Dear friends in mother centres all around the world,
although I know that the most annoying way how to begin an article is an apology, I might have to
do just that. I am sorry for the delay of this newsletter. September had rolled into October and we
have found ourselves in the midst of preparations for the 3rd International Day of Mother Centres.
I wish you a lot of patience, creativity and those last minute ideas you might need to make your celebration
perfect. I also hope that we all will find a moment to reflect and feel the togetherness with
MC women all around the world even though we live the "last minute" lifestyle. Thank you for all
you contributions and hope that this is the last "last minute" newsletter you will receive:)
Sona Kosikova
editor

Attached is an invitation for the conference which is going to take place next spring in May in Prague. This meeting is part of the Grundtvig Project: „Mother Centers developing support structures for active volunteer involvement“

Dear friends from mother centers around Europe and other continents,

Dear friends,

enjoy reading personal experience of Rita Kardos (Hungary), who took part at Rent Tent Festival in Graz (Austria), held from 26th to 28th February 2012.

Dear friends,

This is the first report of a mobility within our project Mother Centers developing support structures for active volunteer involvement, supported by Grundvig and reported by Marieke van Geldermalsen - Jaeckel.

Dear friends,

Silent Night is fast approaching and here we are with our last portion of news in this year.
Merry, blessed, peaceful Christmas and a happy and healthy New Year!

Your mine

Dear friends,
the darkest month of the year, November, is here. Time for litting up candles to remember those who passed away. On 6.November 2011 it has been already two years since Monika Jaeckel, the author of Mother Centre idea and the co-funder of our network, crossed a bridge to the other side. Read below about two gatherings on the occasion of her biography launching in Berlin and Stuttgart.
November brings also time for reflexions, looking back and forward. In this sense we have asked several women from our member countries to answer two questions:
1.) what is mine for you? 2.) what are your wishes for mine for 2012?
The first series of the answers you will find in this issue.
Enjoy reading,
Your mine

Dear friends,

this issue focuses on a wonderful atmosphere in our centres when celebrating our II. International Mother Centres Day on 10th Oct.2011. I would like to thank all of you, putting your energy, time and enthusiasm into organising the events.
Lori Slepian from National Association of Mother centres (the USA) shares impression is her feed-back: “We mothers need to celebrate the work we do in bringing up humanity. If we do that motherwork mindfully, consciously, generation after generation, we will be able to influence the evolving development of humankind. I trust in the maternal force.I think it is a God given tool that, with mothers working together, can bring about a less violent world and a higher functioning humanity.“

Enjoy reading and colourful autumn!
Your mine

read more here: http://www.mine.cc/?q=node/83

The biography of Monika Jaeckel (1949 - 2009), mother of the Mother Centres idea and co-founder of the mine network, will be launched on 21-October-2011 at 6.p.m., at the offices of ROHNSTOCK BIOGRAFIEN in Berlin, Germany.

Their address and contact information is: ROHNSTOCK BIOGRAFIEN, Schönhauser Allee 12, 10119 Berlin.  Telefon: +49 (0)30 / 40 50 43 - 3; E-Mail: info@rohnstock-biografien.de

Further information can be found at the Monika Jaeckel website.