Mothering Sunday at St. Ignatius

Preserving an English tradition


March 22, 2009

Stignatiussimnelcake

Serving Simnel cakes at St. Ignatius. Photo by Jacalyn R. Blume.

Making, blessing, and eating Simnel cakes on the Fourth Sunday in Lent (Laetare/Mothering Sunday) is an old English tradition kept alive at St Ignatius of Antioch on Manhattan's upper west side.


In the photo the Rev. Andrew Blume serves his son a piece of cake.




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