News – Newyddion
Photography by Suzie Howell
Over the last few years we have been delighted to spend time with Suzie Howell, a photographer based in London. Suzie came to us to explore her own questions around place, presence and absence in her art. The resulting collection features photographs taken at Tymawr, (and you may spot our faces, hands and habits here … Read more
Quiet Days 2026
This year our Quiet Days will follow the theme of ‘The Unboundaried Heart‘. The first two Quiet Days will look at this in ‘Discipleship and Hospitality: Living today in the spirit of the teaching of St. Benedict’. The following three Quiet Days will explore ‘The ‘Dream’ of Martin Luther King: Living today in the spirit … Read more
Summer 2025 Roundup including August newsletter
The summer months have come and gone quickly at Tymawr – perhaps too quickly, as the Autumn colours already seem to be arriving in the trees. Mother Katharine’s August newsletter can be found at the bottom of the page; it includes details of our Autumn Quiet Days. In June Sr. Joanna Ruth made her Solemn … Read more
Quiet Days in 2025
Our Autumn Quiet Days will take place on the 6th of September, the 4th of October and the 8th of November. Please see the downloadable flier below for further information. For all bookings and queries, please email our Chaplain, the Revd Dr Jean Prosser, at or write to The Chaplain at Tymawr Convent. We … Read more
Access for All – Mynediad i Bawb
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
“God of sense and sensibility” in the Church Times
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
Conference of International Interconfessional Religious 2023
From 31 August to 5 September, Sr Janet and Sr Joanna attended the 22nd gathering of the Congrès Interconfessionnel et International des Religieux in Sweden. There are more pictures and information on the Congrès website. The 23rd Conference will be held at Tymawr in 2025.
Photographs in Granta Magazine
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
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.