These are members who (perhaps through age and infirmity) are no longer able to attend meetings of the branches. We have 83 Indoor Members in Dublin & Glendalough. They remain an important part of the Mothers' Union to be cared for both by their own branches and by their Correspondent (email) who keeps in regular touch with each of them.
For their part the Indoor Members are asked to pray every day for the work of the Mothers' Union and to that end they are all supplied with a copy of the current Prayer Diary and of our diocesan news sheet (M.U.M.S). In addition to regular letters from their Diocesan Correspondent they also have letters from the All-Ireland Correspondent and annual letters from the Diocesan and All-Ireland Presidents. All birthdays for over 90 year olds are celebrated with cards from the diocese and from Mary Sumner House.
Every summer the Indoor Members come together to meet each other and the diocesan executive committee at a tea-party. The transport for this outing is arranged by the branches.
The Branches play an important part in helping the Correspondent to keep in touch with these Members - notifying her of changes of address and maintaining visits from the branch. If an Indoor Member moves to live in another parish their branch is asked both to inform the Correspondent and also to make arrangements for visiting to be maintained by the new parish.
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