The equivalent of Mothers Day in other countries, is Mothering Sunday in UK. Since the 16th century is has been celebrated on the fourth Sunday in Lent. It always has been the day to thank our mothers for all the things they do for us.
Mothering Sunday will be on Sunday, March 2, 2008.
Mothers Day Proclamation was made by Julia Ward Howe in United States of America in 1870. Julia was the first person who understood the need for celebrating the
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Mother Teresa was born on August 26,1910 in Skopje, the capital of the Republic of Macedonia. Her name is Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu. She was an Albanian Roman Catholic nun who founded the Missionaries of Charity. In 1979 she won the Nobel Piece Prize for her humanitarian work. She spent more than forty years helping to the sick, orphaned and poor people.
In many places around the world people celebrate mothers’ day on various days because the day has a number of different origins.