Access for All – Mynediad i Bawb

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Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. + Matthew 7.7 WILL YOU HELP TYMAWR EXTEND ITS WELCOME? With a target to raise £250,000 in 2 years, Tymawr aims to make sure that no-one is prevented from coming to use the … Read more

Holy Week and Easter

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You are welcome to attend any of the services. It would help us in our preparations if you could email Sr Elizabeth at to let us know. Thank you. Palm Sunday Fulfilling His Work 6.30 Silent Prayer 7.00 Morning Prayer 8.45 Terce 11.45 Procession of Palms and Eucharist 5.15 Evening Prayer 7.45 Silent Prayer 8.15 … Read more

Quiet Days in 2024

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Please book your place for each Quiet Day by email to or by post to The Chaplain, Tymawr Convent, Lydart, Monmouth NP25 4RN. The date of the September Quiet Day has been changed to the 14th with a new speaker – the Right Reverend Graham James: ‘Cross and Cosmos’.

“God of sense and sensibility” in the Church Times

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This is the full text of an article that appeared in the Church Times on 22 September 2023 For Creationtide, Sister Joanna Hollins makes the case for ecology as prayer I HAVE a confession. Like St Thérèse of Lisieux, I am prone to falling asleep during silent prayer. I arrive with good intentions: perhaps today … Read more

Photographs in Granta Magazine

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Suzie Howell is a photographer based in London. Since 2019 she has visited Tymawr a number of times to pursue a photographic work exploring “themes of belonging, choice, feminism, our connection to space, land and time and how much of ourselves we’re willing to reveal to other people.” The sisters have sat for portraits for … Read more

Photos from the Centenary

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The sisters with their 100th birthday cake after the Centenary Celebration Eucharist at St. Woolos Cathedral, Newport, on 20 May. The service was live-streamed and is available to view on YouTube. The group on the St. Melangell Pilgrimage, 22-24 May 2023.

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