenshistory.about.com/library/etext/bl_howe_mother.htm

Worship resources

Rev. David Bumbaugh offers "Your Basic, Generic May Sermon". http://www.uc.summit.nj.uua.org/Sermons/DEB/960519.html

This Meditation for Mother's Day is by Rev Jeffery Symynkywicz. http://www.uua.org/re/reach/fall01/worship/mediation_for_mothers_day.html

Here are four brief reflections about mothers from readers of Quest. http://www.clfuu.org/quest/2002-05.html#clfmembers

These closing words from Rev. Symynkywicz

Let us honor our Holy Mother
by loving our bodies made in Her image,
by loving one another as she has loved us,
by loving this Earth, our beautiful and eternal home.

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