Mothering Sunday
To celebrate Mothering Sunday, Katherine Jenkins visits the Mothers鈥� Union in Worthing, and Pam Rhodes talks to Katie Piper and her mum Diane about their faith.
To celebrate Mothering Sunday, Katherine Jenkins joins members of the Mothers鈥� Union at Worthing Hospital to hear about their work providing emergency maternity bags for new mums, and she finds out about the history of this Christian organisation with four million members worldwide. Pam Rhodes meets inspirational mother and daughter Diane and Katie Piper to hear how Katie鈥檚 faith helped her to recover from life-threatening injuries following an acid attack in 2008. Twelve-year-old Romeo from London explains why he was inspired to write a book about his mum, Juliet, and her battle with cancer, and there are hymns and songs from around the country.
This week's music is:
Tell Out My Soul 鈥� Royal Albert Hall
Brother Sister Let Me Serve You 鈥� St Elisabeth鈥檚 Church, Reddish
Guide Me O Thou Great Redeemer 鈥� Aberystwyth Arts Centre
Lord I Lift Your Name On High 鈥� LSO St Luke鈥檚, London
How Great Is Our God 鈥� City Gates, Ilford
My Guardian Angel 鈥� Elan Catrin Parry
Now Thank We All Our God 鈥� St Martin鈥檚 Church, Stamford
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Hymn: Tell Out, My Soul
Duration: 02:13
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Feature: Mothers鈥� Union Worthing Branch
Duration: 02:34
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Feature: Katie Piper Interview
Duration: 04:44
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Webtrail: Mothering Sunday
Duration: 00:51
Stories
Mothers鈥� Union
Katherine joins the West Tarring Mothers鈥� Union branch to find out about their work including the emergency maternity bags they make for new born babies and their mums.
History of the Mothers鈥� Union听
Katherine finds out about the history of the Mothers鈥� Union from Catherine Hilton, Trustee York Province.听听
Juliet and Romeo听听
We meet Juliet and her 12 year old son Romeo, who together wrote a book about her cancer journey called Cancer Mummy and Me. 听
Katie and Diane Piper
Pam Rhodes talks to Katie Piper and her mother Diane about the acid attack in 2008 that changed Katie鈥檚 life and the spiritual experience she had whilst recovering in hospital.听
Worthing Hospital
Katherine joins in dropping off the emergency maternity bags at the hospital, and meets the Mothers鈥� Union team who run the Ministry of Cake, 听giving cake and support to hospital staff and families.听 She hears from one young mother who suffered the terrible loss of her son at 20 weeks but found comfort in the little bag she鈥檇 been given with the simple message 鈥淲ith love from Mothers鈥� Union鈥�.
Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Presenter | Katherine Jenkins |
| Presenter | Pam Rhodes |
| Producer | Charlotte Hindle |
| Executive Producer | Cat Lewis |
| Executive Producer | Emyr Afan |
| Series Producer | Matthew Napier |
| Production Company | Avanti Media |
