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Diocesan President

Mrs Shirley Beale

 

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MU Brisbane

News Sheet
Issue 2, 2010

PROFILE OF THE DIOCESE

The Mothers’ Union began in the diocese in 1904 in the Brisbane suburb of Milton. An MU branch, concerned about the many deaths of women and small children in the district, paid for a nursing sister, Miss Emma Packer, to visit the homes of the poor. She used a bicycle to go on her rounds. This was the beginning of "The Mothers’ Union District Nurses’ Association”. That association, formerly known as St. Luke's Nursing Service, is now known as "Spiritus", a large Anglican Domiciliary Nursing Service.

In 1906, The Governor’s wife, Her Excellency Lady Chelmsford, was asked by the Archbishop, The Most Revd St. Clair Donaldson, to become Diocesan President of the fledgling organisation. With her acquiescence, she brought much needed support to MU.

The Diocese of Brisbane is celebrating it's sesquicentenary this year, and MU & Spiritus will be joining with other Anglican organizations in a Thanksgiving celebratory Eucharist on 28th May at St John's Cathedral. Branches in the Diocese now number 74 with a membership of 1433, encompassing the area from Bundaberg in the north to Cunnamulla in the west to Coolangatta in the south.

Retiring collection for Overseas & Northern Outreach amounted to $15,781.50 for 2008, and the retiring collection for Spiritus Chaplaincy amounted to $9,205.65. 


Diary Notes - 2010

June 1

Executive Meeting, St Martin's House, Ann Street Brisbane.

August 1 - 5

Wave of Prayer

August 3

Executive Meeting, St Martin's House, Ann Street Brisbane.

August 8 Spiritus Chaplaincy Retiring Collection
August 9 Mary Sumner Day
August 17 10:30am Country Council Meeting, St Peter's,
cnr Lanham and Dutton Streets, Coolangatta
(Host Deanery: Gold Coast)

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15/05/2010