Mar 12, 20211 min read
Mothering Sunday
Mothering Sunday is also remembered on the fourth Sunday of Lent. Traditionally, it was a day when children, mainly daughters, who had...
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Mar 12, 20211 min read
Fourth Week of Lent beginning with Laetare Sunday
Laetare means ‘rejoice’. You might say, ‘What, during Lent’? This Feast Day was inaugurated around the eighth century to give us a...
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Mar 8, 20211 min read
International Women’s Day 2021
Today March 8 honours the achievements of women and promoting women’s rights. A national holiday in numerous countries, it has been...
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Mar 1, 20211 min read
Third Week of Lent
… And now we are into the third Week of Lent after celebrating the third Sunday, March 7. Yesterday’s church service Gospel reading...
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Mar 1, 20211 min read
St David’s Day
A land of rugged mountainsA land of finest slateThe sound of rushing riversGives us cause to celebrate. A land of ancient forestsGreen...
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Feb 25, 20211 min read
Download Our New Legacy Information Leaflet
Choosing to leave a gift to Mildmay in your Will is a great way to support us. But did you know that over two-thirds of people in the UK...
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Feb 22, 20212 min read
Eva Heymann – Another Mildmay Heroine
On hearing about the death of Eva Heymann, who died peacefully in the early hours of 12th February, in her 94th year, I remembered the...
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Feb 22, 20211 min read
The Second Week of Lent, 2021
We celebrated the first Sunday in Lent on February 21 and now we have moved into the second of the six weeks before Easter. The softness...
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Feb 15, 20211 min read
Shrove Tuesday and Lent 2021
What is the history behind Shrove Tuesday? Shrove Tuesday, or Pancake Tuesday, is the traditional feast day before Lent begins, and is...
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Feb 12, 20211 min read
Lunar New Year: the year of the Ox
We would like to wish everyone celebrating in the United Kingdom and across the world a happy, safe and peaceful Lunar new year. Image...
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