While the architect himself was not particularly religious, his mother was devout, and he had promised her that he would one day design a church for her. When approached by the fledgling ...

Jarvis spent the majority of her personal wealth on legal fees and lawsuits against companies using “Mother‘s Day” in advertising. She never married, never had children and died in 1948, having ...

During the Medieval period, the church put a Christian spin on the idea with Mothering Sunday, a day honoring the Mother Church. Versions of Mother's Day are celebrated on different days and ...

Mother Beatrice Burns, Mother Ruby Mackey, Mother Johnnie Mae King are among the Church Mothers of Life Outreach Ministries which holds services in Georgia. A precursor to our modern Mother’s ...

The first Mother's Day celebration in the United States happened in a Methodist church in Grafton, West Virginia, in 1908, thanks to Anna Jarvis. It wasn't officially recognized as a holiday in ...