Noviembre 1984. The "Home
of the Mother" magazine, at that time called "Home of Mary",
began in Mocejon (Toledo) in the year 1984, with a small group of boys
and girls directed by some members of the Home of the Mother of the Youth.
"Dear friends of our new-born magazine 'Home of Mary'. Faced
with the great wave of paganism that is invading us,we have not wished
to keep our voices silent any longer and we have decided to take up a
pen and a piece of paper and to draw with them our ideas and inquietudes..."
Extract from EDITORIAL No. 0.
Noviembre 1984.
 In the fourth
issue of March 1985, the number of pages of the magazine was increased.
We were already making progresss!
There was no shortage of difficulties
but it has already been made clear that the Home of the Mother magazine
belongs to Our Blessed Mother and it has been She, without any doubt,
who has protected and guided it, and solved the little and bigger problems
that have come up along the way. There have always been economic difficulties,
some more serious than others, depending on the dimensions of the magazine.
 In
1988, with the 20th issue, the name of our magazine was changed from "Home of
Mary" to "Home of the Mother", which has been its name
up to this day.
There came a moment in which the economic difficulties worsened. The
printing expenses were so high that we simply couldn’t bear them. We had to
confront the problem head-on: either we put an end to H.M. magazine or
we launch ourselves further still by doing ourselves the work that the
printing company used to do for us. We couldn’t bear the thought
of H.M. disappearing and so we went for the second option. Thanks to
this
risky step, the H.M. magazine has continued to this day its work of evangelization.
Thanks be to God!
 With Issue
No. 44, H.M. began a new era. We began to design the magazine in a
computer, for which we had to learn a few new things. Once this work was
done, it used to be taken to the printing company, which would scan the
photographs and do the rest of the work. After a providential encounter
with the manager of a printing company we started to produce the magazine
in two colors. In 1995, with issue no. 67, the magazine took another
very important step. There was a slight change of paper and four more
pages were added. And now we were producing the magazine entirely by
ourselves! We had bought an offset machine of very low quality but
which enabled us even to produce the cover in two colors.
 In 1997, in
no. 76, the magazine began to be translated into Italian. And in no. 77,
into English. Hence H.M. spread rapidly to other countries.
In 1999, the magazine witnessed
the birth of its "little sister." This was H.M. for Children the formative magazine for children, also translated into English and
Italian.
Also in 1999, with a lot of effort,
we succeeded in buying a new Offset because the previous one, doubled
over with the work over the years, was already requesting its well
earned retirement.
 The cover of
no. 89 was in four colors for the first time.
No. 98 of January-February 2001 required an effort on behalf of all the
H.M. team that was almost beyond our strengths. But we don't regret
it. We produced the whole magazine in four colors. All of these
transformations have been possible thanks to the economic and spiritual
help of so many people.
In February of 2007, HM for Children took on a new form, becoming HM Zoom+. The new style now contains drawings with a greater brightness and vigor, making the contents more attractive to the children.
Now all we have to do is keep going and confront with enthusiasm the constant call of the Pope to the evangelization of this world with all the means at our disposal placed in the service of God.
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