We had our solemn reception into the Confraternity of Christian Mother back in January. I am finally posting these few pictures from the party after the induction ceremony.
The kids who attended the reception, including my little clan. They loved the cake!
Our tireless President who really has done all the work to get our confraternity started. She is such an inspiration!
My friend and I afterwards wearing the Our Sorrowful Mother pins presented to us during the reception.
What is the Confraternity of Christian Mothers? This is directly from the conference booklet, page 5. "The Confraternity of Christian Mothers has for its object the Christian education of children by truly Christian Mothers. It plans to unite by the observance of its rules and regulations all Christian ladies, married or widowed, who are willing to assist one another to attain this noble purpose. Under the special patronage of the "Mother of Sorrows" the members are encouraged joyously and hopefully to undertake the important task of training and sanctifying the young souls entrusted to their care. They are schooled to edify one another by word and deed, to support one another by fervent prayers and thus become the mainstay of spiritual life within their own family , and a fruitful sources of blessings to the community in which they live. This is the principal aim of all Confraternities..." What is the origin of the Confraternity? This is directly from the conference booklet, pages 3-4. "...It was one of those providential movements of the lay apostolate by which the Holy Spirit so often renews the spirit of the Church of of some group within the Church. It was at a time, about the middle of the last century, when the modern forces undermining family life first began to lift their heads, that the Christian Mothers reacted in a spiritual and spiritualizing movement. It was a movement of self-defense and self-preservation. In various parts of France, and especially in Lille, mothers began to gather to pray with and for one another, and their children, to discuss their problems and to advise one another regarding the Christian rearing of their children. The movement gradually solidified, and on May 1, 1850, the first conference of Christian Mothers was held in Lille, France, under the leadership of Louise Josson de Bilhem, the wife of a court official. In the course of time, the mothers sought and found recognition from the bishop for their growing organization. Once that approval was given, the organization grew with leaps and bounds, throughout France and the neighboring countries, and soon over a million women were enrolled as members."
The kids who attended the reception, including my little clan. They loved the cake! 
Our tireless President who really has done all the work to get our confraternity started. She is such an inspiration! 
My friend and I afterwards wearing the Our Sorrowful Mother pins presented to us during the reception. What is the Confraternity of Christian Mothers? This is directly from the conference booklet, page 5. "The Confraternity of Christian Mothers has for its object the Christian education of children by truly Christian Mothers. It plans to unite by the observance of its rules and regulations all Christian ladies, married or widowed, who are willing to assist one another to attain this noble purpose. Under the special patronage of the "Mother of Sorrows" the members are encouraged joyously and hopefully to undertake the important task of training and sanctifying the young souls entrusted to their care. They are schooled to edify one another by word and deed, to support one another by fervent prayers and thus become the mainstay of spiritual life within their own family , and a fruitful sources of blessings to the community in which they live. This is the principal aim of all Confraternities..." What is the origin of the Confraternity? This is directly from the conference booklet, pages 3-4. "...It was one of those providential movements of the lay apostolate by which the Holy Spirit so often renews the spirit of the Church of of some group within the Church. It was at a time, about the middle of the last century, when the modern forces undermining family life first began to lift their heads, that the Christian Mothers reacted in a spiritual and spiritualizing movement. It was a movement of self-defense and self-preservation. In various parts of France, and especially in Lille, mothers began to gather to pray with and for one another, and their children, to discuss their problems and to advise one another regarding the Christian rearing of their children. The movement gradually solidified, and on May 1, 1850, the first conference of Christian Mothers was held in Lille, France, under the leadership of Louise Josson de Bilhem, the wife of a court official. In the course of time, the mothers sought and found recognition from the bishop for their growing organization. Once that approval was given, the organization grew with leaps and bounds, throughout France and the neighboring countries, and soon over a million women were enrolled as members."
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