UNION OF CATHOLIC MOTHERS (UCM) "The Mothers" have met in St. Vincent's Parish since the early 1900s. Currently members meet in the hall each Wednesday evening after the evening mass. The meetings involve: prayer; organising fundraising and social events; discussions; organising visits to the sick and housebound parishioners; etc. St. Vincent's Foundation members attend Diocesan meetings, study days, retreats and the National UCM Annual pilgrimage to Walsingham. They were first known as the Guild of St. Anne and met in the Parish hall on Monday afternoons before collecting their children from school. When the Chapel of Ease opened on School Road, Crookes, Sr. Agnes, a Daughter of Charity suggested that mothers from Crookes and Walkley (St Joseph's) should join the National organisation of the Union of Catholic Mothers. This was in 1958 and the group has met on a regular basis ever since. The number of members has dropped since those early days but 14 members still meet each Wednesday evening after mass. Contact: Pauline Middleton (President) TEL: 2665200 Theresa Finnigan (Secretary) TEL: 2664457 Philther@Philip22.plus.com Pauline Bullivant (Treasurer) TEL: 230681