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Mothers’ Union: Provincial Retreat 2019 Mothers' Union in Scotland is part of the Mothers' Union, which is a worldwide Christian organisation dedicated to supporting marriage and family life. There are over 4 million members throughout the world. It is intimately associated with the Scottish Episcopal Church. All our branches are based in local Episcopal Churches. The Primus is the patron of our Provincial organisation and the diocesan bishops are invited to be patron of the dioceses where we have a diocesan organisation. Five of the dioceses have formal organisations and the other two are linked to an adjacent diocese either formally or informally. Every year, the Mothers' Union in the Province of Scotland organises a retreat, which is open both to members and non-members. This year, it will be held between Tuesday 9th and Thursday 11th April 2019, which is in the week before Holy Week. The venue is St Mary’s Monastery, Kinnoull, Perth. St Mary’s, Kinnoull offers a high standard of accommodation in a beautiful setting. Most of the bedrooms are single with en-suite shower rooms. There is lift access to all floors. The building and the lift are wheelchair accessible. Our leader will be the Revd. Martin Roff, who is Diocesan Supernumerary in the Diocese of Moray, Ross and Caithness. Martin proposes that the overall pattern of the Retreat should be a series of talks and led meditations on the theme “Trust in God, in good times and bad”. There’s more about him on the webpage ( http://muscotland.org.uk/Retreat.htm). 7